Which one of the following unresponsive patients would the EMT recognize as in cardiac arrest?

A) Female who has an occasional gasp for a breath but no palpable carotid pulse
B) Male patient with a heart rate of 16 beats per minute and agonal respirations
C) Female who is not breathing and has a heart rate of 24 beats per minute
D) Male with an absent radial pulse but breathing 20 times a minute

A

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