While ventilating an apneic newborn, your partner assesses the heart rate and tells you that it is 80 beats/min. You should:
A. request a paramedic unit to administer medications.
B. advise your partner to begin chest compressions.
C. insert an oral airway to maintain airway patency.
D. continue ventilations and reassess in 30 seconds.
Ans: D. continue ventilations and reassess in 30 seconds.
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