A severely hypothermic patient is in cardiac arrest. Most studies indicate that for patients who have been submerged in cold water for more than one hour, you should:
a. start cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
b. focus on rewarming and rapidly transporting the patient.
c. provide ventilations but not compressions.
d. do nothing because there is no chance such patients will survive.
Answer: b
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