A 6-year-old boy has gotten into his mother's prescribed medications and ingested a large number of her opioid tablets. The patient is now found unresponsive and apneic, but he still has a weak palpable carotid pulse. You would instruct your partner to ventilate this patient in which manner?
A) 6 times a minute
B) 10 times a minute
C) One ventilation every 2 seconds
D) One ventilation every 6 seconds
B) 10 times a minute
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What will be an ideal response?
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