You have been resuscitating a newborn and find that after ventilation by bag-valve-mask device with supplemental oxygen for 30 seconds that his heart rate is 78 per minute. Which of the following should you do next?

A) Start an IV using the umbilical vein.
B) Continue ventilations and reassess in another 30 seconds.
C) Intubate the trachea.
D) Begin chest compressions at a rate of 100 per minute.

D

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The electronic version of a professional claim form is the:

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