Initial management of a 5-year-old child in status epilepticus should focus on:

A: administering rectal diazepam.
B: assessing the child's cardiac rhythm.
C: providing adequate ventilatory support.
D: obtaining a blood glucose reading.

Answer: C: providing adequate ventilatory support.

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a. true b. false

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