You Have Been Called for a 71-Year-Old Male with Seizure

question 39

Multiple Choice

You have been called for a 71-year-old male with seizure activity. At the patient's side, you find him lying motionless on the floor of his bedroom with a family member performing chest compression only CPR. In this situation, your immediate action would be to:

• A) open the airway and begin positive pressure ventilation.
• B) stop CPR and feel for a carotid pulse.
• C) take over CPR and attach the automated external defibrillator.
• D) continue CPR and call for advanced life support assistance.

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