On scene, frantic family members direct you into the basement where their 67-year-old mother has shot herself in the chest with a small handgun. She is unresponsive and breathing six times a minute. The gun remains in her hand by her side. What action should you take immediately?
A) Pick up the gun by the edge of the grip and carefully remove it.
B) Do not touch the patient or gun until the police arrive on scene.
C) Leave the gun in her hand and start providing emergency care.
D) Determine if the gun contains ammunition and remove it only if loaded.
Question 2
During adult CPR, compressions should be delivered at a rate of:
A) 60 to 100 per minute. B) at least 100 per minute.
C) at least 120 per minute. D) exactly 60 per minute.
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Hemiphlebia mirabilis, the Ancient Greenling, is a species of damselfly in family Hemiphlebiidae.
stages of the family cycle
Eighteen-year-olds were the largest age cohort in the first year of the war in both armies. Soldiers
The Mulleta family of Ethiopia, described in the opening vignette.
The direct product of phosphate hydrolysis from PEP is the enol form of pyruvate