A 52-year-old male with a brain tumor has gone into respiratory arrest. You assign the task of artificially ventilating the patient with the bag-valve mask to a new Emergency Medical Responder. How will you instruct him to ventilate the patient?

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Delivering 1 breath every 5 to 6 seconds is the recommended rate for artificial ventilation using a bag-valve mask in an adult patient. Each ventilation should last for 1 second to allow enough time for exhalation. Option B delivers too many breaths per minute, and option C gives too few breaths per minute. Option D mentions special attention to exhalation, which is important, but the rate and duration of ventilation should also be appropriate.

A 52-Year-Old Male with a Brain Tumor Has Gone into Respiratory