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Average Score: 95%
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The home health nurse is caring for a 6-year-old client who has a tracheostomy and is being mechanically ventilated when the ventilator's apnea alarm sounds. The nurse determines the client is unresponsive and pulseless, and there are no other caregivers present. Which of the following actions should the nurse take next?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Activating the emergency response system ensures rapid assistance for a pulseless child, initiating the chain of survival in pediatric cardiac arrest.