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You receive a call to a residence where a man found his wife unresponsive on the couch. the patient's respiratory rate is 8 breaths/min, her breathing is shallow, her heart rate is 40 beats/min, and her pulse is weak. the husband hands you an empty bottle of hydrocodone (vicodin), which was refilled the day before. you should:

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initiate ventilatory assistance

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