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saliriagwu

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Your patient is a 11-month-old male who began choking while his babysitter was feeding him some sliced peaches. The child has retractions of his intercostal muscles, is drowsy, and is grayish in color. Which of the following is the BEST intervention for this patient?
 
  A) Back slaps and chest thrusts
  B) Abdominal thrusts
  C) Use of a flow-restricted oxygen-powered ventilation device (FROPVD)
  D) Blow-by oxygen at 10 to 15 liters per minute

Question 2

The EMT is correctly assessing breath sounds on a 3-year-old male when he:
 
  A) understands that sounds from the left lung can be heard on the right side of the chest.
  B) listens carefully for at least 1 minute to both sides of the anterior chest.
  C) listens to both the anterior and posterior aspects of the thorax for 1 minute.
  D) instructs the child to breathe through his nose as he listens to the posterior thorax.


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dmurph1496

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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saliriagwu

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Wow, this really help

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