Author Question: You have been unsuccessful in your basic airway procedures to remove a foreign body airway ... (Read 94 times)

sjones · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

You have been unsuccessful in your basic airway procedures to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a 12-month-old child. Which of the following should be the next intervention?

A) Surgical cricothyrotomy
B) Positive pressure ventilation with a manually triggered, flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device
C) Direct laryngoscopy, removing the object with Magill forceps if it is visualized
D) Needle cricothyrotomy

Question 2

It has been 30 minutes and the placenta has yet to deliver. The EMT should:

A) continue to monitor the patient and baby.
B) apply gentle traction to the protruding umbilical cord.
C) place the mother in a knee-chest position.
D) move the patient into a side-lying position.