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colton

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You are correctly performing the jaw-thrust maneuver when you:
 
  a. use the thumbs as a lever to lift the patient's mandible upward.
  b. maintain the patient's head in a neutral position and tilt the head slightly backward.
  c. open the patient's airway by slightly pushing down on the forehead and thrusting the jaw upward.
  d. place one had on the patient's forehead and lift the jaw upward with the other hand.

Question 2

You are assessing a young male patient who is responsive to painful stimuli and not breathing after a fall while rock climbing. His pulse is weak and thready, and his skin is cool and diaphoretic. When addressing his airway and breathing, you must immediately:
 
  a. administer oxygen at 15 LPM with a nonrebreather mask.
  b. perform the jaw-thrust maneuver and reassess his breathing.
  c. immobilize him on a long spine board and then start artificial ventilations.
  d. open his airway using the head tilt-chin lift maneuver and begin ventilations with the bag-valve mask.


JCABRERA33

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

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b


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