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You have arrived on the scene at a high school football field where a 17-year-old male is lying on the ground. He is unresponsive and cyanotic, and he is making obvious respiratory effort without moving adequate amounts of air. Which of the following should be done first?
 
  A) Assist ventilations with a bag-valve-mask device and supplemental oxygen.
  B) Open the patient's airway using a manual maneuver.
  C) Insert a nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal airway.
  D) Apply high-concentration oxygen by nonrebreather mask.

Question 2

Have a high index of suspicion for infection in the wounds of home care patients.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

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