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You arrive to the scene of a narcotic overdose. Your patient is a 45-year-old male who is unresponsive with snoring respirations. You should:
 
  A) apply a nonrebreather mask. B) look around for drug paraphernalia.
  C) open the airway with a head tilt-chin lift. D) suction the airway.

Question 2

A patient with blunt chest wall trauma has a flail section to her chest. She is conscious and confused and breathing rapidly and shallowly. After manually stabilizing the flail section of the chest wall, the EMT best treats this condition by:
 
  A) applying ice packs to the flail segment.
  B) administering oxygen through a nonrebreather face mask.
  C) providing positive pressure ventilation.
  D) inserting an oropharyngeal airway.


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frejo

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C


wrbasek0

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Excellent

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Gracias!

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