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Mimi

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on: Jul 3, 2018
The MOST common indication for a surgical cricothyrotomy is:
 
  A) massive facial or neck trauma.
  B) failed rapid sequence intubation.
  C) status seizures with trismus.
  D) foreign body airway obstruction.

Question 2

Your patient is a conscious eight-month-old infant who has a severe airway obstruction as a result of choking on a slice of canned peach. Which of the following is your FIRST intervention?
 
  A) A portable suction device, using a rigid tonsil tip and no more than 100 mmHg of vacuum
  B) The use of a manually triggered, flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device
  C) Abdominal thrusts interspersed with attempts to ventilate
  D) An alternating series of back blows and chest thrusts


whitcassie

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

A

Answer to Question 2

D


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