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hubes95

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Your patient is unresponsive, but you think he has a gag reflex. You should use this airway.
 
  A) Oropharyngeal airway B) Nasopharyngeal airway
  C) Head-tilt, chin-lift D) Bag-valve mask

Question 2

While assisting a paramedic with the placement of an endotracheal tube, she asks you to perform Sellick's maneuver. You would:
 
  A) lift the jaw upward with your index finger and thumb.
  B) press downward on the cricoid cartilage.
  C) stabilize the neck to prevent side-to-side motion.
  D) gently move the trachea to the right.



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jonathanballen97

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B




hubes95

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


marict

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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