A patient with an Olympic button arrives in the emergency department via ambulance and has a respiratory arrest in the hospital. To establish a secure airway that could be attached to a mechan-ical ventilator, the respiratory therapist should:
a. insert an laryngeal mask airway.
b. place a nasopharyngeal airway in the nose.
c. intubate the patient with an uncuffed en-dotracheal tube.
d. replace the Olympic button with a cuffed TT.
ANS: D
The tracheal button must be changed to a cuffed TT in order to maintain positive-pressure venti-lation.
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