The MOST serious complication associated with using a nasopharyngeal airway in a patient with trauma to the head or face is:
A. fracturing the septum.
B. damaging the turbinates.
C. penetrating the cranium.
D. causing severe bleeding.
Ans: C. penetrating the cranium.
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a. Turbine flowmeter c. Vortex ultrasonic flowmeter b. Screen pneumo-tachograph d. Variable-orifice pneumotachograph
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A. Dashes - B. Forward slash / C. Colon : D. Parentheses ( )
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a. arteries. c. platelets. b. veins. d. alveoli.