You are ventilating a cardiac arrest patient when he begins to vomit copious amounts of large pieces of undigested food. Which of the following would be most effective in clearing the airway?
A) Using large bore suction tubing without a tip or catheter attached
B) Using a rigid pharyngeal suction tip
C) Using a 14 French suction catheter
D) Irrigating the mouth with sterile water to dilute the material before suctioning
A
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A) 5–10 mg once daily. B) 20 mg po daily. C) 1–2 mg twice daily. D) 100–200 mg tid–qid.
________identification is the most dangerous and costly error a phlebotomist can make.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When applying a cervical spine immobilization collar (CSIC) to a young boy who fell out of a tree, the EMT realizes the collar benefits the patient by:
A) preventing the head and neck from moving. B) maintaining manual in-line stabilization. C) immobilizing the cervical spine. D) decreasing downward compression on the cervical spine.
Define each of the following terms:
paraplegia