The Sellick maneuver
(A) is used to clear a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant or child.
(B) is used to clear blood or mucus from an endotracheal tube or the nasopharynx.
(C) may be used to minimize gastric distention and facilitate placement of an endotracheal tube into the glottic opening.
(D) is the preferred method for opening the airway of an unconscious patient when cervical spine injury is suspected.
Answer: (C) may be used to minimize gastric distention and facilitate placement of an endotracheal tube into the glottic opening.
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