After placing a small rock in her mouth, a 7-month-old girl begins to choke. You are on scene within minutes and find her unresponsive in her mother's arms. You attempt to provide ventilations with the bag-valve mask, but are unsuccessful after two attempts. What would your next action be?

A) Attempt ventilation with a pocket mask
B) Administer five chest thrusts
C) Provide five abdominal thrusts
D) Start cardiopulmonary resuscitation


D) Start cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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A) 1 percent of the population. B) 5 percent of the population. C) 10 percent of the population. D) 15 percent of the population.

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A curvature of the spine resulting from collapse of the vertebrae is called:

A. hyphosis. B. kyphosis. C. osteoporosis. D. tendonitis.

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When performing a venipuncture, you should ask the patient to clench the fist:

A) always B) never C) only if the vein stands out D) only if the vein does not stand out

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When gradient coils are referred to, the x axis coil is referred to as the ____ gradient.

a. selection b. phase encoding c. frequency encoding d. none of the above

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