You are having a difficult time getting air from the bag-valve mask to pass into the patient's lungs. Your first action should be to:
A) perform a finger sweep of the airway.
B) administer abdominal thrusts.
C) turn the patient on his side and try ventilations again.
D) perform the head-tilt, chin-lift again.
D
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a. Elevating the skin from the bony and cartilaginous dorsum. b. Removing the hump or lowering a prominent dorsum. c. Broadening the nasal pyramid to compensate for the flatness caused by the hump re moval. d. Modeling the tip or lower cartilaginous complex to proportions consistent with the previous steps.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. A-type B. Fold-down C. Drop-down D. H-type