You respond to a residence for a 9-year-old female with Down syndrome who is sick. When you arrive at the scene and assess the patient, you determine that she is unresponsive and has gurgling respirations. You should:
A. insert an oropharyngeal airway and begin assisting her ventilations with a bag-mask device.
B. open her airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver and assess the rate and depth of her breathing.
C. immediately apply high-flow oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask and then assess her pulse rate.
D. open her airway with a manual maneuver, suction her oropharynx, and insert a simple airway adjunct.
Answer: D. open her airway with a manual maneuver, suction her oropharynx, and insert a simple airway adjunct.
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