You are managing a 29-year-old male patient who was shot in the head. There is a gurgling noise in the airway. The patient is breathing spontaneously at 42 breaths per minute and has a heart rate of 110 and a systolic and diastolic pressure of 102/82. What airway intervention should be performed first on this patient?
A) Head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver
B) Suctioning the airway
C) Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway
D) Endotracheal intubation
Answer: B) Suctioning the airway
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