Ans: D) An alternating series of back blows and chest thrusts
Your patient is a conscious? eight-month-old infant who has a severe airway obstruction as a result of choking on a slice of canned peach. Which of the following is your FIRST? intervention?
A) A portable suction device, using a rigid tonsil tip and no more than 100 mmHg of vacuum
B) The use of a manually triggered, flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device
C) Abdominal thrusts interspersed with attempts to ventilate
D) An alternating series of back blows and chest thrusts
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