A nurse is completing her annual cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. The class instructor tells her that a client has fallen off a ladder and is lying on his back; he is unconscious and isn't breathing. What maneuver should the nurse use to open his airway?

a) Head tilt-chin lift
b) Jaw-thrust
c) Heimlich
d) Seldinger


Answer: b) Jaw-thrust

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