Several attempts to orotracheally intubate an unresponsive, apneic young man have failed. You resume bag-mask ventilations and begin transport to a hospital located 25 miles away. En route, you begin having difficulty maintaining an adequate mask-to-face seal with the bag-mask device. Assuming that you have the proper equipment, which of the following techniques to secure a patent airway would be MOST appropriate?
A) Transillumination intubation
B) Blind nasotracheal intubation
C) An open or needle cricothyrotomy
D) Further attempts at orotracheal intubation
Answer: A) Transillumination intubation
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