A patient is experiencing respiratory insufficiency and cannot maintain spontaneous respirations. The nurse suspects that the physician will perform or insert which of the following airway management techniques or devices?
A) Oropharyngeal airway
B) Jaw thrust maneuver
C) Endotracheal intubation
D) Cricothyroidotomy
Ans: C
Feedback: Endotracheal tubes are used in cases when the patient cannot be ventilated with an oropharyngeal airway, which are used in patients who are breathing spontaneously. This makes options A, B, and D incorrect.
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