You are dispatched to a call for a 4-month-old infant with respiratory distress. While you prepare to care for this child, you must remember that:
A. small infants are nose breathers and require clear nasal passages at all times.
B. the infant's proportionately small tongue often causes an airway obstruction.
C. assisted ventilations in infants often need to be forceful to inflate their lungs.
D. an infant's head should be placed in a flexed position to prevent obstruction.
Answer: A. small infants are nose breathers and require clear nasal passages at all times.
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