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
D
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A) Neck pain following a motor vehicle collision B) Unresponsiveness to painful stimuli after ALS interventions C) Narcotic overdose D) Wrist fracture with diminished distal sensation
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A. 500 mL to 1,000 mL B. 1,000 mL to 2,000 mL C. 2,000 mL to 3,000 mL D. 3,000 mL to 4,000 mL
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