The patient is experiencing respiratory insufficiency and is unable to maintain spontaneous respirations. The nurse expects 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. The latter is used in patients who are breathing spontaneously.
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