You respond to a patient who was found unresponsive in bed….
You respond to a patient who was found unresponsive in bed. The patient has inadequate ventilations and you are administering positive pressure ventilations with poor lung compliance. The patient does not have an intact gag reflex. Which of the following devices is indicated to manage the airway?
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You and your partner have arrived on scene to a cardiac arrest. Your patient’s skin is cyanotic. Your partner starts to bag the patient and does so every 5-6 seconds with good chest rise and fall.As soon as they start, they ask if you can tell they are doing it correctly. How would a competent EMT reply, yes or no, and why?
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