Medic Basic Airway

The maximum flow rate to be used with a nasal cannula is ________ liters per minute.

6

Applying posteriorly directed pressure on the cricoid cartilage to facilitate endotracheal intubation is also referred to as:

Cricoid pressure

The simplest airway management technique in a patient without suspected cervical spine injury is the:

Head-tilt/Chin-lift maneuver

One disadvantage of the oropharyngeal airway is:

It doesn't prevent aspiration

Advantages of a nasopharyngeal airway include all of the following, EXCEPT:

It isolates the trachea

Which of the following manual airway maneuvers should be used when you are caring for a patient with a suspected cervical spine injury?

Modified Jaw-Thrust

Which of the following basic airway adjuncts prevents the tongue from falling back to occlude the airway?

Oropharyngeal Airway

The major drawback of mouth-to-mouth ventilations is:

potential exposure of the rescuer to body fluids.