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Your patient is a 45-year-old male with extensive blunt trauma to the face. He has decorticate posturing in response to pain; weak, irregular respiratory effort at 6 per minute; and a heart rate of 50 with a good radial pulse. The patient appears to have nasal and mandibular fractures, and an oropharyngeal airway is insufficient to keep the tongue from the posterior pharynx. Which of the following has the MOST potential to negatively impact the patient?
A) A nonvisualized dual lumen airway
B) Nasotracheal intubation
C) Retrograde intubation
D) Oral intubation under direct laryngoscopy
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Essentials of Paramedic Care Update

Essentials of Paramedic Care Update


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Good luck with the rest
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