Question

You have responded to a local pool for a drowning patient. lifeguards have pulled the patient out of the pool prior to your arrival. you find the 16-year-old patient unresponsive with agonal respirations and a weak carotid pulse. what is your first action?

Answer 1

If I find the 16-year-old patient unresponsive with agonal respirations and a weak carotid pulse, I will Insert an oropharyngeal airway. An oropharyngeal airway is a medical device called an airway used to maintain or open a patient's airway. It does this by preventing the tongue from covering the epiglottis, which could prevent the person from breathing`