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The EMT is assisting the paramedic with endotracheal intubation. A 7.0-mm endotracheal tube has been prepared, and the BVM and suction devices are immediately available. Which of the following additional pieces of equipment would be the MOST important to have available?

Supraglottic airway devicehigh-flow oxygen via nasal cannulaventilation

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Supraglottic airway device

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Supreglotic airway devices known with the acrpnym SADs, are also regarded as extraglottic airway devices. They are used during general anesthesia for the purpose of maintaining upper airway patency, they also aid limited positive pressure ventilation intermittently, and they also help to some extent in protecting against breathing in gastric contents.

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