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Certified Nursing Assistant Exam Prep

Category - Physical Care

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The nursing assistant finds Mrs. Kerr on her bed unresponsive and is preparing to open the client’s airway. Which of the following methods to open the airway would be most appropriate to use?
  1. The jaw-thrust method
  2. The head tilt-chin lift technique
  3. The chest thrust method
  4. The chin-to-sternum method
Explanation
Answer: B - The method of choice for opening the airway is the head tilt-chin lift method. The jaw-thrust method should be used when neck injury is possible. The chin-thrust method is one method for treating airway obstruction by a foreign body. The chin-to-sternum method is fictitious.
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