What Is a Patent Airway

question 52

Multiple Choice

What is a patent airway?

• A) A rigid suction device used to remove fluid and foreign objects from the pharynx to secure the airway
• B) A term used by EMS practitioners to indicate that the patient has a secured and opened airway necessary for life
• C) The condition of the patient's airway at the start of a lifesaving intervention
• D) An airway that is in need of securing via an oral or nasal pharyngeal airway

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Definitions:

Gametes

Reproductive cells that unite during sexual reproduction to form a new organism.

Diploid Zygote

The cell formed when two haploid gametes (from each parent) merge during fertilization, containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.

Fungi

A realm comprised of organisms that create spores and derive nutrition from organic substances, encompassing molds, yeast, mushroom species, and toadstools.

Protists

A kingdom of mostly unicellular eukaryotic organisms that are not plants, animals, or fungi, including amoebas, algae, and plasmodium.