When Inserting a Nasopharyngeal Airway, the EMT Should Remember That

question 23

Multiple Choice

When inserting a nasopharyngeal airway, the EMT should remember that the:

• A) patient cannot be responsive nor have a gag reflex.
• B) oil-based lubricant is needed for smooth insertion.
• C) head-tilt, chin-lift or jaw-thrust is not needed after insertion.
• D) nasal mucosa may bleed even with proper insertion.

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Definitions:

Sample Statistic

A numerical measure that describes an attribute of a sample of a population.

Sample Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a sample, quantifying how much the data deviate from the mean.

Population Variance

A measure of the spread between numbers in a dataset, representing the average of the squared differences from the Population Mean.

Population Variance

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points in a population, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the mean.