While Assisting a Paramedic with the Placement of an Endotracheal

question 27

Multiple Choice

While assisting a paramedic with the placement of an endotracheal tube, she asks you to perform Sellick's maneuver. You would:

• A) lift the jaw upward with your index finger and thumb.
• B) press downward on the cricoid cartilage.
• C) stabilize the neck to prevent side-to-side motion.
• D) gently move the trachea to the right.

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Definitions:

Pavlovian Conditioning

A form of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning technique where, through recurrent pairing of two stimuli, a reaction initially caused by the second stimulus is eventually caused by the first stimulus alone.

Species-Specific

Pertaining or unique to a particular species.

Preparedness

A predisposition to quickly learn certain types of behaviors or to associate specific stimuli with certain responses due to evolutionary pressures.