If Successive Efforts to Open a Hospitalized Patient's Obstructed Fail

question 33

Multiple Choice

If successive efforts to open a hospitalized patient's obstructed fail, which of the following emergency procedures might be considered?
I.laryngoscopy
II.transtracheal catheterization
III.cricothyrotomy
IV.tracheotomy

• A)II and IV
• B)I, II, and III
• C)III and IV
• D)I, II, III, and IV

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