The most effective type of emergency airway to manually ventilate a patient in her 36th week of pregnancy is a(n):
a. laryngeal mask air-way. c. oropharyngeal air-way.
b. nasopharyngeal airway. d. tracheostomy tube.
ANS: A
Pregnant patients predictably have improved ventilation with a laryngeal mask airway when compared with other mask techniques. The tracheostomy is too invasive for this situation. The nasal and oropharyngeal airways do not facilitate manual ventilation better than the laryngeal mask airway.
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