Fixed extinguishing system applications entail firefighters using their engine apparatus and hose to supply heat-encapsulating agent to a sprinkler system via its _______________

The respiratory therapist notices the low pressure alarm sounding from the ventilator for the patient in ICU Bed 1. As the therapist enters the room, she notes that during inspiration, the pressure manometer reads 6 cm H2O. The therapist's first action should be to

A. look for a kink in the circuit. B. change modes of ventilation. C. check the exhalation valve. D. suction the patient.

The mandible, tongue, epiglottis, and thyroid cartilage attach to the:

A. vallecula. B. cricoid ring. C. hyoid bone. D. pyriform fossae.