A 36-year-old man experienced significant burns to his face, head, and chest following an incident with a barbeque pit. Your assessment of his airway reveals severe swelling. After administering medications to sedate and paralyze the patient, you are unable to intubate him. Furthermore, bag-mask ventilations are producing minimal chest rise. The quickest way to secure a patent airway in this patient is to:
A) ventilate with a demand valve.
B) insert a LMA.
C) perform a needle cricothyrotomy.
D) perform an open cricothyrotomy.
Answer: C) perform a needle cricothyrotomy.
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