An acute exacerbation of asthma occurs when there is an increase in the severity of asthma symptoms, such as __________ and shortness of breath

Your patient is a conscious eight-month-old infant who has a severe airway obstruction as a result of choking on a slice of canned peach. Which of the following is your FIRST intervention?

A) A portable suction device, using a rigid tonsil tip and no more than 100 mmHg of vacuum B) The use of a manually triggered, flow-restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device C) Abdominal thrusts interspersed with attempts to ventilate D) An alternating series of back blows and chest thrusts

To prevent damage to computer components from static discharges, which of the following are required at all workstations?

a. Battery backup b. Synthetic fiber carpet c. Grounding mats d. None of the above