Airway & Ventilation第 15 / 100 题
Agonal respirations in an unresponsive patient should be treated as:
a.Normal, adequate breathing
b.A reason to give only a nasal cannula
c.Inadequate breathing requiring ventilatory support
d.A sign the patient is improving
解析
Agonal (gasping) respirations are ineffective and do not provide adequate ventilation, often occurring around cardiac arrest. The patient needs assisted ventilation and, if pulseless, CPR.
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