// EMT Question · Airway, Respiration & Ventilation

Snoring respirations in an unresponsive patient MOST LIKELY indicate:

A. Foreign body obstruction
B. Tongue occluding the airwayCorrect
C. Laryngospasm
D. Pulmonary edema

// Rationale

Snoring in an unresponsive patient is the tongue falling posteriorly. Reposition and place an airway adjunct.

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