// PARAMEDIC Question · Advanced Airway & Ventilation
A patient with a known difficult airway is apneic after RSI. You cannot intubate or ventilate with a BVM. Next step is:
A. Insert an LMA or supraglottic airwayCorrect
B. Give more paralytic
C. Perform CPR
D. Transport immediately
// Rationale
Can't intubate, can't ventilate is a rescue airway indication; insert a supraglottic airway or proceed to cricothyrotomy.