MEDizzy - A nurse uses abdominal-thoracic thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)

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Respiratory System

A nurse uses abdominal-thoracic thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) when an older adult in a senior center chokes on a piece of meat. Which volume of air is the basis for the efficacy of the abdominal thrusts to expel a foreign object in the larynx?

ExplanationB. The residual volume is the amount of air remaining in the lungs after maximum exhalation. A, B, C. Usually this is under the individual’s control. The force exerted by the abdominal thrust surpasses that which the individual is voluntarily capable of exerting