You have arrived on the scene at a high school football field where a 17-year-old male is lying on the ground.He is unresponsive and cyanotic,and he is making obvious respiratory effort without moving adequate amounts of air.Which of the following should be done first?

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Opening the patient's airway using a manual maneuver is the first step in managing an unresponsive patient who is making inadequate respiratory efforts. This can help relieve any immediate obstruction and is essential before other interventions such as ventilation or oxygen administration.

You Have Arrived on the Scene at a High School