As you enter a room for an unknown medical emergency, you find an unresponsive male with snoring respirations lying supine in bed. Which one of the following actions should you take immediately?

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Snoring respirations indicate a partially obstructed airway, often due to the tongue falling back in an unresponsive patient. The head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver is a simple and immediate way to open the airway in such cases, unless a spinal injury is suspected.

As You Enter a Room for an Unknown Medical Emergency