You respond with your partner to a 911 call for a “man down.” Upon arriving at the scene, you find the patient lying face down between two cars in a parking lot. As you begin your assessment of the patient, you notice noisy breathing. You know that to open this patient’s airway, you should first use

The following subject areas are covered in the EMT Basic Exam:    
- Airway techniques    
- Patient assessment    
- Medical emergencies    
- Trauma    
- Treatment of infants and children    
- Operations    
- Advanced airway maneuvers    
- Anatomy and physiology