Jaime carrera, a hispanic man in his late 20s, is brought to inner city health care, an urgent care center, by coworkers when he injures his head in an accident at a construction site where he is working. his head is bleeding profusely. as jaime's coworkers watch the health care team implement standard precautions for infection control, one of them, his own shirt and hands covered with jaime's blood, pulls the medical assistant aside and whispers frantically, "what are you doing? does he have aids? " what is the best therapeutic response of the medical assistant?

A5-year-old boy suddenly begins coughing while eating peanuts. he is choking and gagging. when he is brought to the ed, but he is awake and is able to give his name. on physical examination, his vital signs are stable. on examination of the chest, inspiratory stridor and intercostal and suprasternal retractions are apparent. which of the following is the most appropriate initial step in management? - allow patient to clear foreign object by spontaneous coughing- clear oropharynx with multiple blind sweeps with finger- position patient and perform back blows- stand behind patient and perform abdominal thrusts- perform emergency tracheostomy and take to surgery