You’re on scene at a high school football game. A football player collapsed to the ground. He has a pulse, a respiratory rate of 4 breaths per minute, breaths are very shallow and he is grunting slightly. Airway management should include ____.

The patient is not ventilating adequately. A RR of 4 is too low and he needs ventilatory support. Placing a non-rebreather or nasal cannula will not be sufficient since he has a poor spontaneous respiratory effort. While the “grunting* may be an indicator of an obstruction, it would not be a reason to withhold manual ventilation.