Your first action in managing this patient should be TO PERFORM A JAW THRUST. The jaw thrust is a first aid strategy that is usually perform on trauma patients in order to prevent the tongue from blocking the upper airways. The jaw thrust should be perform when the patient is in a supine position.
Explain the role of Calcium(Ca+) in askeletal muscle contraction. Role of calcium { Ca++}: By BONDING to the TROPONIN it causes the TROPOMYOSIN to MOVE from its blocking position on the active sites on the actin filaments SO the CROSS BRIDGES CAN ATTACH.
The red blood cells bring oxygen to them and the lungs expel the carbon dioxide