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What can happen if you use a tongue blade on a patient with epiglottitis?

What can happen if you use a tongue blade on a patient with epiglottitis?
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What can happen if you use a tongue blade on a patient with epiglottitis?

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Im not quite sure, but I think it can result in the "loss of the airway".

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