A-16-year-old boy has a sucking chest wound secondary to a gunshot. You have applied a vented chest seal and have been assisting his ventilations with a BVM. You notice it is becoming harder to ventilate the patient. You should immediately: geoquad a. Insert an oral pharyngeal airway. geoquad b. Lift the vent seal to allow trapped air to escape. geoquad c. Remove the vent seal and continue providing assisted ventilations. geoquad d. Squeeze the BVM more forcefully.
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