While a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest receives emergency care, you note that her abdomen grows larger with each ventilation provided from a bag-valve mask. What instructions should you provide?
A) Try delivering each ventilation over 3 seconds, and let's slow down the rate.
B) The ventilation rate and force of ventilation need to be increased so air goes into the lungs.
C) Let's slow the ventilation rate to 10 per minute, providing each breath over 1 second.
D) I need another rescuer to apply firm pressure over the stomach, while we ventilate this patient.
Question 2
Which one of the following statements indicates that the EMT has an accurate understanding of the bronchioles?
A) They are large structures that pass oxygen from the lungs directly into the bloodstream.
B) They are small air sacs located just before the alveoli.
C) They are small passages located in the lower airway that have smooth muscle surrounding them.
D) They are large airways located before the carina and are made of cartilage.
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