You are providing bag-valve-mask ventilations to a patient in anaphylactic shock. There is increasing resistance to ventilation, despite your use of proper ventilation technique. What is the best way to address this situation?
A) Stop ventilations and administer an albuterol metered-dose inhaler
B) Occlude the pop-off valve on the bag-valve mask and continue ventilations
C) Increase both the ventilatory rate and the force of ventilation
D) Turn the patient to her side and apply manual pressure over the epigastrium
B) Occlude the pop-off valve on the bag-valve mask and continue ventilations
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