What is the most common problem with the use of bag-valve-mask resuscitators?
a. Equipment failure
b. Nosocomial infection
c. Pulmonary barotrauma
d. Pulmonary hemorrhage
ANS: A
The first and most common problem is unrecognized equipment failure.
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