You are dispatched to the residence of a 19-year-old man who has a tracheostomy tube and is on a mechanical ventilator. According to the patient's mother, he began experiencing difficulty breathing about 30 minutes ago. Auscultation of his lungs reveals bilaterally diminished breath sounds, and his oxygen saturation is 90%. You disconnect the patient from the mechanical ventilator and begin bag-mask ventilations; however, you meet significant resistance. You should:
A) suspect that he has bilateral pneumothoraces.
B) ventilate with a demand valve and transport at once.
C) remove the bag-mask and suction his tracheostomy tube.
D) remove his tracheostomy tube and replace it with a new one.
Answer: C) remove the bag-mask and suction his tracheostomy tube.
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