All of the following will help minimize the risk of gastric distention when ventilating an apneic patient with a bag-mask device, EXCEPT:
A. delivering each breath over 1 second.
B. ensuring the appropriate airway position.
C. ventilating the patient at the appropriate rate.
D. increasing the amount of delivered tidal volume.
Ans: D. increasing the amount of delivered tidal volume.
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