You are ventilating a stoma patient with a pocket mask device. As you ventilate, you hear the leakage of air. Your initial course of action should be to:

A. suction the stoma and mouth.
B. hyperextend the patient's neck.
C. seal the patient's nose and mouth.
D. use a larger size pocket mask device.


Answer: C. seal the patient's nose and mouth.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What will be an ideal response?

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