Question 13 - Airway, Respiration, and Ventilation Practice Test for the EMT Test

You are manually ventilating a patient using a bag-valve mask (BVM). The patient is connected to pulse oximetry monitoring, and the SpO2 reading is 80%. Which of the following steps should you take next?

Carefully reposition the head and ensure you have a tight seal with the mask.
Squeeze the bag much faster.
Do a finger sweep of the mouth to make sure it’s clear.
Put down the ambu bag and start mouth to mouth resuscitation using a barrier device.

Hint

Be sure to consider describing words like first (second, third, etc.), number one (two, three, etc.), top, prior to, priority, prioritize, increase, next, then, last, before, between, initial(ly), immediate(ly), direct(ly), final, earliest, latest, ultimately, original(ly), and after in questions. They indicate that there is one particular correct answer, even if the other answer choices may be related to the question.

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