While stabilizing a preterm neonate before resuscitation, what should the therapist do to avert injury and atelectasis, and to avoid interfering with the infant's ability to establish adequate ventilation?
I. Use a bulb syringe.
II. Avoid excessive suctioning of clear fluid from the nasopharynx.
III. Use a suction catheter clearing the mouth first and then the nose.
IV. Suction using direct laryngoscopy.

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To avert injury and atelectasis, and to avoid interfering with the infant's ability to establish adequate ventilation, avoid excessive suctioning of clear fluid from the nasopharynx.

While Stabilizing a Preterm Neonate Before Resuscitation, What Should the Therapist