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A Patient Uses a Home Ventilator Connected to His Tracheostomy

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A patient uses a home ventilator connected to his tracheostomy tube to breathe.Which of the following is the correct procedure to use when moving this patient to the ambulance?


A) Ventilate the patient's tracheostomy tube via a connected bag-valve mask at a normal rate and volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator.
B) Do nothing; there is no need to ventilate the patient between the house and the ambulance.
C) Ventilate the patient with mouth-to-mask ventilations at a normal rate and volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator.
D) Ventilate the patient's nose and mouth with a bag-valve mask at a normal rate and volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator.

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