You are providing bag-valve-mask ventilations to a patient in anaphylactic shock. There is increasing resistance to ventilation, despite using proper technique. Which of the following is the best way to address this situation?

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Occluding the pop-off valve on the bag-valve mask will increase the pressure and volume of the ventilations, potentially overcoming the resistance. However, this should only be done briefly and intermittently to avoid causing barotrauma to the patient's lungs. Administering albuterol or increasing the ventilatory rate and force may not address the underlying cause of the resistance, and turning the patient to her side and applying pressure over the epigastrium is not a treatment for airway obstruction.

You Are Providing Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilations to a Patient in Anaphylactic