A Home Care Patient Using NPPV Complains That When She

A home care patient using NPPV complains that when she puts on the NPPV mask at night and turns on the machine,"at first the gas feels like it is punching [her] in the face." The patient is noncompliant with the NPPV because of this.What action should the respiratory therapist take?

A) Decrease the IPAP.
B) Increase the EPAP.
C) Decrease the flow trigger.
D) Set the ramp and delay time.