You are transferring an unresponsive patient from her house to the ambulance on the stretcher. An oral airway has been placed and ventilations with the bag-valve mask are being administered. Suddenly, the patient regains consciousness and starts to gag. Your immediate action should be to:

A) Leave the airway in but stop ventilations
B) Remove the oral airway
C) Suction the airway
D) Reassure and calm the patient

B) Remove the oral airway

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A. prepare questions before the presentation. B. sit still for at least twenty minutes to really focus. C. ask questions as you go through the presentation. D. move around freely during the presentation, even if it is distracting.

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A physician has confirmed von Willebrand's disease in a patient. Further testing is needed to determine which subtype the patient has. Multimer analysis is performed and comes back normal. What is the most probable explanation for this?

a. The patient is not suffering from von Willebrand's disease. b. The patient is suffering from type I VWD. c. The patient has BSS. d. The wrong patient was drawn.

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