If a patient's mechanical ventilator malfunctions, you should remove the patient from the ventilator and:
a. place the patient on a nasal cannula
b. place the patient on a nonrebreathing mask
c. begin ventilations with a bag-mask device
d. contact medical control
Answer: c. begin ventilations with a bag-mask device
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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