A patient experiences cardiac arrest, and the resuscitation team initiates ventilations using a bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator. The development of which condition during the provision of care would lead the team to suspect that improper BVM technique is being used?



Hypertension

Esophageal injury

Pneumothorax

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Complications can occur with the use of a BVM resuscitator due to improper technique. Delivering excessive volume or ventilating too fas...