The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Has a Sengstaken-Blakemore

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube in place.In caring for this patient,the nurse must

A) maintain as little traction as possible.
B) apply external traction using a side rail of the bed.
C) deflate the gastric balloon before the esophageal balloon.
D) deflate the esophageal balloon before the gastric balloon.

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