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Gastric distension is bloating of the stomach when air is pumped into it. This may be done when someone is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and blowing air into the mouth of someone who is not breathing spontaneously. The primary reason this occurs is too much air is delivered during rescue breathing.It may also occur when more advanced medical procedures are performed by emergency or hospital personnel and air leaks past the opening of the lungs and into the stomach.