Medical Science · Emergency Medicine and Intubation
If breath sounds are heard only on the right side immediately after endotracheal intubation, what is the most appropriate next step?
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- 1Pull the endotracheal tube back slightly and auscultate the lungs again✓
- 2Recognize that the tube has entered the stomach and immediately remove it
- 3Assume the patient anatomically has only the right lung
- 4Extubate completely, ventilate for 30 seconds, then attempt re-intubation
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Pull the endotracheal tube back slightly and auscultate the lungs again
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