ventilator high pressure alarm sounds, patient spO2 drops to 80 %, and HR drops to 40beats/min. You perform a quick assessment and note the absence of breath sounds, and you are unable to pass a suction catheter through the ETT. You conclude that your patient’s ETT is completely obstructed. what is your most urgent course of action?
[Answered]: ventilator high pressure alarm sounds, patient…
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