Steps to Correctly Identify Endotracheal Tube Placement

Pull the Endotracheal tube and ventilate with a Mask BVM. A Combitube cannot be used due to the duel lumen design. The distal end could be placed into the trachea or esophagus and without ETCO2 it cannot be determined if the lungs or the stomach is being ventilated. YES. Remove the ETCO2 device from the ET tube and breathe into the device. ................
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