
Phlebotomy Essentials
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ISBN: 9781451194524
Author: Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher: JONES+BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC.
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After inserting an endotracheal tube into a patient's chest during an attempt to intubate (this process forces air into the lungs through the tube), you listen for respiratory sounds and hear them only in the right lung. What does this tell you about your tube placement?
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You likely went past the carina and into the right primary bronchus.
You likely went past the carina and into the left primary bronchus.
You didn't pass the carina and are still above it in the trachea.
The right lung is likely collapsed.
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