changes in blood pressure and heart rate with a ventilator high-pressure alarm. You ask to obtain a

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Your patient experiences sudden changes in blood pressure and heart rate with a ventilator high-pressure alarm. You ask to obtain a chest X-ray, and it reveals that the trachea deviates to the left. The right side of the chest is completely black and translucent, and there is hypoventilation noted on the left. You check your Ett and notice it is in the right mainstem. What do you think is wrong?

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