You Have Just Placed an Esophageal Tracheal Combitube (ETC) in a Patient

question 47

Multiple Choice

You have just placed an Esophageal Tracheal Combitube (ETC) in a patient and inflated the cuffs as appropriate. The bag-valve mask is attached and ventilation is being delivered through tube #1. Auscultation reveals that breath sounds are present in the epigastrium and not in the lungs. You should:

• A) provide ventilation through tube #2.
• B) continue to ventilate.
• C) slightly pull back on the ETC and listen again.
• D) remove the ETC and reinsert it.

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Definitions:

First-In, First-Out Method

An inventory valuation method that assumes goods are sold in the order they are acquired, with the oldest inventory items sold first.

Materials

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Assembly Department

A division within a manufacturing facility where components are assembled into finished products.

First-In, First-Out Method

An accounting method for valuing inventory that assumes the first items placed into inventory are the first sold.