After inserting an endotracheal tube into a patients chest, you auscultate for respiratory sounds and hear them only in the right lung. What does this tell you about your tube placement?

A. You likely went past the carina and into the right primary bronchus.
B. You likely went past the carina and into the left primary bronchus.
C. You didn't pass the carina and are still above it in the trachea.
D. The right lung is likely collapsed.


A. You likely went past the carina and into the right primary bronchus.

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