You have intubated a 70-year-old man with chronic bronchitis and are en route to the hospital. During transport, you note that ventilations are becoming increasingly difficult and the digital capnometry reading is falling. Your partner tells you that she can still hear bilaterally equal breath sounds, but they are faint. She further tells you that there are no sounds over the epigastrium. What intervention is MOST likely indicated for this patient?
A) Immediate extubation
B) Withdrawing the tube 2 cm
C) Tracheobronchial suctioning
D) Hyperventilation at 24 breaths/min
Ansdwer: C) Tracheobronchial suctioning
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