You have performed intubation without difficulty on a patien…
You have performed intubation without difficulty on a patient with impending respiratory failure, the ETT was visualized passing through the vocal cords, confirmation with ETCO2 reveals no color change after 6 breaths. What are the possible reasons for this? Cuff is still deflated Right mainstem intubation Loss of pulse, cardiopulmonary arrest Need to deliver more breaths for CO2 detection to occur