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So I assisted with a code the other night and it seems that the combitube was really positional. I would get some end tidal co2 for a while then it would go away. It went away more toward the end, I double checked lung sounds and I had them bilaterally along w/ chest rise/fall. Maybe the cells were dead and not doing any gas transfer.
Has anyone ever worked a code where the waveform went away, but you still had bilateral breath sounds. Treat the patient not the monitor right. It is possible there maybe have been an obstruction in the ETC02 measuring device.
Thoughts?
Has anyone ever worked a code where the waveform went away, but you still had bilateral breath sounds. Treat the patient not the monitor right. It is possible there maybe have been an obstruction in the ETC02 measuring device.
Thoughts?