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The nurse is caring for a client on a ventilation when the high pressure alarm sounds what ocould possibly be the trigger?

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Conditions that trigger the high-pressure alarm include kinking of the ventilator tubing, bronchospasm or pulmonary embolus, mucus plugging, water in the tube, coughing or biting on the endotracheal tube, and the client being out of breathing rhythm with the ventilator.

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