Question

When assisting with oral intubation of a patient who is having respiratory distress, in which order will the nurse take these actions? (Put a comma and a space between each answer choice [A, B, C, D, E].)

a. Obtain a portable chest-x-ray.
b. Position the patient in the supine position.
c. Inflate the cuff of the endotracheal tube after insertion.
d. Attach an end-tidal CO2 detector to the endotracheal tube.
e. Oxygenate the patient with a bag-valve-mask device for several minutes.

Answer 1

The correct order for assisting with oral intubation of a patient who is having respiratory distress is: position the patient in the supine position, oxygenate the patient with a bag-valve-mask device for several minutes, inflate the cuff of the endotracheal tube after insertion, attach an end-tidal CO2 detector to the endotracheal tube, and finally obtain a portable chest-x-ray.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct order for assisting with oral intubation of a patient who is having respiratory distress is as follows:

1. Position the patient in the supine position.
2. Oxygenate the patient with a bag-valve-mask device for several minutes.
3. Inflate the cuff of the endotracheal tube after insertion.
4. Attach an end-tidal CO2 detector to the endotracheal tube.
5. Obtain a portable chest-x-ray.