You arrive on the scene of a patient who is receiving bag-valve-mask ventilation. The abdomen is extremely distended. After intubation, you have resistance while bagging the patient. Lung sounds are diminished bilaterally, and the trachea is midline. What should you do?

(A) Suction for foreign body aspiration.
(B) Insert a naso/oral gastric tube.
(C) Pull back the ET tube 2 cm and reassess.
(D) Reassess for development of pneumothorax.

Ans: (B) Insert a naso/oral gastric tube.

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