// AEMT Question · Advanced Airway
A patient with an ET tube has absent breath sounds on the right side. This suggests:
A. Right mainstem intubation
B. Left mainstem intubationCorrect
C. Pneumothorax on the right
D. Normal placement
// Rationale
Absent breath sounds on the right with present sounds on the left suggests the ET tube has entered the left mainstem bronchus.