// PARAMEDIC Question · Advanced Airway & Ventilation
A patient with severe asthma is intubated and has high peak airway pressures. The concern is:
A. Pneumothorax
B. Hypotension
C. BarotraumaCorrect
D. Bradycardia
// Rationale
High airway pressures in asthma can cause barotrauma; use low tidal volumes and allow permissive hypercapnia.