After coming on a patient with complete obstruction of an oral endotracheal tube, your efforts to relieve the obstruction by moving the patient's head and neck and deflating the cuff both fail. What should be your next step?

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If efforts to relieve an obstruction in an oral endotracheal tube by adjusting the patient's head and neck position and deflating the cuff fail, the next step is to immediately extubate the patient to ensure they can breathe. This is critical to prevent hypoxia and other complications.

After Coming on a Patient with Complete Obstruction of an Oral