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Conditions that trigger the high-pressure alarm - ANSWER-kinking of the ventilator tubing, bronchospasm, pulmonary embolus, mucus plugging, water in the tube, and coughing or biting on the ET tube. The alarm may also be triggered when the client's breathing is out of rhythm with the ventilator. **A disconnected ventilator circuit or an ET cuff leak would trigger the low-pressure alarm. **Changing the oxygen concentration without resetting the oxygen level alarm would trigger the oxygen alarm, not the high-pressure alarm. For a client with an endotracheal (ET) tube, which nursing action is the most important? - ANSWER-Auscultating the lungs for bilateral breath sounds A nurse observes constant bubbling in the water-seal chamber of a closed chest drainage system. What should the nurse conclude? - ANSWER-Constant bubbling in the water-seal chamber indicates an air leak and requires immediate intervention. The client with a pneumothorax will have intermittent bubbling in the water-seal chamber.