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Let’s chat about abnormal Capnography waveforms! This is the 4th reel in a series I’ll be doing chatting about how you can incorporate it & what the numbers & waves mean. Intubation should be verified by Capnography and there should be a waveform with tracheal positioning. With inadvertent esophageal intubations there either won’t be a waveform or it will be low amplitude with low to no Capno values. If you don’t have a trace, the tube is in the wrong place!!!! Also, it’s pretty cool in COPD exa