75 year old male is BIBA after taking an odd turn. According to his wife he became acutely confused with the inability to talk and unable to walk.
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Lab Case 181
65 year old male known COPD, presents to ED as priority 1 with SOB and sats 60% RA. History not known as patient not able to talk.
Lab Case 47
A 70 year old man presents to your ED feeling unwell with abdominal pain and vomiting for two days. He has a history of NIDDM, HTN and high Cholesterol. He is immediately triaged to your resuscitation bay, placed on 15 litres oxygen by non rebreather mask and iv access is obtained.
Vitals:
BP = 160/50
PR 115/min
T 37.5 Celsius
RR 40/min
His ABG and blood results are as follows Continue reading
Lab Case 25
A 22 year old female presents to your ED with vomiting and abdominal pain. She is on Methadone and has failed to refill her prescription, so has been injecting Heroin over the last 2-3 days.
Describe and Interpret: Continue reading
Lab Case 18 – Interpretation
A 35 year old man with significant COHb level of 28.5%, altered level of consciousness (?other co ingestions), elevated lactate indicating severe carbon monoxide poisoning in the context of an attempted suicide. Continue reading
Lab Case 18
A 35 year old man is brought to your Emergency Department by ambulance following a suicide attempt. His wife found him in his car with the engine running at 7.30 am, he had connected a hose from his exhaust into the car. He was last seen at 7 am that same morning.
On examination :
GCS 14
BP 150/90
PR 99/min
Sats 97 – NP 4litres
Describe and Interpret his ABG ( after 5 minutes of 15 litres oxygen via non rebreather) Continue reading