Now THAT'S a lab result

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INR >100. Alive.

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Specializes in L&D, CCU, ICU, PCU, RICU, PCICU, & LTC..
EMS call, glucose of 7. Couldn't give him gel b/c he was unconc (you think?!), before the days of glucagon or starting an IV in the field. Got him to ER, IV established. Awake, talking, wanting to leave all before we got our paperwork finished!

This is why I was always grateful for the instructions of an endocrinologist back in the 70's to keep sugar packets nearby. He explained that sprinkling one under the tongue would instantly raise hypoglycemia with no threat of choking. Used it many times in my career.

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All same pt:

lactic acid: >16

pH: 6.35

bicarb: 3

rectal temp: 33

ALIVE, "too sick to intubate," lucid to confused AF in ~2 hrs. 100% on NC lulz

Doc wouldn't listen to me when I suggested an ABG or when I begged her to reassess him until hrs later 😒

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Specializes in NICU.
All same pt:

lactic acid: >16

pH: 6.35

bicarb: 3

rectal temp: 33

ALIVE, "too sick to intubate," lucid to confused AF in ~2 hrs. 100% on NC lulz

Doc wouldn't listen to me when I suggested an ABG or when I begged her to reassess him until hrs later ������

"Too sick to intubate"? What does that even mean??

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RT said he wouldn't survive the lack of oxygen for even the brevity of the ET insertion

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BAC: >.500 alive, breathing independently

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318/180 BP.

dialysis fella in his late 20s, high BP for him (usually runs 250ish systolic). Just chillin in bed with headphones on. Says he has a little headache and is itchy

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Specializes in Oncology.
"Too sick to intubate"? What does that even mean??

We have those patients ALL the time. Means they'll never be able to wean them, so let's let them struggle not intubated and see what happens.

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"Too sick to intubate"? What does that even mean??

RT said he wouldn't even survive the actual intubation/the change in CO2 needed to establish an artificial airway.

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Saw a HGB of 4, with K+ of 8, with rhythmic changes in ICU yesterday.

Pt was acutely rejecting transplanted kidney.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

BNP 172,474!!!

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Specializes in critical care.

Good grief was there any elasticity left in the person's heart?! I'm picturing the 2D Echo showing an EF of 2%. Holy crap! I didn't know a BNP could go that high!

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

His BUN was >100. He was a dialysis patient but fistula wasn't mature yet.

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