KarinBe

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1. Can medicine that dry out mucus hasten death?

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks so much for your answer! No I realised that he was dying, it's not that. What I want to know is if the Robinul can have these side effects, and if some of you have had these experiences.

2. Can medicine that dry out mucus hasten death?

   KarinBe posted a topic in Geriatric

   Dear allnurses, My Dad died a week ago from pneumonia. He had a bit of mucus in the back of his throat the last hour or so, not too bad, but I rang the nurse and asked if there was anything that we could do in order to help him. She suggested to give...

3. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks so much for your reply, qualitynurse56! No, I'm not a nurse.Yes, I've read that it is given for breathing difficulties. I saw that she got a little calmer after the first injection and it eased the breathing a little but the rate was just the ...

4. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you, heron. Yes, exactly, I´m concerned that the meds hastened her death. I suspect she got too much morphine and sedatives which caused a breathing depression.

5. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you, heron.But the carbonic acid don't get lower when you are end-stage, right? Isn't the oxygen getting lower and lower until you die because the organs shut down? For how long can they continue to breath that fast?!

6. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   I also did not know that morphine could cause breathing depression.The nurse did not inform me:(

7. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks so much, notanumber. Yes, I only think the nurse wouldn´t have given that second injection.It just made it harder for my Mom, it was I, a panicking daughter, that could have used some reassurance and comfort:(... How long can they stay that t...

8. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   No she wasn't. I think her fast and shallow( labored?) breathing( through nose) must have looked like Kussmaul's, but she wasn't diabetic. I understand now that the second injection was lethal for her, she couldn't keep up the pace and from I underst...

9. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

   KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks so much everyone for your posts. But the thing is I don't think my Mom was that close, she was very alerte and awake, it was only her breathing that was very fast. I don't even think she was in pain but of course the laboured breathing must ha...

10. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

    KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

    Thank you so much. But the breathing had NO pauses, only rapid and regular for several hours. What is the hardest to carry, is that she tried to show me that she didn' want to have that second injection, I saw that but didn' take notice, thinking the...

11. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

    KarinBe replied to KarinBe's topic in Geriatric

    Thank you so much, Nascar nurse, for your answer! I have done that, and will again. Even if you can not give medical advice, could you tell me something about that type of breathing?

12. Too much Morphine-scopolamine+stesolide

    KarinBe posted a topic in Geriatric

    Dear all nurses, I´m writing this from Sweden so please excuse my sometimes broken English.. I really need your opinion on this: A couple of years ago my beloved Mother who lived in a nursing home since she had her stroke 15 years earlier, died. Sh...