CASE STUDY 3: Your 19 year-old female patient presents to th…
CASE STUDY 3: Your 19 year-old female patient presents to the ER with increasing shortness of breath (SOB) x 3 days. He is coughing up large to copious amounts of thick yellowish-green secretions. You note that he is tripoding and cannot speak in full sentences. On auscultation, you note that he has expiratory wheezes throughout. His SpO2 on room air (RA) is 88%. he has increased fremitis and a dull percussion note over the right lower lobe (RLL). You recommend: I. 2.5 mg Albuterol and 0.5 mg ipratropium bromide via SVN stat II. Broad spectrum antibiotics III. Sputum culture and sensitivity IV. CPT to the RLL V. Simple face mask (SFM) at 8 lpm VI. Bubble humidifier VII. Nasal cannula (NC) at 3 lpm VIII. Intubate the patient with an 8.0 ETT IX. IS X 10/ hour X. Confirm with chest x-ray XI. Begin CPR XII. CPT to the RUL XIII. Run and get Professor Ilaga