Your ambulance is called to respond to a 68-year-old termina…
Your ambulance is called to respond to a 68-year-old terminal pancreatic cancer patient who was found apneic. Both daughters tell you that he has had abdominal pain throughout the day and was found this evening unresponsive and not breathing. His vital signs are as follows: skin is cyanotic, cool, and dry, pulse 44, blood pressure is palpated at 60 systolic, and pupils are pinpoint. What do you suspect is wrong?