A man is BIBA following a fire. He has an altered mental state and is hypotensive with a COHb of 21% and a lactate of 14 mmol/L. Can you keep him alive?
Ever tried smoking?
March 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Perhaps hospitals were a little hasty in becoming “smoke-free” zones – next time I lead a code I might see if anyone volunteers to be the pipe operator for a good old-fashioned tobacco smoke enema… From Eisenberg, MS. Life in the balance: emergency medicine and the quest to reverse sudden death. 1997; Oxford University Press. [...]
