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A 40-year-old man is unresponsive on arrival after having been found at a house fire. He is unconscious, hypotensive, and tachycardic with agonal respirations. You quickly secure the airway while the nurse establishes two large-bore intravenous lines. After placing the patient on 100% oxygen, you send an arterial blood gas: pH 7.01, PCO221, PO2575, COHb level 20%, and blood lactate 12 mmol/L. You should now administer: a. Intravenous bicarbonate. b. Intravenous sodium thiosulfate. c. Inhaled amyl nitrate. d. Broad-spectrum antibiotics. e. Intravenous methylene blue.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:31:56 +0000

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