A 5-year-old boy is brought to a rural emergency department after a drowning episode in a swimming pool.
List three (3) pieces of information you would seek from the ambulance officers.
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On arrival to the ED, list two (2) predictors of poor outcome in a drowning patient.
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The child is awake with GCS 15 and appears well. He is a competent swimmer but was found submerged for 2 minutes during training. List three (3) possible causes for the drowning episode.
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| Observation |
Value |
| HR |
90 bpm |
| BP |
90/50 mmHg |
| Temperature |
34 C |
| SaO2 |
99% on room air |
| RR |
20/min |
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You admit him to short stay overnight. Once a sinister cause has been excluded, state four (4) discharge criteria for the next day.
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