You are dispatched to a shopping mall for a 8 year old boy that is short of breath. On arrival you find the following: 8 year old child sitting next to his mother, he is slumped forward and appears to be in respiratory distress. He looks cyanotic. Respiratory rate is 22bpm Heart rate is 112bpm SpO2 is 88% BGL is 6mmol/L His mother says that his inhaler is empty and he become very short of breath after running around the mall. He weighs 32kg. As per the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG's), discuss your treatment for this child having moderate bronchospasm. Include all management, medications and correct dosages for his weight.
You are dispatched to a shopping mall for a 8 year old boy that is short of breath. On arrival you find the following: 8 year old child sitting next to his mother, he is slumped forward and appears to be in respiratory distress. He looks cyanotic. Respiratory rate is 22bpm Heart rate is 112bpm SpO2 is 88% BGL is 6mmol/L His mother says that his inhaler is empty and he become very short of breath after running around the mall. He weighs 32kg. As per the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG's), discuss your treatment for this child having moderate bronchospasm. Include all management, medications and correct dosages for his weight.
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You are dispatched to a shopping mall for a 8 year old boy that is short of breath. On arrival you find the following:
8 year old child sitting next to his mother, he is slumped forward and appears to be in respiratory distress. He looks cyanotic.
Respiratory rate is 22bpm
Heart rate is 112bpm
SpO2 is 88%
BGL is 6mmol/L
His mother says that his inhaler is empty and he become very short of breath after running around the mall. He weighs 32kg.
As per the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG's), discuss your treatment for this child having moderate bronchospasm. Include all management, medications and correct dosages for his weight.
8 year old child sitting next to his mother, he is slumped forward and appears to be in respiratory distress. He looks cyanotic.
Respiratory rate is 22bpm
Heart rate is 112bpm
SpO2 is 88%
BGL is 6mmol/L
His mother says that his inhaler is empty and he become very short of breath after running around the mall. He weighs 32kg.
As per the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG's), discuss your treatment for this child having moderate bronchospasm. Include all management, medications and correct dosages for his weight.
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