Question Answered step-by-step A 43-year-old man with severe depression is brought into the… A 43-year-old man with severe depression is brought into the emergency department after being found collapsed at home. His family states he had been recently despondent, and they had not heard from him for three days. On physical examination, he is unresponsive and tachypneic the with a respiratory rate of 41 breaths per minute despite a normal lung examination. His chest x-ray is unremarkable. And arterial blood gas shows a pH of 6.93, PA CO2 of 20, PaO2 of 100, and a HCO3 of 4 mEq/L. Serum electrolyte tests show an anion gap of 35. So addressing and correcting the  Metabolic acidosis is imperative this is a toxic ingestion and maintaining the ABC’s of this pt. but with the evidence of his depression question doing harm to himself. Am I going in the right direction? Health Science Science Nursing NUR MISC Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)

Question Answered step-by-step A 43-year-old man with severe depression is brought into the… A 43-year-old man with severe depression is brought into the emergency department after being found collapsed at home. His family states he had been recently despondent, and they had not heard from him for three days. On physical examination, he is unresponsive and tachypneic the with a respiratory rate of 41 breaths per minute despite a normal lung examination. His chest x-ray is unremarkable. And arterial blood gas shows a pH of 6.93, PA CO2 of 20, PaO2 of 100, and a HCO3 of 4 mEq/L. Serum electrolyte tests show an anion gap of 35. So addressing and correcting the  Metabolic acidosis is imperative this is a toxic ingestion and maintaining the ABC’s of this pt. but with the evidence of his depression question doing harm to himself. Am I going in the right direction? Health Science Science Nursing NUR MISC Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)