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❑ [[Pulmonary embolism]]</div>}} | ❑ [[Pulmonary embolism]]</div>}} | ||
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❑ Assess airway, [[pulse oximetry]] <br> | |||
❑ Nurse 45 degrees upright <BR> | |||
❑ Give [[oxygen]], if Sa02 ↓90%<br> | |||
by non-rebreather face masks<br> | |||
❑ Continuous cardiac monitoring<br> | |||
❑ Intravenous access <br> | |||
❑ Monitor vitals - Pulse, BP<br> | |||
❑ Monitor urine output<br> | |||
❑ '''Order''' [[chest x ray]], [[EKG]]</div>}} | |||
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Revision as of 22:32, 20 February 2014
Management
Characterize the symptoms: ❑ Cardiac
❑ Extracardiac Obtain a detailed history:
❑ Past medical history
❑ Family history
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Examine the patient: ❑ General examination:
❑ Head/neck examination:
❑ Cardiovascular examination:
❑ Respiratory examination
❑ Abdominal examination:
❑ Neurological examination: ❑ Extremity examination: ❑ Assess severity - NYHA or ACC/AHA Consider close differential diagnoses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Initial stabilization: ❑ Assess airway, pulse oximetry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||