Resuscitation
 
SE/B06/002: Mind the gap....Which gap????
 
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A rapid clinical examination reveals the following.

A patent airway, a respiratory rate of 40 with a clear chest and equal air entry. She has a heart rate of 170 (sinus) and a capillary refill of 6 seconds. She only responds to pain on the AVPU scale. Pupils are mid size and reactive.

A BM is taken and comes back at 5.6

You also take an arterial blood gas from the femoral artery.

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