- Case study one
You are on duty in the cardiology ward when the nurse alerts you to a patient who has complained about feeling unwell. The patient is a 65-year-old woman who has been monitored in bed for three days after anterior myocardial infarction.
You follow the ABCDE (Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure) approach and note the following:
A : Clear
B : Spontaneous breathing, rate 26 min-1
C : Looks pale, HR 220 min[sup]-1[/sup], BP 70/42 mmHg, CRT 3 s
D : Alert, glucose 5.6 mmol l[sup]-1[/sup]
E : Nil of note
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See chapter 11 of the ALS manual for further reading about the tachycardia algorithm.
Algorithm: The tachycardia algorithm
The tachycardia algorithm is available in chapter 11 of the ALS manual.
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