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From the "Crazy Ideas" file, what about CPAP? Perhaps if we used CPAP we could push all the fluid in the patient's lungs back into the intravascular space, simultaneously increasing oxygenation and blood pressure while eliminating the pulmonary edema.
cpap initially increases oxygenation, but you notice that the patient's work of breathing is increasing, chest rise is less pronounced, bp 95/40, respir down from 25 to 14. Breath sounds still very coarse.
monitor still showing Stach @ 140 with paroxysmal runs of vtach 20beats (@ 170)