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Let's start with the scenario. You have a female patient in her 40s on mechanical ventilation for airway protection. After an acute change in condition, a stat CXR found a massive left tension pneumothorax. It was treated rapidly with chest needle decompression and chest tube placement. A...

Let's say you just intubated a 4 month old child. You are preparing to place this patient on a ventilator that allows you to select patient size, such as infant, pediatric, or adult. You elect to place the patient in volume control per IBW under the INFANT size category. You notice that she has...

What are your thoughts on administering analgesics to patients experiencing abdominal pain? Is there evidence to support withholding narcotics to someone in obvious pain? How has technology changed this? I know my answer, but I'm curious what they're teaching in school nowadays.