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about two months ago i ran a pediatric overdose on an approx 6 y/o male. this was my first ped overdose and also the first time i have ever requested CISD in the 6 years i have been in EMS.
we were called to a section 8 apartment complex on a pediatric respiratory distress. upon arrival we found the pt sitting on the couch. pt appeared very lethargic, bp was 96/p, RR 36/min and very shallow, pulse of 140, pupils were reactive but slow.
pt's mother stated that she gave her son a full dose of her ambien(10mg) because he was hyper @ 2300 hrs, even though she only takes half the dose because it "just wipes her out if she takes the full dose". to make a long story short, the kid started to go into respiratory failure, we ran him hot to the hospital and the police arrested the mom for distribution of a controlled substance to a minor and felony child endangerment.
this is the one call that almost ended my career as i wanted to bash the pt's moms face in(but what a glorious end of a career it would have been
).
So heres the million dollar question what treatment regimen would you follow on this pt and why???:wacko:
we were called to a section 8 apartment complex on a pediatric respiratory distress. upon arrival we found the pt sitting on the couch. pt appeared very lethargic, bp was 96/p, RR 36/min and very shallow, pulse of 140, pupils were reactive but slow.
pt's mother stated that she gave her son a full dose of her ambien(10mg) because he was hyper @ 2300 hrs, even though she only takes half the dose because it "just wipes her out if she takes the full dose". to make a long story short, the kid started to go into respiratory failure, we ran him hot to the hospital and the police arrested the mom for distribution of a controlled substance to a minor and felony child endangerment.
this is the one call that almost ended my career as i wanted to bash the pt's moms face in(but what a glorious end of a career it would have been
). So heres the million dollar question what treatment regimen would you follow on this pt and why???:wacko:
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