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Anjel said:
The answers I had to choose from were respiratory acidosis or alkalosis- compensated or uncompensated.

Or metabolic acidosis/alkalosis- compensated/uncompensated.
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Given those choices, met acidosis is the answer... but since the values are all within a normal range and you can't compensate a normal value, my answer wouldn't be any of those above. I'd call it "normal" but keep an eye on it... because something may be brewing that hasn't shown itself yet.
 
Thanks guys :-)

On another note:

Look at the cuteness
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If Boulder could just calm down for a minute... That would be greatttttt.
 
Anjel said:
Really frustrated with my test I had today. I cannot master ABGs to save my life.

They gave us:

pH- 7.35
Pco2- 39
Hco3- 22

Those all seem pretty normal to me, but apparently it is compensated metabolic acidosis. I don't get it.
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This definitely leans towards a compensated metabolic acidosis, but with all the values WNL, it's really not that cut and dry. A bad question without a patient picture to correlate it to.

The pH of 7.35 is on the low side, which would mean nothing if the other two values were more normal, but the lowish bicarb indicates that the pH might be low for a metabolic reason. The fact that the C02 is on the low side indicates the potential compensatory mechanism.

I have a really good educational article for this stuff. It breaks it down really well step-by-step and has lots of practice questions. PM me if you are interested in it.
 
Now. Wear your most raggity clothes and bring a 12 pack to the interview! They love that kind of thing.
 
Anybody know how to fix USB cables? I think it's the micro USB style (plugs into my Samsung phone). Basically what happened was that while I had the cable (the micro USB part) plugged into an external battery pack, it fell, landing on the plug essentially resulting in an axial load injury (lol) and now the brand new cable (all of 3 or 4 days old) is extremely loose and has to be held at a funny angle to maintain connection (and won't hold itself in said angle, as soon as you let go or move what feels like so much as a milimeter, it loses connection). Is the cable fixable? Or should I just toss it and buy a new one?
 
Jim37F said:
Anybody know how to fix USB cables? I think it's the micro USB style (plugs into my Samsung phone). Basically what happened was that while I had the cable (the micro USB part) plugged into an external battery pack, it fell, landing on the plug essentially resulting in an axial load injury (lol) and now the brand new cable (all of 3 or 4 days old) is extremely loose and has to be held at a funny angle to maintain connection (and won't hold itself in said angle, as soon as you let go or move what feels like so much as a milimeter, it loses connection). Is the cable fixable? Or should I just toss it and buy a new one?
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They are cheap, man....just toss it.
 
I've had varied success with wrapping a c-collar of electrical tape around the neck of the connection while maintaining neutral manual c-spine alignment in an in-line fashion.

See what I did there???
 
SWAT warrant followed by a HazMat large hydrogen leak. For not doing much work today, damn I'm tired
 
Jim37F said:
Anybody know how to fix USB cables? I think it's the micro USB style (plugs into my Samsung phone). Basically what happened was that while I had the cable (the micro USB part) plugged into an external battery pack, it fell, landing on the plug essentially resulting in an axial load injury (lol) and now the brand new cable (all of 3 or 4 days old) is extremely loose and has to be held at a funny angle to maintain connection (and won't hold itself in said angle, as soon as you let go or move what feels like so much as a milimeter, it loses connection). Is the cable fixable? Or should I just toss it and buy a new one?
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I'd just chuck it and get a new one. It's surprising that it broke that way, was it a cheapy cable?
 
MonkeyArrow said:
I've had varied success with wrapping a c-collar of electrical tape around the neck of the connection while maintaining neutral manual c-spine alignment in an in-line fashion.

See what I did there???
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Studies have shown that there is no relationship to collar placement and long term battery charging.
 
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