Monday, February 19, 2007
This week I have been treating a pt that has end stage COPD & on Friday I went to treat her and her sats were at 79% and she was pale, had blue lips, and temors in her extremities. As you can imagine I was very hesitant to do anything with her, but this made her nervous and she asked me if she was dying. I never want to answer that question, but what do you do in a situation like this?
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Hey Kris,
Gee that is a tought one....I'm with you on that- I too would never want to answer a question like that. I guess in all honesty you don't ultimately know the precise answer to that question. I really would love to give you some great advice but I think that would sound trite, it really depends on the situation and the rapport you have with the patient but I imagine I would probably want to just hold their hand......sounds kinda corny I know.....although this may/may not be appropriate....like I said-that is probably one of the hardest questions you could ever be asked and no amount of reading/theory can give you the right answer.
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