January 21, 2015

Scenario: You receive a call from EMS stating they are on the way to your emergency department with a 60 year-old male in acute respiratory distress. VS: HR 105, RR 30, BP 126/68, SpO2 83%. No further information is provided.

The patient arrives, awake, alert and oriented in visible respiratory distress and to your surprise has a tracheostomy in place! How does this change your management? […]

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