A 19 year old Male without Medical Insurance goes to the Hospital Emergency Room for a Strong Cough and Tightness in the Chest. During the Exam the E.R Doctor listens to his chest and hears a rattle which suggests fluid in the Lungs. What is proper Medical procedure in this case.
2006-11-24 05:15:11 · 6 answers · asked by mr_nice_guy 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
1.iv 2.o2 saturation 3.o2 if needed 4.respiratory therapy to give neb treatment 5.chest xray and poss ct scan 6. lab work drawn 7.go by lab work to diagnose and treat
2006-11-25 03:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by steveangela1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The treatment of fluid accumulation in the lungs depends upon the cause and process that stimulated the fluid to build up.
A common cause of fluid in and around the lungs is congestive heart failure. Treatment is medication to improve cardiac function and diuretics to help the body get rid of fluid by increasing urine output.
If there is a large amount of fluid around the lungs, a physician might insert a needle into the space around the lungs to remove the fluid improving breathing and at the same time, the fluid can be sent to the laboratory for analysis to determine the precise cause of the fluid.
2006-11-24 05:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by janellie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They need to do a thorough history to find out ALL possible causes, and any possible contact to tuberculosis. Any history of illness, and any recent treatment he may have had. What other symptoms is he having?? This is not enough information, but he will PROBABLY need a chest x-ray if he has not recently had one. Does he have an immune disorder? Does he have a history of pneumonia?
2006-11-24 12:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it extremely is definitely problematical to assert.. i be attentive to while i substitute into interior the army at a military scientific institution we continually checked all and sundry's considered necessary indicators in the past seeing the healthcare expert and a triage nurse could show each and each affected person and positioned them so as of magnitude to be seen. oftentimes if everyone got here in with "chilly like" syptoms a chest xrays substitute into executed to rule out pneumonia. that should have not been the technique for that scientific institution. you should call the scientific institution and ask to be certain a replica of their trouble-free working technique and/or protocols for the ER. that should grant you a extra suitable thought and positioned your fears to take a seat down back. maximum docs will base their remedies on what the affected person tells them related to the subjects they are having. oftentimes ER docs will tell each affected person to stick to up with a kinfolk healthcare expert the subsequent business enterprise day. The ER is for Acute, emergency illnesses. they are knowledgeable to get you stable and then to a extensive-unfold healthcare expert to take care of the stick to up. If the boy persevered to have difficulty day after on the instant i could have pronounced as his extensive-unfold healthcare expert and advised him the difficulty and made an appointment or taken him back to the scientific institution.....
2016-11-26 20:09:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let your attorney go shopping for hired guns... excuse me, expert witnesses. You can paint any story you want with the scenario you have given. There is no "proper medical procedure" for the limited information you provided.
2006-11-24 05:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In severve cases a chest drain would be put instu
2006-11-24 05:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by nursej 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋