The nurse admitted a client with Pneumonia. The client is on…

The nurse admitted a client with Pneumonia. The client is on a nasal cannula at 4L/min.  The client is rapidly declining into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).   The client’s respirations were at 40 breaths per minute and now are at 8 breaths per minute. The client appears fatigued and pale. SpO2 82%.  Which arterial blood gas alteration is expected with the client’s current respirations? 

I noted in a few places that in panic situations, people mig…

I noted in a few places that in panic situations, people might behave in ways that seem rational at that moment.  However, we have to realized that those people are acting on the basis on limted–even false–information, limited ratioanal communication (or none at all), or on their pre-conditioned and individual emotional resonses.