A 55-year-old man comes to the emergency department on a nonrebreathing mask with an SpO2 of 88%. The patient was found unconscious in a running car in the garage
Carbon monoxide poisoning is a concern at this time. What should the respiratory care practi-tioner recommend to the physician at this time?
a. Place a nasal cannula at 6 L/min on the patient.
b. Begin the patient on heliox therapy 80%:20%.
c. Place the patient on carbogen therapy 5%:95%.
d. Set the patient up on an air-entrainment device at 0.50 FIO2.
ANS: C
Carbogen is used to treat hiccups and carbon monoxide poisoning; furthermore, it is used as a stimulant/depressant of ventilation and to prevent the complete washout of CO2 during cardio-pulmonary bypass.
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