Re: What happened in the ER?

REP wrote:
> In article <1134111528.964677.232990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "just Ed" <just_ed53spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I didn't see it, but my wife was shown that the monitor
> > had recorded a BP of 90/25 !?! during the episode.
> >
> > I had not felt unusually bad considering the circumstance.
> > Was this a valid reading?
> > a reaction to morphine? -how unusual is that?
> > how close did I get to dying?
>
> This is just a guess from a naturally hypOtensive person (my normal BP
> is around 90/40) is that you might have been in shock, and that you
> weren't very close to death. I'm sure one of the people who know what
> they're talking about will be along soon to correct my guess.
>
> --
> "Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."

tnx, REP.
I really had no feel for how low that BP was.

I had thought shock (based on my boyscout first aid training)
as I lay there shivering with my head up, limbs level with torso.
I'd asked my nurse if I was in shock, that's how I got the extra
blankets, though my position was never changed.

Ed

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