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CASE STUDY – HEART FAILURE Donald Bergman Patient Assignment D.B. is a 67-year-old male who was admitted to the telemetry unit 1 day ago for medical management with a diagnosis of chronic heart failure (HF). D.B. has a 20-year history of hypertension and had an MI 6 years ago. He began having fatigue, tachycardia, and dependent bilateral lower extremity edema about 18 months ago, and was diagnosed with right ventricular HF. He was already taking enalapril for hypertension and was prescribed fu...

You identified the child. To maintain patient safety it is important that you quickly identify the child. 0:32 You identified the relatives. This is important, as the patient is below 18 years of age. 0:51 You obtained legal consent from the child's relative. This was reasonable. 1:04 Child status - ECG: Sinus tachycardia. Heart rate: 156. Pulse: Present. Blood pressure: 110/73 mmHg. Respiration: 25. Conscious state: Appropriate. SpO2: 90%. Temp: 37.1 C 1:55 You asked the parent: Does h...

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