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shouldn't attempt to treat the ''unsalvageable,'' but I know we'll probably try anyway. We review with the nurses how to assess vital signs, cyanosis, central and peripheral pulses, and capillary refill. We won't have any monitoring equipment, not even a pulse oximeter.
My colleague and I sit across from each other, trying out worst case scenarios. ''If the kid is in full arrest, should we give adrenaline or just declare him dead and push him aside? How are we going to keep intravenous lines in a wet, diaphoretic, hypothermic child (this is February, March)? Should we just go for what can be given intramuscularly and skip an intravenous line altogether?'' I post my question to a list on the Internet and get lots of good suggestions, especially from paramedics. Some suggestions on how to secure endotracheal tubes as well. A few people include political commentary, but I'm too exhausted to respond.
I stock the house with water, canned milk, snacks, chocolate, crayons, books, CDs. I tape the doors and windows in our bedroom against chemical attack, and every night before going to bed I take in the laptop (CNN on the Internet), spare mattresses, blankets, a bucket (can't use the bathroom during an attack), and everyone's gas mask. My children have lots of questions, but I can't really explain why the rockets might fall on us when the United States attacks Iraq. They model their gas masks
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