Lesson of the day. If you have CHF, then at all costs avoid the temptation to have that extra helping of Easter ham.
Seems everyone was running CHF calls last night.
We had one woman that I was sure was going to buy a tube, but we put the CPAP on her and the turn around was amazing. Ten years ago she’d have been sedated, paralyzed, and intubated. Likely, she’s also have died. We’ll see here again, because I doubt she’ll lose the 300 pounds she needs to in order to survive.
More evidence that I’m getting too old for this. Carried a guy down stairs the other night who is 20 years younger than me. I won’t go into his history, but he had meds that are more typical for patients in their 60s or older.
I have this horrible vision of my hobbling up stairs with my walker only to treat young popinjays in their 30s and 40s with chronic medical problems.
Something is seriously wrong here.
What’s CHF and CPAP??
Congestive Heart FailureContinuous Positive Airway Pressue
Wait, if you have CHF you should avoid salty foods?Someone tell my MIL, who goes out to eat – for fried foods – at least 3X a week…
I’m willing to bet that her doctor has told her that about 100 times. It’s like the Asthmatics I see that have a cigarette at the first sign of shortness of breath. They just can’t help themselves.
Yeah, she has COPD, too. And doesn’t use her oxygen as directed, either.Oh, and is about 150 pounds overweight.I told Mrs. G. that she ought to buy her mom a carton of smokes and a bottle of Jim Beam. Since she’s intent on killing herself, she might as well enjoy it…
Sadly, not unusual. Had a 400+ pound patient like that the other night too.
You’ve got to stop taking such good care of yourself.