UsualSuspect147
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GREAT post.How do you know he doesn't have a genetic mitochondrial disorder that inhibits him from aerobic metabolism and doesn't need a dose of bicarb to reverse his acute acidosis?
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it is a duck until proven otherwise.
When you hear hoofbeats, think horses.
If he is breathing, then he doesn't need the narcan anyway.
If he did take drugs, how do you know it was an opioid?
What if it was a benzo, a barbiturate, THC, an amphetamine? A chemical like whiteout or paint? (can you believe they still make that stuff?, who uses it?)
What if it was a large dose opioid and you have to set up a narcan drip?
But here is the rub.
The more what if's you know, the less practical it becomes to look for them.
Start with the basics, air in and out, blood round and round.