Man suffers severe burns lighting a cigarette in bed, Louisville KY
Medical EmergencyA 40-year-old man accidentally set himself on fire while lighting a cigarette in bed. He has severe burns covering 40% of his body and has airway involvement. He is intubated and being airlifted to University Hospital.
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Forty-year-old male involved in a lit a cigarette when he was getting out of bed, called himself on fire. He's about 40% burn with airway involvement. We do have him intubated at this time. He hasn't been hypotensive due to medications given before we intubated just because he was combative. That patient currently is on the leave of stage. Current bottles is 119 over 77 blood pressure heart rate 67 that 95% on the ventilator no issues noted otherwise we have an NGM place we've given about 1,800 of fluids and we've recently given him 40 of ketamine for pain sedation. Okay, we'll see you guys when you get here. We'll check out, check the patient out in Room 9. Thanks so much.
Forty-year-old male involved in a lit a cigarette when he was getting out of bed, called himself on fire. He's about 40% burn with airway involvement. We do have him intubated at this time. He hasn't been hypotensive due to medications given before we intubated just because he was combative. That patient currently is on the leave of stage. Current bottles is 119 over 77 blood pressure heart rate 67 that 95% on the ventilator no issues noted otherwise we have an NGM place we've given about 1,800 of fluids and we've recently given him 40 of ketamine for pain sedation. Okay, we'll see you guys when you get here. We'll check out, check the patient out in Room 9. Thanks so much.
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