Reply #78: They checked him out pretty well... [View All]

they said he had low blood sugar in the ER, but honestly I have seen low BS in ICU and never saw someone go into respiratory arrest. My CPR partner is a diabetic and SHE had trouble believing that too. When I was rescue breathing, I kept hearing a gurgling. I did sweeps and checks but couldn't see anything but my partner said she saw mucous. The one time I heard of this happening, the child was an undiagnosed asthmatic. I tend to think this may be the same thing. I think the intubation helped. He was a pulse Ox of 68 when they first took it but jumped up to the 70's as he was intubated before they hooked up the O2.

But all that is mute. Kid is doing well with no long term damage. Nurses, Docs, and First Responders code the longest for kids, policemen, and firefighters. You hate to lose those folks. esp kids.

But then, you know that ;)