An NP is managing an older adult patient who presents with a…
An NP is managing an older adult patient who presents with a sudden, severe headache behind the right eye, tearing, halo around lights, nausea, and vomiting. Exam shows a mid-dilated, fixed, cloudy right pupil with conjunctival injection. Which is the first step in management?
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You are working in a Neuroscience ICU. You receive a patient from the emergency department with a ruptured aneurysm of the left Anterior Communicating Artery. He was intubated in the ED using RSI with etomidate and rocuronium. His neurologic exam shows no motor response and your clinical suspicion is that the paralytic used for intubation is clouding his neurologic exam. Which medication would you use for reversal of the paralytic?
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