Patient on mechanical ventilation

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Charlie Bucket, an eighty-year-old male is 49 inches tall and weights 69 pound. He was admitted last night with head trauma secondary to a pedestrian motor vehicle accident. The patient is in the PICU and is unresponsive. You are seeing him to draw ABGs. His physical findings pulse 100, BP 93/48, temperature 37c, respirations 38, shallow. Breathe sounds are decreased throughout. PH 7.19, PaCo2 60, Sao2 75%, HCO2 30, FiO2 via simple mask at 6l, Hemoglobin 13. Would you recommend placing this patient on mechanical ventilation?

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