Question 6

6.  Your patient is a 34 year old male that was involved in a house fire after rescuing his three kids that were also inside of the home.  He is only complaining of headache and a hoarse voice.  He is awake and talking to you.  His vitals are as follows:  BP- 112/67, Pulse-76, RR-20, SpO2 is 100%.  His lungs are clear.  Which of the following is the best management option?

A.  Discharge the patient.  His vitals are fine.  He needs to be with his family

B.  Give the patient a racemic epinephrine treatment and admit the patient for observation.

C.  Consider intubating the patient and transferring him to a burn center and ventilate him on 100 FiO2.

D.  Put the patient in heated aerosolized oxygen mask.  That will help his hoarse voice and reduce swelling.