Description of Event or Problem · 1
A (B)(6) MALE WITH A PMHX SIGNIFICANT FOR SPHEROCYTOSIS PRESENTED TO THE ED ON (B)(6), WITH ATAXIA. HE WAS ADMINISTERED A J-TIP IN THE R AC PRIOR TO IV START AT 23:22. LABS WERE SENT AND THE TOX SCREEN CAME BACK POSITIVE FOR LIDOCAINE TOXIC LEVEL OF 7238, RANGE OF 1500-5000 AND CLONAZEPAM. A SECOND TOX SCREEN WAS SENT AT 04:45 WHICH CAME BACK NEGATIVE FOR LIDOCAINE. OF NOTE, THE PT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PICU FOR A CODE EVENT AT 4:45 WHERE HE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THIS OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER THE 2ND SET OF LABS WERE DRAWN FOR REPEAT TOX SCREEN. HPI: MOTHER TAKES GAPAPENTIN, KLOPAZEPAM, TOPAMAX; (B)(6) LIVES IN HOUSE ALSO WHILE SHE IS DEALING WITH CANCER, HAS MANY MEDS THAT MOM DOESN'T KNOW OF, BUT KEEPS THEM ALL UP AS WELL. PMHX/PSHX: SPHEROCYTOSIS, FOLLOWED BY PRIMARY CARE, DX WITH YELLOW EYES AT AN OPHTHO VISIT LAST YEAR.