A 21-year-old woman with a longstanding history of borderline personality disorder is brought in by ambulance 2 hours after deliberate ingestion of 300 x 100mg aspirin tablets. You estimate her weight to be approximately 60kg. Initial vitals are as follows :

  • HR 120 BP 98/58

1. Complete the dose-related risk assessment in the table below 4 marks

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As you are performing your initial assessment, the patient has a generalised tonic-clonic

seizure.

2. State (3) important next steps in resuscitation (include drugs and doses where 0 marks

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3. Outline (5) steps in your specific management of this pa ent’s overdose 5 marks

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