- Acute PE has mortality rates of as high as 30% without treatment [7]
- As always, you should begin with the ABC's
- O2, IV, Monitor, 12-Lead
- Close monitoring is the key to treating a patient with a suspected PE
- The patient may have signs of hypoxia and should be treated with supplemental O2
- Patients that advance to a state of shock should be aggressively treated with fluids and vasopressors such as dopamine
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