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==Section 3 - RESPIRATORY==
===3.06 ANXIETY / HYPERVENTILATION===

Hyperventilation Syndrome is a condition in which minute ventilation exceeds metabolic demands, resulting in hemodynamic and chemical changes that produce characteristic dysphoric symptoms inducing a drop in arterial pCO2 through voluntary rapid/deep respirations.

==== Hyperventilation signs and symptoms may include: ====
* Agitation, dyspnea, hyperpnea
* Wheezing and tachypnea
* Chest pain, palpitations
* Dizziness, paresthesias, generalized weakness, and syncope
* Tetanic cramps (eg, carpopedal spasm) and peri-oral numbness
* The patient often complains of a sense of suffocation
* An emotionally stressful precipitating event often can be identified

==== Procedures: ====
* Establish [[Initial Medical Assessment and Care|INITIAL MEDICAL CARE]] (2.01)
** Obtain the patient's present medical history
* Before the patient is deemed to be hyperventilating the following must be identified and addressed:
** Obtain baseline oxygen saturation and capnography
*** Oxygen saturation greater than 95% and CO2 of less than 30 mmHg present before initiating therapy
*** If available obtain a carbon monoxide reading
**** Must be less than 5% in non-smokers
**** Must be less than 10% in smokers
** Rule out other triggering physical illnesses or conditions
** Document the ABSENCE of a triggering physical event such as (but not limited to):
*** Smoke inhalation
*** Any significant or multi-system trauma
*** Chemical exposure or inhalation
*** No history of asthma, pneumonia or other respiratory illnesses
*** No history of previous pulmonary embolus or pulmonary edema
*** No previous cardiac or congestive heart failure conditions

====Medical Care:====
* Instruct the patient to breathe abdominally, using the diaphragm more than the chest wall, often leads to improvement in subjective dyspnea and eventually corrects many of the associated symptoms.
* Diaphragmatic breathing slows the respiratory rate, gives the patient a distracting maneuver to perform when attacks occur, and gives the patient a sense of self-control during the episode.
* If indicated have the patient use a paper bag placed gently over the mouth and nose to rebreathe his/her exhaled CO2.
** When used, monitor closely for signs of hypoxia and continue monitoring oxygen saturation and CO2 levels
** Limit the use of the paper bag to less than 5 minutes before interrupting and reassessing the patient’s condition.
** May repeat twice at 5 minute intervals and reassessing the patient’s condition.

====If the patient’s condition persists or worsens after treatment consider other etiologies that may be causing the event. Do not withhold oxygen from the patient!====