You are by the side of a young female college student who is unresponsive. Friends say that she is not a heavy drinker, but tonight she drank an excessive amount of alcohol. She responds to painful stimuli and has snoring respirations. Her respiratory rate is 8 breaths per minute and her radial pulse is weak. Your immediate action would be to:
A) determine if drugs are also involved.
B) perform the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver.
C) administer positive pressure ventilation.
D) apply oxygen via a nonrebreather mask.
Question 2
The detailed physical assessment is BEST defined as:
A) a careful, thorough process of eliciting the patient's history and conducting an exam.
B) identifying and correcting immediate life-threatening conditions.
C) a problem-oriented assessment based on the patient's chief complaint.
D) detecting trends and determining changes in your patient's condition.
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