Your patient is a 55-year-old male with a history of seizures who is on the floor and experiencing tonic-clonic motor activity. His jaw is clenched, he has peripheral cyanosis, and there are frothy secretions in his airway. HR = 130, RR = 4 and shallow, SaO2 = 88. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A) Suctioning the airway, inserting a nasopharyngeal airway, assisting respirations by bag-valve-mask device with 100 percent oxygen
B) Immediate nasal intubation and hyperventilation with 100 percent oxygen
C) An IV of normal saline at a keep open rate, check blood glucose level, administer 3 mg of lorazepam, IV
D) An IV of normal saline at a keep open rate, check blood glucose level, administer 5 mg of diazepam, IV
Question 2
You are assessing a newborn who presents with respiratory distress; heart sounds auscultated over the right chest; and a small, flat abdomen. Which of the following is appropriate in his care?
A) Insertion of a gastric tube
B) Needle chest decompression
C) Elevation of the head and chest, endotracheal intubation
D) Ventilation via an automatic transport ventilator
Mechanical ventilation may be necessary for clients experiencing respiratory alkalosis
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