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A 19-year-old diabetic female is unresponsive after drinking a large amount of alcohol and trying some pills that her friend provided. She has snoring respirations and an intact radial pulse. Emergency Medical Responders are maintaining her airway with a head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver. Vital signs are: pulse 116, respirations 14, and SpO2 93. Advanced life support has been contacted for assistance. Your next action would be to:
 
  A) administer oxygen through positive pressure ventilation.
  B) identify the pills that she took.
  C) attempt to contact the parents for permission to treat.
  D) determine the patient's blood glucose level.

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Which of the following is the most reliable way to differentiate between a hyperglycemic emergency and a hypoglycemic emergency?
 
  A) Determine whether or not the patient took his insulin or oral antihyperglycemic medicines.
  B) Determine whether the patient is a type I or type II diabetic.
  C) Follow the conventional wisdom, Pale, cool, wet: low; red, hot, dry: high.
  D) Assess the blood glucose level.


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yoooooman

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
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