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Your patient is a 30-year-old female who may have overdosed on antidepressant medications. On your arrival, she is lying supine on her bed with her head on a pillow. She is unresponsive to painful stimuli and is snoring. She appears to be pale and her skin is cool and clammy. What should you do first?
 
  A) Insert an oropharyngeal airway. B) Check the patient's pulse.
  C) Apply oxygen by nonrebreather mask. D) Remove the patient's pillow.

Question 2

While each woman's labor can vary, an average labor takes approximately _______ hours.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

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