An hour later, the patient has had three consecutive aerosol…
An hour later, the patient has had three consecutive aerosol treatments and solumedrol via IV. He is still short of breath, and the doctor wants you to evaluate the patient further and recommend further action. (SELECT AS MANY as you consider indicated)
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You are working the NOC shift at a 260-bed Community Medical Center. You receive a stat call to the emergency room. To assess and treat a patient described by the nurse as experiencing severe respiratory distress. As you enter the patient’s room, you observe the middle-aged adult male in severe respiratory distress. The patient is leaning forward on the bedside table, breathing rapidly with marked use of accessory muscles. Breath sounds are very decreased, with very faint wheezing superimposed over a prolonged expiratory phase. The resident doctor covering the ER arrived at the bedside and asked what you would immediately recommend doing with this patient. (SELECT ONLY ONE)
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