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You Are Called to the Scene of a 14-Year-Old Female

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You are called to the scene of a 14-year-old female patient who is unresponsive.Her mother states she has n teased and bullied at school and she suspects that she tried to commit suicide by taking her pain pills.The patient is unresponsive to painful stimuli,with agonal respirations,and has vomited.She has a weak carotid pulse.Your first action is to:


A) administer oxygen by bag-valve mask (BVM) .
B) administer oxygen by nonrebreather mask (NRB) .
C) administer an oropharyngeal airway (OPA) .
D) suction the patient's airway.

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