Physiological Adaptation Q 40

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Which of the following interventions should be your first priority when treating a patient experiencing chest pain while walking?

  

     A. Have the patient sit down.

     B. Get the patient back to bed.

     C. Obtain an ECG.

     D. Administer sublingual nitroglycerin.

    

    

Correct Answer: A. Have the patient sit down.

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The initial priority is to decrease oxygen consumption by sitting the patient down.

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Options B, C, and D: Administer sublingual nitroglycerin as you simultaneously do the ECG. When the patient’s condition is stabilized, he can be returned to bed.

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