Your patient is a 3-year-old male with a stoma who has swallowed a household cleaner. Medical direction gives you an order for milk to dilute the stomach contents. Which of the following is the correct way of carrying out this order?
A) Have the patient drink one glass of milk.
B) Have the patient drink a glass of milk while you plug the stoma to prevent leakage.
C) Refuse the order and explain why.
D) Administer one glass of milk through the stoma.
A
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A) provide high-concentration oxygen and treat for shock. B) determine the presence and rate of the carotid pulse. C) apply direct pressure to the laceration. D) assess the airway for patency and breathing for adequacy.
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A) Kussmaul's respirations. B) apneustic respirations. C) Cheyne-Stokes. D) Biot's.