A 19-year-old female patient with diabetes is unresponsive after drinking a large amount of alcohol and trying some "pills" that her friend provided. She has snoring respirations and an intact radial pulse. Emergency Medical Responders are maintaining her airway with a head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver, which has eliminated the snoring respirations. Vital signs are pulse, 116; respirations, 14 breaths/min; minimal chest wall motion with absent breath sounds in the bases; and SpO2, 92%. Advanced life support has been contacted for assistance. Your next action would be to:
A) Administer oxygen through positive pressure ventilation
B) Identify the pills that the patient took
C) Attempt to contact the parents for permission to treat
D) Determine the patient's blood glucose level
A) Administer oxygen through positive pressure ventilation
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