Which one of the following patients should the EMT recognize as being mildly hypoxic?
A) 24-year-old female breathing 8 times per minute with cyanosis to her lips
B) 36-year-old female with asthma, breathing 22 times per minute with cyanosis to her fingertips
C) 44-year-old male breathing 22 times per minute who is confused and has an SpO2 at 97%
D) 18-year-old male who is restless and breathing shallowly at 16 times per minute with no cyanosis
D
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A) Scroll through the list of patients in the New Encounter window. Right-click on the name of the desired patient, then click Select on the drop-down menu that appears. B) Scroll through the list of patients in the New Encounter window. Click once on the name of the desired patient, then click OK. C) Type the patient's name into the Search portion of the New Encounter window. When the patient's name appears in the Results box, click it once, then select OK. D) Type the patient's name into the Search portion of the New Encounter window. When the patient's name appears in the Results box, double-click it with the left mouse button.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).