General management for a patient who has overdosed on a benzodiazepine includes:

A. administering 0.4 to 2 mg of naloxone, administering oxygen, and transporting.
B. maintaining airway patency, supporting ventilations as needed, and transporting.
C. inserting an oropharyngeal airway, administering oxygen, and transporting promptly.
D. inserting a multilumen airway, deferring IV therapy, and transporting without delay.

Ans: B. maintaining airway patency, supporting ventilations as needed, and transporting.

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