Which of the following patients is LEAST likely in need of positive-pressure ventilation?
A) Confused 46-year-old woman with labored respirations, adventitious breath sounds, and pallor
B) Conscious 41-year-old woman with two-word dyspnea, perioral cyanosis, and tachycardia
C) Semiconscious 39-year-old man with shallow chest wall movement, cyanosis, and bradypnea
D) Conscious 36-year-old man with difficulty breathing, symmetrical chest rise and fall, and flushed skin
Answer: D) Conscious 36-year-old man with difficulty breathing, symmetrical chest rise and fall, and flushed skin
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