Your patient is a 67-year-old male who has chest pain. After assisting with his nitroglycerin, his chest pain remains 7 out of 10 and he is still diaphoretic. His vital signs are: pulse 72 beats per minute, respirations 18 per minute and adequate, blood pressure 82/60 mmHg, and SpO2 at 97% on 2 liters per minute of oxygen. To the present, the patient has taken two nitroglycerin tablets. You
should:
A) administer a third nitroglycerin tablet.
B) increase the oxygen to 4 lpm.
C) administer half of a nitro tablet.
D) transfer him to the stretcher and transport.
D
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