You are on the scene at a fancy hotel room for a 60-year-old male patient who calls 911 at 10 p.m. for chest pains. He states he was about to go to bed when he suddenly had chest pain that would not go away. He rates his pain as a 7 out of 10 and is diaphoretic. His vital signs are stable, and he takes medications for hypertension, high cholesterol, and erectile dysfunction. The patient is

allergic to morphine. After placing the patient on oxygen, you contact medical control and request:

A) no orders.
B) to administer both aspirin and nitroglycerin to the patient.
C) to administer nitroglycerin to the patient.
D) to administer aspirin to the patient.


D

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