A 25-year-old woman with asthma is brought to the emergency department secondary to an acute asthmatic attack. She is using her sternocleidomastoid and internal/external intercostal muscles to breath. This can be interpreted as:

A. improved status, no intervention needed
B. worsening status, intervention needed
C. normal breathing pattern, no intervention needed
D. airways are bronchodilating


ANS: B
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