You are dispatched for an elderly male with dyspnea. When you arrive, you find the patient sitting in a chair. He is semiconscious and unable to effectively communicate with you. As you perform a primary assessment, your partner applies 100% oxygen and a pulse oximeter, which reads 85%. The MOST reliable indicator of cerebral hypoxia in this patient is his:
A. complaint of dyspnea.
B. mental status alteration.
C. inability to communicate.
D. decreased oxygen saturation.
Ans: B. mental status alteration.
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