If you give a medication via the oral route in the prehospital setting, you should give it early because:
A. its onset of action is unpredictable.
B. the patient may aspirate the medication.
C. toxic levels are reached easily.
D. absorption via this route is slow.
Ans: D. absorption via this route is slow.
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