A patient comes into the emergency room with symptoms of organophosphate poisoning. The nurse has reason to believe that the exposure occurred within the past 2 hours. Which plan for treatment should the nurse expect?
1. Administer pralidoxime as an antidote.
2. Treat the symptoms with echothiophate.
3. Keep the patient quiet; administer nothing until "aging" occurs.
4. Give neostigmine as the antidote.
Correct Answer: 1
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