Why should oxygen not be administered in this situation?
A 35-year-old female patient presents with a negative medical history. She has come to the office to have an amalgam placed in tooth number 20. Once seated in the dental chair, the patient begins to talk rapidly and clutches the arms of the chair. She admits no fear of the dental procedure but appears to be very nervous, then she begins to breathe rapidly and complains of tightness in her chest and a feeling of suffocation. She is hyperventilating
The patient is experiencing levels of too much oxygen.
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