An unresponsive cancer patient is suffering from respiratory acidosis after wearing too many fentanyl patches. You are managing her airway and have established an IV. Your next treatment priority should be ventilation at

a. 12 times per minute with 1 mg epi
b. 18 times per minute with 1 mg of sodium bicarb
c. 16 times per minute with 1 mg calcium chloride
d. 18 times per minute with 2 mg naloxone


d. 18 times per minute with 2 mg naloxone

Caregivers should always consider the possibility of opioid induced respiratory depression in clients they are treating with respiratory failure especially when clients fail to improve with appropriate therapy.

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