Your patient is a 22-year-old female who has increased her daily dose of lithium without her physician's knowledge. She is complaining of generalized weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea. You notice that her speech is slurred. Heart rate = 68 and irregular, respirations = 16, blood pressure = 104/70, SaO2 = 97% on room air, and the monitor shows a sinus rhythm with PACs and PJCs. Which of the following would be most beneficial to this patient?
A) Oxygen
B) Magnesium sulfate
C) Calcium chloride
D) Sodium bicarbonate
Ans: D Sodium bicarbonate
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A) O negative. B) AB positive. C) AB negative. D) O positive.
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A. Ventilating B. Oxygenating C. Intubating D. Exhaling
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A. roles. B. manners. C. colleagues. D. delegations. E. None of the above
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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