You are dispatched to a residence for a 69-year-old female with "breathing problems." When you arrive, the patient's husband directs you to his wife, who is sitting on the couch in obvious respiratory distress. She is semiconscious and has labored, shallow respirations. You auscultate her lungs and hear diffuse rhonchi in all lung fields. Which of the following interventions would be of LEAST benefit to her?
A. Assisted ventilations with a bag-mask device
B. IV therapy with up to a 500 mL normal saline bolus
C. Suction of her airway for up to 15 seconds if needed
D. Prompt transport and consideration of a paramedic intercept
Ans: B. IV therapy with up to a 500 mL normal saline bolus
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