Your 60-year-old female patient is alert and has respirations of 16 and a pulse of 92. The pulse oximeter reads 78 percent and gives a pulse rate of 30. What should you do first?
A) Check to see if the patient is wearing nail polish or has cold hands.
B) Use a bag-valve mask to ventilate the patient.
C) Increase the flow rate of oxygen to the patient.
D) Discontinue use of the pulse oximeter.
A
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