When arrive on scene, a family member directs you to a bedroom where a 62-year-old male patient is in respiratory distress. During the scene size-up, which finding would most strongly suggest that the patient suffers from a chronic respiratory disease?
A) Furnace turned on high with the humidifier running
B) Bottles of aspirin and nitroglycerin on the nightstand
C) Patient in a chair in tripod position and has a barrel-shaped chest
D) Smell of cigarettes in house and the patient is obese
C) Patient in a chair in tripod position and has a barrel-shaped chest
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a. inability to breathe c. unresponsiveness b. cannot speak d. unable to cough
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A) therapeutic use B) curative use C) prophylactic use D) preventive use
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