You remove the shirt of a patient in cardiac arrest and note an adhesive patch applied to his upper right arm. This medication is MOST likely:
A. transdermal calamine.
B. absorbed glucose.
C. a fentanyl patch.
D. transcutaneous atropine.
Ans: C. a fentanyl patch.
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