CMC Cardiac Medicine Certification

Answer- B - Administering oxygen in this patient is the priority nursing intervention. The correct sequence of treatment for this patient is oxygen, streptokinase, and heparin. A Patient presenting with dyspnea and chest pain should first be administered oxygen inhalation. This patient is suffering from acute myocardial infarction presenting within 6 hours, so he is a candidate for thrombolytic therapy. He should be administered streptokinase followed by heparin. Nitroglycerine may not be needed in this patient.