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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Airway

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You find a patient to be breathing normally (rate of 18 per minute), clear airway, normal pulse (72 strong and regular), normal blood pressure (120/82 mmHg), normal skin condition, and blood glucose level of 51. You take a pulse oximetry reading to find that it is at 61%. What do you do?

  1. Administer oxygen at 15 liters per minute via non-rebreather
  2. Assist respirations with a bag valve mask
  3. Assume the pulse oximeter is incorrect
  4. Transport to ER
Explanation
Answer: C - Since pulse oximetry is read through a machine, there may be a chance that it will fail. If the patient has normal vitals, there is no clear indication that the pulse oximetry in this case states that they are in critical danger.
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