Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Exercise 21

A young woman is brought to the emergency department by police who found her lying on a downtown sidewalk.The initial nursing assessment finds that she is unresponsive and has a weak pulse of 112; shallow respirations of 8 breaths/minute; and cold, clammy skin.Identify the two medications that would most likely be given immediately to this patient and explain why they would be given.
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