A Patient Has Been Received in the Emergency Department for Treatment

A patient has been received in the emergency department for treatment of poison ingestion. Gastric lavage and placement of activated charcoal has been prescribed. The nurse would withhold this treatment and collaborate with the prescriber if which instances occur?

A) The patient vomits.
B) The patient becomes unconscious.
C) The patient discloses that lithium was the drug taken.
D) Paramedics report that it has been 2 hours since the drug was taken.
E) The patient begins to pass copious amounts of watery diarrhea.