A nurse is called to the home of a neighbor and finds an unconscious person still holding a medication bottle labeled pentobarbital sodium.What is the nurse's first action?

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Pentobarbital sodium is a barbiturate.Maintaining a patent airway is the priority when the patient is unconscious.Assessing neurologic function by testing reflexes and checking pupils can wait.Vomiting should not be induced when a patient is unconscious because of the danger of aspiration.

A Nurse Is Called to the Home of a Neighbor