A female patient has been admitted to the emergency department after an accidental overdose of an $\alpha$-blocker.Her daughter states that her mother called to tell her that she had taken two double doses that morning because the headache "just would not go away." The patient is now dizzy,nauseated,and very weak.What should the nurse do immediately?

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In an acute oral a-blocker overdose,the patient's stomach should be emptied,usually by gastric lavage.

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