A Patient Aspirated While Eating and Suffered a Respiratory Arrest

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient aspirated while eating and suffered a respiratory arrest.A code blue was called,the obstruction was removed,but the patient required endotracheal intubation.Postintubation,the nurse hears breath sounds bilaterally,but the carbon dioxide monitor indicates a higher than expected level.Which patient history could account for this discrepancy?

• A)The patient's original admittance diagnosis was dehydration.
• B)The patient's wife reports,"We were talking and laughing when he choked."
• C)The patient has history of calcium deficiency requiring dietary supplementation.
• D)The patient's wife says,"He had some heartburn earlier,so the nurse had given him a lemon-lime soda to drink with his supper."

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