A 22-Year-Old with Asthma Comes to the Emergency Department in Respiratory

question 59

Multiple Choice

A 22-year-old with asthma comes to the emergency department in respiratory distress.The patient has acute shortness of breath (SOB) ; is febrile,tachypneic,and tachycardic; and has an SpO₂ of 88% on a nasal cannula that delivers 2 L/min.Which of the following actions should the respiratory therapist take at this time?

• A) Teach the patient to breathe through pursed lips.
• B) Place a simple mask on the patient.
• C) Remove the cannula and place a 0.35 air-entrainment mask on the patient.
• D) Place a high-flow cannula at 15 L/min on the patient.

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