A University Student Is Brought to the Emergency Department After

question 1

Multiple Choice

A university student is brought to the emergency department after having a seizure at a party. The heart rate is 110 beats per minute, the respiratory rate is 18 breaths per minute, and the blood pressure is 160/95 mm Hg. The patient is agitated and restless and has tremors. The patient takes clonidine for ADHD. The nurse smells alcohol on the patient's breath. Toxicology results are pending. The nurse suspects what about this patient?

• A) The patient has severe alcohol poisoning.
• B) An adverse drug interaction between the clonidine and the alcohol has occurred.
• C) The patient may have consumed a large amount of caffeine.
• D) The patient may have ingested strychnine.

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