You Are Transporting a Patient Who Overdosed on Medications from a Community

question 27

Multiple Choice

You are transporting a patient who overdosed on medications from a community emergency department (ED) to a large medical center for continued care. In the ED, the patient received two doses of activated charcoal. When performing your reassessment of the patient, which of the following findings would be most concerning?

• A) Dark black stool
• B) Nausea
• C) Red colored stool
• D) Diarrhea

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