How this exercise works
Read the scenario and decide whether you should assist the patient with their prescribed or protocol medication, withhold it, or monitor only. Choose the safest option.
Fundamental concept
When EMT-Basics may help patients self-administer prescribed or protocol-authorized medications versus when to withhold and transport.
Read: Assisting Patients With Prescribed Medications →Scenario
64-year-old with crushing chest pain. Blood pressure 82/50, pale and diaphoretic. Patient has prescribed nitroglycerin.
Nitroglycerin
64-year-old with crushing chest pain. Blood pressure 82/50, pale and diaphoretic. Patient has prescribed nitroglycerin.
Should you assist with nitroglycerin?
