A 2-year-old is brought to a physician’s office unresponsive and barely breathing. The patient, according to family, has had a fever and trouble breathing for less than a week and collapsed in the bathroom 15 minutes ago. What is your HIGNEST priority if you suspect the patient has complications from pneumonia? Bronchiole suction. Bronchoditator therapy. Nasogastric decompression. Insertion of an endotracheal tube.
[Answered]: A 2-year-old is brought to a physician’s office…
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