(Solved) Your patient is 24-year-old male Chinese citizen on vacation in the United States. He is in moderate

Your patient is 24-year-old male Chinese citizen on vacation in the United States. He is in moderate distress complaining of difficulty breathing and gives a 4-day history of runny nose, sore throat, and general malaise with a productive cough. His sputum production was significantly worse when he woke this morning, and he developed difficulty breathing this afternoon. You note cool, pale, and diaphoretic extremities and lung sounds with rhonchi bilaterally. He gives a medical history of asthma treated with an albuterol inhaler as needed. HR = 134, BP = 132/84, RR = 26, SpO2 = 90%. Which of the following is the best course of prehospital treatment for this patient?
A) Provider use of PPE, oxygen via nasal cannula 4 lpm, notify receiving hospital, transport
B) Provider use of PPE, oxygen via nonrebreathing mask 15 lpm, IV of NS KVO, cardiac monitor, notify receiving hospital, transport
C) Oxygen via nonrebreathing mask 15 lpm, IV of NS with 250 fluid challenge, cardiac monitor, transport
D) Provider use of PPE, albuterol via nebulizer, IV of NS KVO, cardiac monitor, transport

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Your patient is 24-year-old male Chinese citizen on vacation in the United States. He is in moderate

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