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Your patient is a 24-year-old female with a history of asthma . She is in severe respiratory distress. She states that she started having difficulty breathing 6 hours ago that initially responded to her albuterol and Atrovent metered dose inhalers (MDI). However, her breathing has worsened over the past 4 hours and is not responsive to her MDIs. She can speak in 4- to 5-word sentences. Her skin is pale and diaphoretic, and she is using accessory muscles, has expiatory wheezing in all lung fields, and diminished air movement in the bases. HR = 142, BP = 132/78, RR = 30, SpO2 = 88%. In addition to 100% oxygen and an IV of normal saline, which of the following is the best course of prehospital treatment?
A) Albuterol and ipratropium via nebulizer, IV corticosteroids
B) Endotracheal intubation, albuterol and ipratropium via nebulizer
C) Albuterol via nebulizer, IV corticosteroids
D) Albuterol and ipratropium via nebulizer
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!! Perfect Pile of Poo
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I'll do my best to answer the others now, see you around
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