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Your patient is a 66-year-old female who is complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain. She describes a 3-day history of worsening cough with "rust-colored" sputum. Today, she developed lower-left-side chest pain that seems to worsen with deep inspiration. She rates the pain a 3 on a scale of 1-10. Her skin is pale, warm, and damp. Auscultation of the lungs reveals rhonchi to the left lower lobe. HR = 100, BP = 144/82, RR = 24, SpO2 = 92%. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A) Oxygen by nasal cannula at 4 lpm, cardiac monitor, IV of normal saline at a keep open rate, nitroglycerin, morphine, furosemide
B) Oxygen by nasal cannula at 4 lpm, cardiac monitor, IV of normal saline at a keep open rate
C) Oxygen by nonrebreather at 15 lpm, cardiac monitor, IV of normal saline at a keep open rate, aspirin, nitroglycerin, morphine
D) Oxygen by nonrebreather at 15 lpm, BLS transport

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