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Acute Overdose Management
The PMHNP is on call at the residential treatment facility and is called to urgently see a patient being treated for methamphetamine use disorder. The patient was admitted earlier this day and being and was still being assessed for appropriate psychotherapy and medication needs. Facility staff was performing routine observation rounds and found the patient unresponsive. You arrive at the bedside and find the patient to be unresponsive, with a blood pressure of 78/50 mm Hg and a respiratory rate of 7 breaths/minute.
The appropriate response is to:
A. Immediately review the records for all…
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