You are treating a female patient who is complaining of chest pain. She is diaphoretic with a blood pressure of 98/50. You have her medications on board which includes a prescription for...

You are treating a female patient who is complaining of chest pain. She is diaphoretic with a blood pressure of 98/50. You have her medications on board which includes a prescription for nitroglycerin. Medical control has instructed you to administer 1 nitroglycerin tablet sublingually. How would you respond? 2. Respectfully disagree and state that you feel it is in the best interest of the patient with a blood pressure 5o low to not lower it any further by administering nitroglycerin b, Administer 1 nitroglycerin tablet s instructed ¢ Instruct medical control to get out the protocol books and look under contraindications for nitroglycerin administration d. Repeat the vital signs to medical control and ask if they still wish to have you administer the nitroglycerin with the blood pressure that low


Extracted text: You are treating a female patient who is complaining of chest pain. She is diaphoretic with a blood pressure of 98/50. You have her medications on board which includes a prescription for nitroglycerin. Medical control has instructed you to administer 1 nitroglycerin tablet sublingually. How would you respond? a. Respectfully disagree and state that you feel it is in the best interest of the patient with a blood pressure so low to not lower it any further by administering nitroglycerin b. Administer 1 nitroglycerin tablet as instructed c. Instruct medical control to get out the protocol books and look under contraindications for nitroglycerin administration d. Repeat the vital signs to medical control and ask if they still wish to have you administer the nitroglycerin with the blood pressure that low