ou are dispatched to the residence of a 76-yr-old who is having a possible cerebrovascular accident. You arrive to find the patient alert, sitting in a chair with obvious left-sided paralysis and the inability to speak or swallow. Breathing at 20 times per minute, very shallow, and the pulse ox is 92% which of the following would be an appropriate treatment for this p

ou are dispatched to the residence of a 76-yr-old who is having a possible cerebrovascular accident. You arrive to find the patient alert, sitting in a chair with obvious left-sided paralysis and the inability to speak or swallow. Breathing at 20 times per minute, very shallow, and the pulse ox is 92% which of the following would be an appropriate treatment for this p

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