Question

When assessing a conscious patient who overdosed on a drug, you should first determine:?

Answer 1

When assessing a conscious patient who overdosed on a drug, you should first determine the type of medication ingested.
First of all you need to see what pills or actual drugs this person used so as to see how dangerous the situation is. Based on the medication they overdosed on, you will know what to do next, because not all medications are harmful, but on the other hand, some can be deadly.