Question

After a cocaine binge an individual is found unconscious and is admitted to the hospital with acute cocaine toxicity. What should the initial nursing action be directed toward?

Answer 1

Answer:

Establishing a patent airway.

Explanation:

Cocaine may acts as the strong stimulant drugs used for the recreation of an individual. This drug can be smoked, inhaled or snorted. This provide the intense feeling of the happy and care free.

Acute cocaine toxicity describes the excessive level of cocaine in the body. The individual may suffers from the anxiety and teeth grinding. The patient with the acute cocaine toxicity must given a patient airway because the cocaine may disrupt the normal breathing.

Thus, the answer is establishing the patient airway.