JBL EMT Practice Exam

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You are assisting an asthma patient with his prescribed metered-dose inhaler. After the patient exhales, and before inhaling, the patient should put his or her lips around the inhaler, take a deep breath, and depress the inhale. You should:

advise him to exhale forcefully to ensure medication absorption.
allow him to breathe room air and assess his oxygen saturation.
immediately reapply the oxygen mask and reassess his condition.
instruct him to hold his breath for as long as he comfortably can.

The correct answer is: advise him to exhale forcefully to ensure medication absorption.

When assisting an asthma patient with a metered-dose inhaler, it is essential to instruct the patient to put their lips around the inhaler, take a deep breath, and then depress the inhaler to release the medication. Advising the patient to exhale forcefully to ensure medication absorption is the correct course of action. This technique helps ensure that the medication is effectively delivered to the lungs for optimal absorption and effectiveness in managing the asthma symptoms. Options B, C, and D do not address the proper technique for using a metered-dose inhaler and are therefore incorrect in this scenario.