20-year-old woman that is 32 weeks gestation, is stabbed in the upper right chest. In the...

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20-year-old woman that is 32 weeks gestation, is stabbed in the upper right chest. In the emergency department, her blood pressure is 80/60 mm Hg. She is gasping for breath, extremely anxious, and yelling for help. Breath sounds are diminished in the right chest. The most appropriate first step is to: Select one: Perform tracheal intubation Insert an oropharyngeal airway C. Perform needle or finger decompression of the right chest d. Manually displace the gravid uterus to the left side of the abdomen Initiate 2, large-caliber peripheral IV lines and crystalloid infusion e. a. b. 20-year-old woman that is 32 weeks gestation, is stabbed in the upper right chest. In the emergency department, her blood pressure is 80/60 mm Hg. She is gasping for breath, extremely anxious, and yelling for help. Breath sounds are diminished in the right chest. The most appropriate first step is to: Select one: Perform tracheal intubation Insert an oropharyngeal airway C. Perform needle or finger decompression of the right chest d. Manually displace the gravid uterus to the left side of the abdomen Initiate 2, large-caliber peripheral IV lines and crystalloid infusion e. a. b.