A client is being transported to the ED after sustaining carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a house fire. The nurse would prepare to administer
A) 100% oxygen therapy.
B) intermittent positive-pressure breathing.
C) suctioning.
D) ventilation with 50% oxygen by manual resuscitation bag.

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CO poisoning is treated by inhalation of 100% oxygen to shorten the half-life of CO to about an hour. Hyperbaric oxygen may be required to reduce the half-life of CO to minutes by forcing it off of the hemoglobin molecule.

A Client Is Being Transported to the ED After Sustaining