Question

An EMS provider can assist a conscious patient in taking his/her prescribed nitroglycerin pill by seeing to it that the patient:

1) Swallows the pill with water
2) Chews the pill
3) Crushes the pill and mixes it with water
4) Injects the pill

Answer 1

A conscious patient can take a prescribed nitroglycerin pill by swallowing it with water.

Step-by-step explanation:

A conscious patient can take a prescribed nitroglycerin pill by swallowing the pill with water. Nitroglycerin is usually administered sublingually, which means it is placed under the tongue, but in certain cases, swallowing the pill with water is also an acceptable method. Chewing the pill, crushing it and mixing it with water, or injecting the pill are not appropriate methods of taking nitroglycerin.