A combative patient has been restrained to your stretcher and sedated with an IM injection of ketamine. During transport, you notice a significant increase in oral secretions your patient produces. What is the next appropriate step that you should consider? Prepare for rapid sequence intubation with an additional dose of ketamine. Administer naloxone to reverse the effects of the ketamine. Give the patient high-flow oxygen and upgrade the transport to emergent. Administer atropine and suction the patient’s airway.
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