[Answered]: Providing care to a 30 year-old patient who…

Providing care to a 30 year-old patient who presents with an acute altered mental status, confusion and slowed speech. You suspect the patient is having some type of diabetic reaction. Which would be the first step in treating the patient properly? Repeat vital signs every 15 minutes, administer instant glucose orally, insert an oral pharyngeal airway, place in the recovery position