During recovery from resection of an aortic aneurysm, a patient develops severe substernal chest pain with grave dyspnea. The physician describes basilar moist crackles and the patient appears pale and diaphoretic. Which initial assessment should the respiratory therapist perform?

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During recovery from resection of an aortic aneurysm, a patient develops severe substernal chest pain with grave dyspnea. The physician describes basilar moist crackles and the patient appears pale and diaphoretic. Which initial assessment should the respiratory therapist perform?

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