a young adult is brought into the emergency department by his mother. he is responsive but experiencing an altered level of consciousness with risk of progressing to a life-threatening condition due to an opioid overdose. immediate care for this patient includes:

Immediate treatment for a patient who is at risk of developing a life-threatening condition as a result of an opiate overdose comprises intranasal, intravenous, & intramuscular administration.Overdose of opioids causes the face to become excessively pale and/or clammy towards the touch. Their entire body goes limp. Their fingernails and lips are purple or blue. They begin to vomit or make gurgling noises.Intranasal refers to everything that happens within or is delivered through the nose.The term "intravenous" implies "inside a vein." Most commonly, it refers to administering medications or fluids by a needle or tube put into a vein. This permits the drug or fluid to immediately reach your bloodstream.An intramuscular injection is used to provide medicine directly into a muscle. Vaccines and other medications are regularly administered by intramuscular injections by doctors.Learn more about opioid overdose athttps://brainly.com/question/14969546?referrer=searchResults#SPJ4