QUESTION
You are assigned as a nurse aide for a day. One of your classmates feels a burning sensation from his stomach up to his chest. What advice can you suggest to your classmate to remedy this digestive disease?
ANSWER
The sudden onset of burning sensation from the stomach up to the chest is one manifestation of heartburn. As a nurse aide, your immediate response to heartburn is administering antacids.
Antacids are over-the-counter (OTC) drugs that help neutralize the acid in the stomach and alleviate the burning sensation the patient is experiencing. Since antacids are OTC, they can be used as an immediate remedy and can be used with or without the physician's order.
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