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SMLE Question #1009
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Patient Safety
Last updated: February 2026
A 32-year-old junior doctor assists in a trauma resuscitation in the emergency department. The team leader gives rapid verbal orders, including administering 1 L of 0.9% sodium chloride to a hypotensive patient. Which communication technique should the junior doctor use when responding to this instruction?
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