You are assessing a 49-year-old man who complains of chest pressure that began the night before. he is conscious, but anxious, and tells you he has a history of angina and hypertension. after applying high-flow oxygen, you expose his chest to auscultate his lungs and note that he has a nitroglycerin patch on his right upper chest. his skin is cool and pale, his blood pressure is 78/50 mm hg, and his pulse is 110 beats/min and irregular. you should:

Will treating a viral infection with antibiotics affect the course of the infection? a) no; antibiotics work by inhibiting enzymes specific to bacteria. antibiotics have no effect on eukaryotic or virally encoded enzymes.b) no; antibiotics do not kill viruses because viruses do not have dna or rna.c) yes; antibiotics activate the immune system, and this decreases the severity of the infection. d) yes; antibiotics can prevent viral entry into the cell by binding to host-receptor proteins.