A nurse is triaging clients in the emergency department. Which of the following clients should the nurse ask the provider to care for first?

An adolescent who has sickle cell disease, reports pain as 7 on a scale of 0 to 10, and requests pain medication

A toddler who has asthma and has a pulse oximetry reading of 95% while receiving oxygen at 2 L/min

A toddler who has otitis media. a temperature of 39.2° C (102.6° F), and purulent ear discharge

A school-age child who has acute epiglottitis, is drooling, and has an absence of spontaneous cough