After assisting a patient with his epinephrine auto-injector, you note that his blood pressure has improved. You realize that this finding probably resulted from epinephrine's ability to:
a. relax the smooth muscle of blood vessels.
b. constrict blood vessels.
c. increase the number of circulating red blood cells.
d. increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of the red blood cells.
Answer: b
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