Your patient is a? 46-year-old male who is unconscious on his front lawn after being stung by a bee. You note angioneurotic edema. HR? = 132, BP? = 76/40, RR? = 24 and shallow. You should? first:
a. Assist ventilations with 100 percent oxygen via a BVM
b. Administer epinephrine 1:1000 SC
c. Start an IV of NS wide open and administer epinephrine 1:10,000 IV
d. Intubate the patient
Ans: a. Assist ventilations with 100 percent oxygen via a BVM
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