You and your AEMT partner are dispatched to a female who “is…
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Yоu аnd yоur AEMT pаrtner аre dispatched tо a female who “isn’t feeling well.” You have a 4 minute response time. You arrive to find a 75 year old female lying in bed. Nursing home staff reports that the patient has been sick for a few days and hasn't been getting better. The patient is A&O times 1 GCS 14. The patient has rapid and shallow respirations. She has pale, hot, and diaphoretic skin. She has a weak rapid and irregular radial pulse. You obtain vitals and they are as noted on the monitor below; You have identified that the patient meets your sepsis criteria. Your partner starts to assist ventilations with a BVM. You establish IV access and begin a 20ml/kg bolus of LR. After about 250mL of LR your patient vitals are found below; What do you want to administer to help increase the BP?