A 46-year-old female presents with respiratory difficulty, f…

A 46-year-old female presents with respiratory difficulty, facial swelling, and widespread hives after she was stung by an unknown type of insect. Her blood pressure is 88/58 mm Hg; auscultation of her lungs reveals diffuse expiratory wheezing. The patient has a prescribed EpiPen but has not used it. After administering 100% oxygen, you should:

The next 4 questions will use this scenarioYou are dispatche…

The next 4 questions will use this scenarioYou are dispatched to a local technical college for a 24-year-old female found unresponsive in a classroom. Upon arrival, the instructor states the student stumbled in, sat down, then passed out and fell onto the floor. There is no visible trauma.What is your first priority?

A 70-year-old male presents with an acute onset of difficult…

A 70-year-old male presents with an acute onset of difficulty breathing that woke him from his sleep. He has a history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and several heart attacks. During your assessment, you note dried blood around his mouth. The patient tells you that he cannot lie down because he will “smother.” What additional assessment findings will you most likely discover?