How this exercise works
Read the scenario and decide whether you should assist the patient with their prescribed or protocol medication, withhold it, or monitor only. Choose the safest option.
Fundamental concept
When EMT-Basics may help patients self-administer prescribed or protocol-authorized medications versus when to withhold and transport.
Read: Assisting Patients With Prescribed Medications →Scenario
22-year-old with hives, facial swelling, wheezing, and hypotension after bee sting. Patient carries a prescribed epinephrine auto-injector.
Epinephrine (auto-injector)
22-year-old with hives, facial swelling, wheezing, and hypotension after bee sting. Patient carries a prescribed epinephrine auto-injector.
Should you assist with the epinephrine auto-injector?
