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
24-year-old with hives, lip swelling, wheezing, and BP 92/58 after peanut exposure. Patient carries prescribed epinephrine. Should you assist?
Epinephrine (auto-injector)
24-year-old with hives, lip swelling, wheezing, and BP 92/58 after peanut exposure. Patient carries prescribed epinephrine. Should you assist?
Should you assist with this medication per protocol?
