You Are on the Scene of a 22-Year-Old Female Patient

Multiple Choice

You are on the scene of a 22-year-old female patient who is unresponsive.The patient's mother states that she is deathly allergic to peanuts and accidentally ate stir fry cooked in peanut oil.The patient is unresponsive with agonal respirations at 6 per minute.What is your first action?

A) Administer epinephrine with medical control consent.
B) Insert an oral airway and apply oxygen at 15 liters per minute by nonrebreather mask.
C) Insert an oral airway and apply oxygen at 15 liters per minute by bag-valve mask.
D) Perform a complete assessment and confirm that the patient is actually in anaphylaxis.