Mr. Lewis is receiving chemotherapy. List any three side effects of this treatment.

Your patient is a 45-year-old female who is allergic to sesame seeds, which she accidentally ingested when she ate a deli sandwich. She is having difficulty breathing, and she has hives, watery eyes, a weak pulse of 120 per minute, and swelling of the face and tongue. Which of the following is the BEST course of immediate action?

A) Insert an oropharyngeal airway (OPA). B) Contact medical control for orders to administer the patient's epinephrine auto-injector. C) Transport immediately. D) Contact dispatch to see where the closest ALS unit is.

You are observing a rescuer insert an oropharyngeal airway into the airway of a 36-year-old male who has overdosed. Which one of the following observations indicates correct technique?

a. The rescuer inserts the oral airway into the patient's mouth upside down and then turns it 180 degrees once it is halfway in the mouth. b. The rescuer uses a tongue depressor to press the back of the patient's tongue downward and then inserts the oral airway upside down. c. The rescuer inserts the oral airway in its normal anatomic position until the flange of the airway is 1 cm above the patient's lips. d. The rescuer inserts the oral airway sideways into the mouth and then rotates it 180 degrees once it has reached the base of the tongue.