After assisting a patient with the use of an epinephrine auto-injector, you note that the patient's blood pressure has improved. As a knowledgeable EMT, you realize that this has occurred due to epinephrine's ability to:

A) relax the smooth muscle of the blood vessels.
B) constrict blood vessels.
C) increase the number of circulating red blood cells.
D) increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of the red blood cells.

B

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