A 42-year-old woman with a sesame seed allergy ate a bagel with "everything on it." She is awake and anxious, and is having difficulty breathing. Her respiratory rate is 24 per minute and you hear wheezing without your stethoscope. Her heart rate is 140 and her blood pressure is 90/58. You should first:
A) obtain a pulse oximetry reading.
B) administer oxygen by nonrebreather mask.
C) find out if the patient has an epinephrine auto-injector.
D) ask about any other allergies the patient may have.
B
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