List the treatments for each type of allergic reaction: mild, moderate, and severe
What will be an ideal response?
Mild:
• Administer chlorpheneramine 10 mg orally for three days
Moderate:
• Administer diphenhydramine 50 mg IM
• Administer chlorpheneramine 10 mg orally for three days
• Administer O2 as needed
• Monitor vital signs
Severe:
• EMS
• Position the patient supinely with legs elevated
• Administer epinephrine 0.2 mL–0.5 mL IM
• Administer O2 4–6 liters/minute
• Administer 100–500 mg hydrocortisone IM
• Administer diphenhydramine 50 mg IM
• Monitor vital signs
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Your patient is a 68-year-old man who has apparently suffered a stroke. He is unable to hold himself in an upright position on the stretcher and has begun to vomit. Which of the following actions would be MOST appropriate?
A) Tighten the chest straps and begin suctioning. B) Insert an oral airway and lower the head of the stretcher. C) Place him in the left lateral recumbent position. D) Suction and begin ventilations with a bag-valvemask. c