You are called to an elementary school for an 8-year-old female patient who is experiencing respiratory distress. The school nurse states the patient has an epinephrine auto-injector for a possible anaphylactic reaction to bee stings. The patient also has an Albuterol inhaler for asthma. The patient is breathing 30 times a minute, is in the tripod position, and is speaking in two- to three-word sentences. The nurse states the patient was playing basketball in the gym when she started having difficulty breathing. The patient has wheezing in all lung fields. An ALS unit is en route but it is 10 minutes away. You are 20 minutes away from the nearest hospital. After placing the patient on oxygen, your next intervention should be to:
A) contact medical control and request to assist the patient with her epinephrine.
B) provide supportive care until the ALS unit arrives.
C) contact medical control and request to assist the patient with her Albuterol.
D) cancel the ALS unit and call medical control to assist with the Albuterol administration while en route to the hospital.
Question 2
A patient with kidney failure has lost his ability to:
A) produce all hormones.
B) absorb nutrients.
C) filter and excrete wastes.
D) digest fatty foods.
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