A patient informs you that any time she uses a particular soap, she experiences a mild allergic reaction. You recognize that:
a. the soap contains an allergen.
b. her airway will swell shut if she inhales the soap.
c. the soap contains antibodies that react in her body.
d. she must have been exposed to the soap as an infant.
Question 2The most severe form of an allergic reaction is called:
a. vascular shock.
b. anaphylaxis.
c. an antigen response.
d. rhinorrhea.
Question 3You are responding to a call for a patient with an allergic reaction. Your partner is a new OEC Technician, and this is his first call. Which of the following instructions to him about assessment and treatment of an allergic reaction would be correct?
a. If the allergic reaction was caused by exposure to chocolate or eggs, don't let the patient use auto-inject epinephrine.
b. Epinephrine should be given to any patient suffering an allergic reaction to prevent anaphylaxis.
c. Our first priority is to treat the patient's ABCDs.
d. If the allergic reaction was caused by food, we should try to make the patient vomit.
Question 4You have arrived by the side of a patient who is allergic to latex and was exposed to it when she spilled a latex-containing powder on her right hand. Assessment reveals her to be panicked. She is able to speak only a few words with each breath. Her tongue is swollen and her respirations are rapid, labored, and noisy. Which of the following actions should be your priority?
a. Insert an oropharyngeal airway.
b. Wash the latex powder off of the hand.
c. Obtain a heart rate and blood pressure.
d. Get a SAMPLE history.
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