Question

A 19-year-old presents after a bee sting with airway swelling, stridor, hypotension, and tachycardia. What is the first-line treatment?

Accepted Answer

Intramuscular adrenaline (epinephrine) in the mid anterolateral thigh

Answer

IV hydrocortisone

Answer

Subcutaneous adrenaline

Answer

IV chlorphenamine

Answer

Oral prednisolone

Practice question

A 19-year-old presents after a bee sting with airway swelling, stridor, hypotension, and tachycardia. What is the first-line treatment?