Question

A 45-year-old woman with new severe urticaria and hypotension after a bee sting has stridor and wheeze. What is the first dose and route of epinephrine?

Accepted Answer

0.3-0.5 mg IM in the mid-anterolateral thigh

Answer

0.3-0.5 mg IV push

Answer

1 mg IM in the deltoid

Answer

0.15 mg subcutaneous in the arm

Answer

Nebulized epinephrine only

Practice question

A 45-year-old woman with new severe urticaria and hypotension after a bee sting has stridor and wheeze. What is the first dose and route of epinephrine?