A man who was bitten by a bee develops difficulty breathing & faints. Which of the following measures should?

be taken?


A. Start performing CPR


B. Tie a tourniquet at the site of the sting


C. Administer an injection of adrenaline


D. Apply pressure to the site of the stingA man who was bitten by a bee develops difficulty breathing %26amp; faints. Which of the following measures should?
C) administer adrenaline (in medical terms, is epinephrine)





In actuality, if they have lost consciousness, that might not be enough, cricothyrotomy or tracheostomy may be needed, depending on how much airway obstruction is present, but a good first step is the epi.





I carry an epipen and have had more epinepherine shots than I care to think about. Hypersensitive to hymenoptera, maybe a dozen visits to the ER/ and or clinics, now carry my own.A man who was bitten by a bee develops difficulty breathing %26amp; faints. Which of the following measures should?
first off bees don't bite, they sting. the best thing you have listed here is administering adrenaline, but not everyone who is allergic to bees carries one (they may not be aware of their allergy). the first thing you should do when someone is stung by a bee is get the stinger out if it is still stuck in. DON'T PINCH IT OUT, that causes more poison to go into the person stung. the best thing is to use something flat, like a credit card or a knife blade, and sorta scrape it out gently. if the person starts having problems and you can't get them adrenaline and you're not near a hospital, the best option you have isn't listed here. CPR probably wouldn't work because the windpipe could be swollen shut, preventing anything from going in. the absolute best thing to do, and i know this is odd/gross, is to pee on the sting site. for some reason urine cancels out the effects of bee poison. my grandfather did this to a man he knew who was allergic to bees and got stung and saved his life.
yea give him the adrenaline (epi-pen)....the difficulty breathing could be given a small relief wtih it.....but still take em to the hospital....
I'd say C but I'm not a doctor :)





Edit: Unless the breathing difficulty is not caused by an allergic reaction but by a sting in the throat. Then neither A, B, C, or D will help.
c. after the injection go straight to the emergency room.