A Patient Receives an Injection of Penicillin for a Bacterial

A patient receives an injection of penicillin for a bacterial infection and while checking out from the office reports that she cannot breathe. On your assessment her respiratory rate is 26, her breath sounds are noisy, and she appears to be gasping. Among the first things you should do for this woman are: (select the one best answer)

A) Call her family to see if they are available to take her home.
B) Ask the patient to sit in the waiting room for a few minutes, to see if her breathing improves.
C) Walk with the patient in the waiting room while checking her oxygen saturation.
D) Call a code and administer subcutaneous atropine as soon as possible.
E) Call a code and administer subcutaneous epinephrine as soon as it is available.