You are on the scene of a 40-year-old male patient who is anaphylactic and still unresponsive following a single epinephrine injection.You had inserted an oral airway and administered oxygen at 15 liters per minute by bag-valve mask and your partner found diminished lung sounds.After the epinephrine administration your partner reassesses lung sounds and tells you that the patient is now wheezing loudly in all fields.What is the next action you should perform?

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Contacting medical control to request permission to administer another dose of epinephrine is the appropriate next step. The patient remains unresponsive with a change in lung sounds to loud wheezing, indicating ongoing anaphylaxis that may require additional epinephrine.

You Are on the Scene of a 40-Year-Old Male Patient