The following therapies are prescribed by the health care provider for a client who has respiratory distress and syncope after a bee sting. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement first?

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Epinephrine rapidly causes peripheral vasoconstriction, dilates the bronchi, and blocks the effects of histamine and reverses the vasodilation, bronchoconstriction, and histamine release that cause the symptoms of anaphylaxis. The other interventions also are appropriate but would not be the first ones administered.

The Following Therapies Are Prescribed by the Health Care Provider