Medicine question of the day

You are the doctor and have been asked by the resuscitation nurse to write up Tazocin as per departmental policy, for a 55-year-old COPD patient who was seen earlier by your colleague and who is being treated for severe sepsis.
Ten minutes later you are fast bleeped to the resuscitation room where the patient is now hypotensive, tachycardic and developing a urticarial rash and wheeze. The patient's notes state the patient is allergic to penicillin.
What therapeutic intervention will you next prescribe?
(Please select 1 option)
1 Adrenaline 500 mcg 1:1000 intramuscularly This is the correct answer
2 Adrenaline 500 mcg 1:10 000 intravenously Incorrect answer selected
3 Cefuroxime 1.5 g intravenously
4 Chlorpheniramine 10 mg intravenously

5 Hydrocortisone 200 mg intravenously












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