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A good next step would be to make it easier to buy the injectors. In California, if you’re not a medical professional, you need a first aid and CPR course to bu
by MaxGabriel 8y ago
A good next step would be to make it easier to buy the injectors. In California, if you’re not a medical professional, you need a first aid and CPR course to buy one. This is for a device whose commercials consist of six year olds explaining how to use it, and one that can be life-saving if someone has an allergic attack in the backcountry (where lots of previously unknown attacks happen, because of unusual foods/insects).
- Johnny555 8y agoRequiring some base level of medical training sounds reasonable... Epinephrine injections can have dangerous side effects, so making sure the person with the pen knows when to use it sounds like a good policy. If you're worried about backcountry safety, taking a first aid class is probably more useful than carrying an epipen.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoThis step makes sense. Random first aid person carrying an injector without proper knowlege on how to use one seems a bit... short-sighted. Sure, those 6-year-olds know how to use them because they've been trained on how to use them. So have their caregivers. Usually this is because they might need to use one on themselves, a sibling, or a parent - who has a known condition. The random person that doesn't come in contact with such a relative or housemate, however, might not even properly recognise the reaction. Even when they do, they still need the training on how to use the pen so they know how to respond. The prudent thing to do in these cases is to give a first aid and CPR course to those that wish to have one.