In a message dated 12/1/98 6:44:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Byron.Lawrence.blawrenc_at_nt.com writes: << One item that I keep in my scuba first aid kit and that you may want to consider for warm water paddling: an auto-injecting syringe for anaphaleptic (sp?) shock. It requires a doctor's prescription, but it's fairly inexpensive and relatively common for people who have severe allergies to various stinging insects. >> Yes, yes, yes! Epi-pens --- 0.3 mg of epinephrine in a spring loaded auto- injector, or manual epi-kits for the macho types --- can save a life in the event of anaphylaxis (anaphylactic shock). As can a small bottle of children's Benadryl or generic equivalent --- or at least it helps until the epinephrine arrives. This from the been-there-done-that department --- with a quick chug down of most of the bottle of the Barney-medecine being the thing that kept me breathing quietly until the medics sent me bouncing off the gurney with a heavy epinephrine hit. Good things to have along in the kit. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 01 1998 - 18:48:13 PST
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