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'Medicine
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Following a
European review, the MHRA has issued updated advice on adrenaline auto-injectors. This states that healthcare
professionals should: prescribe two adrenaline auto-injectors, which patients
should carry at all times; ensure that patients and
carers have been trained to
use the particular auto-injector that they have been prescribed, as technique
varies between injectors; and encourage them to obtain and practise using a
trainer device (available for free from manufacturers). It also advises people
with allergies and their carers to carry two adrenaline auto-injectors at all
times, particularly if they also have allergic asthma because they are at
increased risk of a severe anaphylactic reaction; and to use the adrenaline
auto-injector at the first signs of a severe allergic reaction. It adds that
immediately after every use of an adrenaline auto-injector they should: call
999, ask for an ambulance and state “anaphylaxis”, even if symptoms are
improving; lie flat with legs raised to maintain blood flow or, if they have
breathing difficulties, they might need to sit up to make breathing easier;
seek help immediately after using the auto-injector and if at all possible make
sure someone stays with them while waiting for the ambulance; and, if they do
not start to feel better, use the second auto-injector 5-15 minutes after the
first one.’’
Joseph
Ana
Africa Center for Clin Gov Research &
Patient Safety
@ HRI West Africa
Group - HRI WA
Consultants in
Clinical Governance Implementation
Publisher: Health and
Medical Journals
8 Amaku Street Housing
Estate, Calabar
Cross River State, Nigeria
Cross River State, Nigeria
Phone No. +234 (0) 8063600642
Joseph Ana has a cumulative continuous practice experience of over 40-years in
Nigeria, United Kingdom and Ghana as a Primary Health Care Physician, Public
Health Expert, General and Urological Surgeon, Health Policy Expert and
Implementer, Medical Educator and Trainer..
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