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Peanut Allergy Victim: Why You Need 2 Epi-Pens

Posted on September 18, 2008

This is an incredibily sad story. In this case, the peanut allergic student had her Epi-Pen with her. But she could not self-administer it correctly because the needle bent. Jane, a 17-year-old student at Victoria College in Belfast, died while attending a friend s 18th birthday party in December 2006 as a result of anaphylaxis due to nut allergy. The south Belfast teenager, who inadvertently ate a piece of satay chicken, desperately attempted to inject adrenalin into her thigh using an EpiPen, but the needle bent and she collapsed. Despite attempts by friends and the medical profession,...

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