With what seems like constant issues and recalls with auto injectors, I would really just like to ask the doctor for a vial and some syringes, and just keep auto injectors as a backup for if I can't do a syringe injection or DSD had to do it.
I used to carry a pre-loaded syringe called an Anakit. No way could I have used it myself.
1. Remove plastic cover from needle.
2. Aim needle up and flick to get air bubbles to the top.
3. Use plunger slowly until just a few drops of epinephrine leak out.
4. Stick needle into leg.
5. Push plunger half way.
6. Remove needle and wait to see if second shot it required,
7. Repeat steps 1-4. Push plunger all the way in,
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This was taken off the market. Now, you would have to add measuring the epinephrine into the needle, but there would only be one dose in it, so if a second shot is needed, you are back to needing to fill the needle.
Not something a person anaphylaxing would likely be capable of doing. Also not something a panicking parent would be capable of doing. (Not all parents would be panicking, but I bet most could not safely do all the steps required.)