breathe deeply??
Yeah, good advice for a
panic attack, but not so much for anaphylaxis. What, should you wait until you STOP breathing? Or just until your heart quits on you? I'm just curious about what would be appropriate in this physician's mind.
Next time someone at the ER gives you that particular song and dance, whip out a copy of the technical version of the anaphylaxis grading chart and the accompanying citation (it's a
Pediatrics article, and Hugh Sampson is one of the authors)... and ask exactly where THEY would advise you to administerr epinephrine in that scheme.
If you're feeling particularly saucy at that point, you could ask if they
really think that they have greater expertise with food anaphylaxis than: a) you, b) your board-certified SPECIALIST physicians, and c) the authors of that paper.
<sarcasm>
Because that must be
some expertise. GOSH. What an opportunity for you to "learn" from a master.
</sarcasm>
Then point out that every study on the subject-- EVER-- shows that anaphylaxis presenting in ED/ER settings is: a) grossly mismanaged, and b) even MORE grossly under-recognized to begin with.