Sir, over a number of years, whilst training dental professionals in the management of medical emergencies, we have become aware of concern and some confusion around the use of auto-injectors to administer epinephrine as an intra-muscular injection to patients suffering from acute anaphylaxis. This has mainly centred on the fact that an auto-injector which delivered the epinephrine dose recommended by the Resuscitation Council1 was difficult to obtain.
We felt that your readers may be interested in the product Emerade which is new to the market and satisfies resuscitation guidance not only on epinephrine dose but also the needle length of auto-injectors used in the management of anaphylaxis.
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Resuscitation Council (UK). Emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions. Guidelines for healthcare providers. Working group of the Resuscitation Council (UK). January 2008, annotated with links to NICE guidance July 2012. Reviewed 2013.
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Bryant, C., Umar, G. Medical emergencies: Auto-injector confusion. Br Dent J 217, 54 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.600
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