Food Allergy Awareness: Before Leaving Emergency Care

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Kids With Food Allergies5/16/1212:47 PM

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Before leaving emergency medical care, your healthcare professional should provide the following:

An epinephrine auto-injector or a prescription for two doses and training on how to use the auto-injector

A follow-up appointment or an appointment with a clinical specialist such as an allergist/immunologist

Information on where to get medical identification jewelry or an anaphylaxis wallet card that alerts others of the food allergy

Education about allergen avoidance, recognizing the symptoms of anaphylaxis, and giving intramuscular injections of epinephrine

An anaphylaxis emergency action plan

Source: NIH Publication, Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States: Summary for Patients, Families, and Caregivers.

Tags: food allergy awareness, anaphylaxis

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