Got thanked by EMS/Police and Mom!

[Cattitude]

Had to give Epi yesterday to a highly allergic child. Minutes after ingestion, stomach pain and extremity itching. I know the student well and gave Epi within 5 -6 minutes of sx's. EMS and police actually thanked me for being so quick. EMS said they usually arrive to see a kid further into distress. This child is an ANA kid for sure as is her brother.

Thankfully she's okay and mom came to me this morning saying she is grateful her child has such a good nurse. It's nice to get a compliment instead of complaint once in a while.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

awesome! so glad that child had you there to make a quick decision!! Keep on being amazing.

[SaltineQueen]

21 hours ago, Cattitude said:

This child is an ANA kid for sure as is her brother.

Brain fart. ANA?

How'd the kiddo get a hold of the food to ingest it?

Nice job!

[Cattitude]

22 hours ago, SaltineQueen said:

Brain fart. ANA?

How'd the kiddo get a hold of the food to ingest it?

Nice job!

It's just a shortened form of anaphylaxis/anaphylactic. A lot of pages/sites with allergy parents use it.

[OldDude]

The first thing that popped into my mind was "anti-nuclear antibody." We would see a lot of kids in the Rheumatology Clinic for evaluation of a positive "ANA" from labwork. ?

[pedi_nurse]

Well done! It's always a bit terrifying to realize your student is heading down the path to anaphylaxis. Glad you were there!

[grammy1]

On 2/6/2019 at 11:28 AM, Cattitude said:

Had to give Epi yesterday to a highly allergic child. Minutes after ingestion, stomach pain and extremity itching. I know the student well and gave Epi within 5 -6 minutes of sx's. EMS and police actually thanked me for being so quick. EMS said they usually arrive to see a kid further into distress. This child is an ANA kid for sure as is her brother.

Good for you! It's so nice to have someone acknowledge that you've done a good job.