Some—but not all—airlines say they now routinely carry epinephrine auto-injectors onboard, even though they are not required.
once treated a patient experiencing anaphylaxis on international flight. The passenger, Matt Faraco, told ABC News he also was reacting to a previously unknown food allergy.
He’s since become an advocate for airlines to carry auto-injectors onboard. Having to measure epinephrine could be “fatal,” Varshavski said. ABC News asked the American College of Emergency Physicians about the exempted medications, which include atropine, for cardiac patients, and dextrose, for diabetes patients. ACEP helps make recommendations for what medications airlines should carry.
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