Scots great gran discharged from hospital after heart attack despite positive Covid test
Jeanette Donnachie was told to go home and self isolate after being told she tested positive at University Hospital Wishaw’s critical care unit after suffering sepsis and a heart attack.
Great granny Jeanette Donnachie (Image: UGC)
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Those administering COVID vaccine should be trained in use of EpiPen | Opinion
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Valerie Bolcar, a registered nurse at the Morristown, N.J., Medical Center, prepares to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers on Tuesday.
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By Robert K. Houton
The COVID-19 vaccination that began rolling out this week to frontline medical workers will hopefully end our long nightmare with this virus and the pandemic. But there is one concern: 1.6% of the American population, or roughly 5 million people, have experienced a severe allergic attack, called anaphylaxis, and may have a severe reaction to the vaccine.
Those who give the COVID-19 vaccine need to be trained to use an EpiPen | Opinion
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
About 1.6% of the American population, or roughly 5 million people, have experienced a severe allergic attack, called anaphylaxis, and may have a severe reaction to the vaccine. Robert K. Houton, founder of the Training Epinephrine Administrators in Medication (TEAM) Association, is working with the FDA to get those who administer the vaccine training in using EpiPens.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Pool)AP
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By Robert K. Houton
The COVID-19 vaccination that began rolling out this week to frontline medical workers will hopefully end our long nightmare with this virus and the pandemic. But there is one concern: 1.6% of the American population, or roughly 5 million people, have experienced a severe allergic attack, called anaphylaxis, and may have a severe reaction to the vaccine.