Lianne Mandelbaum, an allergy mom and the founder of The No Nut Traveler blog, asserts that a “standard international airline anaphylaxis action plan” is needed. Crews can be trained, she writes, to recognize anaphylaxis and administer epinephrine auto-injectors.
Just as flight crews are prepared to use an automated external defibrillator and to administer CPR, so too should they be ready to help in the event of an allergic reaction.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-dangers-of-flying-while-allergic/
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