your never ever supposed to give someone their medication lol...if they need a pill, your allowed to pass them the bottle, or if they need the pen, your allowed to pass it to them, never allowed to inject it tho so YDI

#23 makes a good point. How do you inject yourself in the hand with an epi-pen, if you have the button end pressed against the kid's skin? You'd have to push the button part into the skin harder, like you're pressing a button, why would you do that if you thought you had the right end?

I love how everyone is like "it is your job to be calm in that kind of situation" or "in first aid the first thing they teach you is to remain calm" You can be told a million times you need to be calm, but this is definitely one of those "easier said than done" moments. Maybe the OP received more training and practice with other emergency situations, and little to no training in regards to an allergic reaction like this. Since the peanut allergy seems to be rather common, I am kind of surprised there were even peanuts or peanut products at the camp actually. Although, I guess you can't exactly keep everything away from the kids that could cause a reaction. Some kids are allergic to bee stings and you can't exactly put the entire camp in a bee proof bubble, lol. Anyway, to the OP, I am glad that you and the kid are alright. I doubt you would be posting about this had the kid died.

#166 - Actually, it was a CHILD and they were in anaphylactic shock, so they COULDN'T inject it themselves. For young children and someone who is in to much distress to do it themselves it is PERFECTLY okay, seeing as it's much better for someone else to give it to them, than to sit and watch them die because they're "not allowed" to give them the injection.

#156 -Yes, but one,YOU CAN overdose on epinephrine, just like with any other drug, and not to mention in a situation such as this, they're body would've been producing adrenaline on it's own. While EpiPens, especially for children are reasonably low dose, you've gotta think that adds to the natural dose of adrenaline they already have in their system, so if you really think about it, it's not all that unlikely that someone would pass out from it.

Atleast you had good intentions?

First of all, it's EPI, not eppe. Secondly, you're stupid, YDI.

i LOVE how you still remember this after passing out...

How do you even manage that?? You have to unscrew the top EPIC FAIL! -_-

Hahahaha you suck. Seriously.