Well, at least you tried to help. BTW eveyone, not all camps/schools train for epi pen use. Half the teachers that the school I work a don't even know what an Epi Pen is. I know its bad. If you are in a hurry to help, you can easily make a mistake. Give the OP a break. I am sure everyone is okay. Oh, and lay off on the spelling everyone, please.

Haha.....I hope you two are okay........

Good gosh this is stupid. I don't know if any of you have actually used an epi pen before, but when you think about it, no. They don't make sense. Where the needle is located is not the most obvious thing. You take the epi pen out of the tube. One end is exposed and the other you have to pull a cap off of a hole. While most people would think hey, the needle is probably secured under the cap I just pulled off, it's not. It's on the other end. It's more common than you'd think that people would do it that way. It's happened plenty of times, especially in a stressful situation. And a child in anaphylaxis is certainly a stressful situation. Secondly, of course you can pass out from epi! Yes, even with the amount that is in an epi pen (which is a normal does for the situation). It works on the sympathetic nervous system. Think about it... you become tachycardic. You're not perfusing well because your heart is working too quickly for blood to efficiently be circulated. You can even go into an SVT (supraventricular tachycardia). Ever stood up quickly and had a head rush, felt like your heart was pounding, and almost passed out? That's what epi does. I have personally given the med on numerous occassions. I'm a paramedic, and I'm very familiar with the drug.

And you won't lose your hand. The med is supposed to be given SQ or IM. You don't lose your leg when you administer it, and you wouldn't lose your hand.

Nice try, but OOOOOWWWWWIIIEEE!!!! At least you got one helluva rush from the epi! lols... Was the kid ok?

It's extremely difficult to even do that. I just grabbed my tester (it's an epi-pen without the medication or needle to practice with), and in 20 or so attempts to use the thing upside down it only went off once. It takes a good amount of force to make it go off, so unless you really jam your finger into the needle end it won't go off like that.

For those of you who are angry at the OP, doesn't it seem more likely the OP's going to be more careful about doing it right the next time?

wow, my mom has one, & it looks pretty symmetrical on both sides so i understand where your coming from. sorry for some people's lack of understanding. its pretty sad when your harrasing someone on their stupidity as you sit there with nothing better to do than see how people's lives suck worse than yours to make you feel better. dang. that kinda backfired. FML

it's bad, but i got this picture of him passing out and two unconscious people on the floor and it made me lol a little. : well, hope you'll remember for next time. : )

I hope the little kid's okay!