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Child carrying own emergency kit? or how do you handle it?

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Weta · 15/04/2011 08:11

As per my other thread, we are having to rethink emergency kit after a reaction this week. Until now we have taken it with us when there is a chance he might have food out of the house, but I think he now needs it all the time. He is 7.

Do your children carry their own? what in? what do they do with it while at school? Ours is quite bulky (epipen, puffer plus spacer, bottle of antihistamine and bottle of steroid medication) and I can't really imagine him lugging it around and not forgetting it.
Or do you have several, say one for each parent? We often have a situation where I drop him off at school and DH picks him up, so unless he keeps it with him I don't know how we'd handle that.

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M44 · 15/04/2011 08:23

Each of our children have their own packs-epipen, inhaler with smaller spacer aerochamber thing and a small amount of piriton. Steroids stay at home or on me. Each has a bright yellow laminated card with signs/symptoms/contact info on one side and treatment options on the other.
To be honest mine are so sensible and will always check themselves or with the adult they are with. My 13 yr old dd carries hers all the time. Ds who is 7 only goes to very trusted people or has one of us with him still. I tend to stay at his parties-but then people are prjudiced toward him and flap and panic about it.
School-dd carries her own much to the annoyance of the school nurse but as it is a huge site she could potentially be dead by the time her kit gets to her and ds has a split kit-one in the office and one in his classroom.
We carry piriton and inhalers in the car at all times and in my handbag at all times. DOn't have enough epipens for all of us to carry.To be honest-more friends have borrowed the inhaler or had some piriton........than my own!
They also wear medic alert necklaces/bracelet so if they were not with me an ambulance crew could access info very quickly.
Hope this helps.

nottirednow · 15/04/2011 11:23

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M44 · 15/04/2011 12:03

we need inhalers-part of their anaphylaxis treatment-standard and because they are asthmatics.
nottirednow-just out of interest-what do you do if yours wheeze with reactions during anaphylaxis?

PixieOnaLeaf · 15/04/2011 23:21

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tinytalker · 15/04/2011 23:56

I got my dd an embroidered nylon drawstring bag (like a PE bag) from **-Bay
She kept it all in there and took it on outings and school trips, we still use it when we go on holiday to put all medication in. I had it embroidered with her name on and the words " ........'s Allergy Kit"
I also sell Epipen pouches and hip belts, inhaler pouches etc. I'm not allowed to advertise here but you could PM me for the site address.
There are other sites too that sell bags etc

Weta · 16/04/2011 00:05

Thanks for all the replies. The more I think about it, the more I think he should have his own bumbag type thing. As well as me and DH sharing pickups and dropoffs, he actually walks on his own from DS2's preschool up to his school - it's only a few minutes up one street, but after his reaction this week I think it would basically be irresponsible to be letting him go anywhere without access to medication.

Will think about the steroids - what is the reason that your children don't carry them?

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