Safely Surround the Community with Epinephrine

Summer is the perfect time to connect with neighbors, discover local organizations, and celebrate community at health and wellness fairs. For Allergy Advocates New York, these events are also an opportunity to help make our communities safer through education, awareness, and preparedness. Our mission is simple: help more people recognize the signs of anaphylaxis and understand that epinephrine is the first-line treatment for severe allergic reactions. Every conversation we have at our table has the potential to prepare someone to respond confidently during a life-threatening emergency. This…

Everyone is eating more and more food prepared commercially at restaurants of all types. When eating out, those managing diagnosed life threatening food allergies have to be hyper-vigilant in their communications with food service staff at all levels by confirming ingredient lists and the use of effective cross-contamination safety protocols, like those taught by MenuTrinfo. For those with undiagnosed food allergies, they often discover their allergy by having their first anaphylactic reaction while eating out. The remedy for this risk is for food service establishments to stock non-patient-…

As reported in the University of Delaware's independent student newspaper, The Review, kudos to the University of Delaware Food Services for joining their counterparts at other colleges stocking epinephrine and training their staff how to use it to keep their food allergic students safe. College is often a young adult's first taste of independence and self advocacy. As other research shows, this is a risky time for those managing allergies completely on their own for the first time.  Because of the broad range of food routinely and safely served in university food services, they are uniq…