Digital EpiPen injection: Difference between revisions
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Accidental digital self-injection of epinephrine from an EpiPen. | *Accidental digital self-injection of epinephrine from an EpiPen. | ||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
*Increased cap refill | |||
==Work-Up== | ==Work-Up== | ||
None | *None | ||
==Treatment<ref>"Six Years of Epinephrine Digital injections: Absence of Significant Local or Systemic Effects." Annals of EM. Sept. 2010. 56(3):p270-274. | ==Treatment<ref>"Six Years of Epinephrine Digital injections: Absence of Significant Local or Systemic Effects." Annals of EM. Sept. 2010. 56(3):p270-274. | ||
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==Disposition== | ==Disposition== | ||
Home | *Home | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Epinephrine]] | *[[Epinephrine]] | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 25 March 2015
Background
- Accidental digital self-injection of epinephrine from an EpiPen.
Diagnosis
- Increased cap refill
Work-Up
- None
Treatment[1]
- Observation for 2 hours after injection
- If continued ischemia sx after 2 hrs
- give phentolamine mesylate 1.5mg in 1 mL of lidocaine into the ischemic area
Disposition
- Home
See Also
Source
- ↑ "Six Years of Epinephrine Digital injections: Absence of Significant Local or Systemic Effects." Annals of EM. Sept. 2010. 56(3):p270-274.