Seems like I met a person once who told me that they injected themselves with an Epi-pen just to see what would happen. I think they were part of an EMT class, or some first-aid training. Apparently the results DO give a great RUSH to the patient :-)
Speculating here - I wonder if an Epi-pen would be one technique to get a person moving, if they became "frozen with fear" during a critical emergency?? If all else failed, just pull off the top of the epipen and STICK!! Well ... that's probaly not very nice behavior, anyway. It bet it's been contemplated, though :-)
Pete #2
Pete,
While I'm sure you were joking, I would NOT recommend this!
In EMT class they taught that the only contraindication for epinephrine in an anaphylactic person is death - in other words, they're likely to die without the medicine, so no harm in trying (you can't be anymore dead than dead!). While most healthy people will survive an un-needed dose of epinephrine, it will raise the heart rate and blood pressure among other things, and if someone already has cardiac issues, that might not be a good thing. I'm sure some of the people with higher levels of medical training than me can elaborate more.
Besides, have you seen the needle on those things? The spring and needle are strong enough to be driven through heavy denim jeans. I would imagine that hurts! An Epipen would not be my first choice if I was looking for a chemical "rush". . .
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