Susan,

A very good point!

In a previous life I had fairly extensive training in lots of potentially useful skills like starting IVs, suturing, etc. One of the items I was trained on and carried for many years was a Hollister Anakit (no longer made - see http://tinyurl.com/82def for some interesting alternatives).

I have seen, on three occasions in truly remote parts of the continent, when the swift and proper use of an Anakit unquestionably saved a life - and we were unable to get a medevac on two of those occasions due to weather (the third one was medevaced about an hour after we radioed for it). I did not personally administer the treatment on any of those occasions, but rather directed the whole episode.

After I retired from the Army it got expensive to keep all the 'scripts current. And BSA totally freaks at the mere thought of a mortal possessing an Epipen. What I do and don't carry just in case is going to remain occult.

Regards,

Tom