{"id":10526,"date":"2016-06-07T10:01:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=10526"},"modified":"2016-06-07T10:02:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:32:44","slug":"monthly-first-aid-tip-anaphylaxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2016\/06\/07\/monthly-first-aid-tip-anaphylaxis","title":{"rendered":"Monthly First Aid Tip \u2013 Anaphylaxis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>First Aid Focus \u2013 Anaphylaxis (allergic reactions)<\/h5>\n<h5>By Ross Smith (paramedic) Australian First Aid<\/h5>\n<p><strong>What is anaphylaxis?<\/strong><br \/>\nAnaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction and potentially life threatening. It\u00a0should always be treated as a medical emergency, requiring immediate\u00a0treatment. Most cases of anaphylaxis occur after a person with a severe\u00a0allergy is exposed to the allergen they are allergic to (usually a food, insect or\u00a0medication).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mild to Moderate Allergic Reaction<\/strong><br \/>\nIn some cases, anaphylaxis is preceded by signs of a mild to moderate\u00a0allergic reaction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swelling of the face, lips &amp; eyes<\/li>\n<li>Hives or welts on the skin<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Tingling mouth<\/li>\n<li>Stomach pain, vomiting (these are signs of a mild to moderate allergic\u00a0reaction to most allergens, however, in insect allergy these are signs of\u00a0anaphylaxis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Immediate Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For insect allergy, flick out the sting if it can be seen (but do not remove\u00a0ticks)<\/li>\n<li>Stay with person and call for help<\/li>\n<li>Give medications if prescribed (whilst antihistamines may be used to\u00a0treat mild to moderate allergic reactions, if these progress to\u00a0anaphylaxis then adrenaline is the only suitable medication)<\/li>\n<li>Locate adrenaline autoinjector if available (instructions are included\u00a0in the Action Plan for Anaphylaxis which should be stored with the\u00a0adrenaline autoinjector)<\/li>\n<li>Contact parent\/guardian or other emergency contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Anaphylaxis (Severe Allergic Reaction)<\/strong><br \/>\nContinue to watch for any one of the following signs of\u00a0anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Difficult\/noisy breathing<\/li>\n<li>Swelling of tongue<\/li>\n<li>Swelling\/tightness in throat<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty talking and\/or hoarse voice<\/li>\n<li>Wheeze or persistent cough<\/li>\n<li>Persistent dizziness or collapse<\/li>\n<li>Pale and floppy (in young children)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Urgent Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lay person flat &#8211; if breathing is difficult, allow to sit \u2013 do\u00a0not allow them to stand or walk<\/li>\n<li>Give the adrenaline autoinjector (EpiPen) if available<\/li>\n<li>Call Ambulance (Telephone 000 or 112 if using a mobile phone)<\/li>\n<li>If a child attempt to contact parent\/guardian or other emergency\u00a0contact (note emergency first aid comes first)<\/li>\n<li>Further adrenaline doses may be given (when an additional\u00a0adrenaline autoinjector is available), if there is no response after 5\u00a0minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If in doubt, give the EpiPen\u00a0\u2013 Child dose is green, Adult is yellow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commence CPR at any time if person is unresponsive and not breathing\u00a0normally.<\/p>\n<p>If uncertain whether it is asthma or anaphylaxis, give adrenaline autoinjector\u00a0FIRST, then asthma reliever.<\/p>\n<p>Adrenaline (via EpiPen) is life saving and must be used promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Withholding or delaying the giving of adrenaline can result in deterioration and\u00a0death.<\/p>\n<p>People with anaphylaxis normally carry an autoinjector such as an EpiPen it is\u00a0often stored in a soft insulated pencil case type bag.<\/p>\n<p>Reference: <a href=\"http:\/\/allergy.org.au\" target=\"_blank\">allergy.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anaphylaxis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0FqSpa9AkB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Aid Focus \u2013 Anaphylaxis (allergic reactions) By Ross Smith (paramedic) Australian First Aid What is anaphylaxis? Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction and potentially life threatening. It\u00a0should always be treated as a medical emergency, requiring immediate\u00a0treatment. Most cases of anaphylaxis occur after a person with a severe\u00a0allergy is exposed to the allergen they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5870,"featured_media":10532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}