[Camp Comic] Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - Campfire Stories #10

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[Camp Comic] Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - Campfire Stories #10

Campfire Stories #10

http://campcomic.com/comic/358

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TimAus

Do your anaphylaxis training people.

briguy

Haha a comedy of errors.
I'm glad you're ok, that could have had such a dark ending!

Finnish_Line

Astounding.

The pen should have the imprint of a hand on it to show even the very dumb or panicking how to hold it.

Dublin

Well, I'm glad you didn't die! Anaphylactic shock is indeed a bad thing!

WelcomeToGoodburger

I knew the person that told this story lived but for a second there I thought the kid was going to die!

Kopikatsu

@FINNISH_LINE

This is why military-grade explosives have a decal with an arrow that says 'This side towards the enemy'. It's not meant to be funny, people legitimately have problems figuring out which side is which.

requiem

The pens do have a handy cartoon on the side, and one end is marked to indicate where the needle is. Unfortunately what I like to call "sign blindness" is pretty widespread, so this happens far too often.

The basic rule still applies though: never put your thumb over the other end of the pen. If you remember nothing else, remember that!

Sensei Le Roof

Wait, she'd taken "a" class?! Did she think one was enough, or am I missing something?

Peter Rogan

"Epinephrine will get you really buzzed." I imagine so. Worse than a bee sting can, too.

briguy

Sensei Le Roof wrote: »

Wait, she'd taken "a" class?! Did she think one was enough, or am I missing something?

If it's anything like the first aid class in high school, it taught a few basics like CPR. I remember nothing from that class though, so, uh, if you needed help now, call 911.

The Ninth Guardian

As someone who has taken a number of first aid classes, we'd hear horror stories from the trainers, and this particular flub with an epi pen is disturbingly common.

Also, one of them told a story of an EMT friend who tried out an epi pen "just to see how it felt" when they weren't undergoing anaphylaxis. He said it was like drinking an entire pot of espresso. Shaking, sweating, vomiting, diarrhea. Awful.

Sarge

That was a really sharp cartoon.

Kairos615

The puns...

I can hardly beelieve them.

Narfwak

Oh man, my brother did this when our mom was teaching him how to use an epipen on a piece of fruit (he's not allergic, but she's allergic to basically everything). He was shaking for *hours*.

briguy

I appreciate the symmetry of this comic.

Huttj509

Oh lord, as soon as I saw the 5th picture I was cringing. My twin brother has nut allergies, so from an early age I learned how to handle an EpiPen. I was specifically instructed on how to hold it, never putting your thumb over the back, specifically because in the heat of the moment it can be easy to have it backwards (and you want to train muscle memory to hold it correctly).

From what I was told the group leader is actually lucky she didn't lose her thumb (the adrenaline can cause blood vessels to constrict, possibly cutting off blood flow, which is why you go for the fleshy part of the thigh). Dunno the actual odds of that though.

Shadyman

There are even TV ads now that basically just show you how to use an Epi-pen, at least twice per commercial.

Jachra

Pretty lucky you didn't die.

Ariodante

Ouch. When I was a camp counselor, we confiscated all sweets so they wouldn't attract bees. The kids complained that it was unfair, but I didn't want to take the chance when some kids had allergies.