Originally Posted by
beaterdit
I did come away with a story of the worst thanksgiving ever though. Somewhere in SE Wyoming, a 21 year old girl with a severe wheat allergy accidentally got served something with wheat in it. She went into full on anaphylactic shock and the local ER was pretty overwhelmed. They intubated her but she threw up and aspirated in the process. Thankfully she got an Epi pen on the way or it could have been worse. She was really unstable in the ER over there when they called us and our attending told them to get her on a continuous Epinephrine drip right away. After that she was stable enough to fly but the heli hit weather and had to turn around so they could put her on a fixed wing. Her family ended up beating her here. Anyway, I think she's gonna be OK but she'll be intubated for a while due to the aspiration. Worst thanksgiving ever right? The whole thing sure made me thankful for my health and my coworkers who helped make the best of the evening though.