According to this article on Maineville.com, a Mayo Regional patient received 10 times the needed epinephrine.
The article reported that Timothy Harvey, 51, went to the hospital’s emergency room on June 4. He was suffering from an allergic reaction and died early the next morning from a massive overdose of medication mistakenly administered by hospital staff.
The hospital’s CEO said it takes full responsibility for this situation.
The middle-aged man went to the emergency room on June 4, with symptoms of an acute allergic reaction that included facial swelling and some thickening of the tongue. He had eaten seafood about an hour earlier that evening but had no prior known seafood allergy.
The patient was given 0.3 milligrams of epinephrine, an appropriate amount, and the patient showed signs of improvement. While he was being held for observation, some of his earlier symptoms recurred and he was given a second dose of epinephrine. It can be re-dosed in the same amount as oft [...]
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