Immunotherapy Safety for the Primary Care ... - U.S. Coast Guard

Epi-Pen Adult
Epi-Pen JR
TwinJect
• Notify the physician!
• May be controlled by immediately placing a tourniquet above
the injection site
• Giving up to 0.01 ml/kg of 1: 1000 epinephrine up to 0.50 ml
every 10-20 minutes subcutaneously.
• For the average adult, give 0.10ml of 1:1000 epinephrine
subcutaneously in the injection site and 0.2ml of 1:1000
epinephrine in the other arm or inject 0.3mg EpiPen / TwinJect
auto injector intramuscularly into the anterolateral aspect of the
thigh.
• For children, administer 0.15mg EpiPen/TwinJect IM into the
thigh.