A first responder or dispatcher is not going to use or recommend using an expired medication. It’s an invitation to a lawsuit regardless of the outcome.
Personally, if I were the parent, I would certainly use an expired EpiPen.
I’m a little surprised there’s someone out there who is unaware that peanut allergies can cause a severe or fatal allergic reaction.
It says in the epipen literature that the use of the pen is never contraindicated in an emergency. That should satisfy the lawyers.
In an obvious life or death scene, not using it will definitely cause harm, using it may or may not, so you go with the safest path.
Yes, it is odd that the mom did not know much about severe allergies.
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