Gypsy Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 As some of you know I'm part of a living history group called the SCA. This just came through on our message board for the local chapter. I figured it does kindof relate to us so I would foward it to here. "The gentleman who invented the EpiPen, Sheldon Kaplan, has passed away. He lived in Clearwater, Fla and died of Hepatocellular carcinoma, a liver cancer, on Sept 21. He was 70 years old. I wonder if he had any idea how far that invention would go and how many lives he saved by working on a nerve gas antidote dispenser." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B the EMT Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I join the international EMS community in mourning. I've been trained to use the device, but have, luckily, never needed to. Personal but open sidenote to Gypsy: As some of you know I'm part of a living history group called the SCA. This just came through on our message board for the local chapter. 1) Was he also a "Scadian"? I went, "garbed", to a few events, but never formally joined. 2) Are you a "Kyurgian"(spelling?) in the society? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubanurse Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Wow.... the epi-pen has saved my life on two occasions. Truely a great loss to EMS and society... Although now I carry the twin-ject the original epi pen is what we have on units and are trained on. Thank you for posting Gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 I join the international EMS community in mourning. I've been trained to use the device, but have, luckily, never needed to. Personal but open sidenote to Gypsy: 1) Was he also a "Scadian"? I went, "garbed", to a few events, but never formally joined. 2) Are you a "Kyurgian"(spelling?) in the society? He was not a SCAdian but a man that we all have a certain amount of thanks to. Our Kingdom Chirugeon has had her life saved by an epi-pen a few times at events. I was a Chirugeon for about 4 months before something happened that caused me to turn in my badge and vow to never again carry one. I am much happier being unoffical and just letting people know I have a kit with me. This isn't the place to hash on that though. PM me and I'll explain that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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