The Kitt Medical Blog
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“It Was Like Someone Turned the Lights Back On”: Teen’s Life Saved by Emergency Allergy ‘Kitt’ at Bristol School
Eighteen-year-old Morgan Penny was moments away from sitting her A-level exam at Cotham School in Bristol when her world turned upside down. A single bite of a snack bar triggered a life-threatening allergic reaction - and if not for the school’s emergency anaphylaxis kit, she might not have lived to tell the story.
A school staff member has first airborne severe allergic reaction to chickpea curry, saved by ‘Anaphylaxis Kitt’
When Michelle Cochrane, a 49-year-old school staff member at The Oaks Primary School in Birmingham, sat down for lunch in the staff room, she had no idea she was about to experience a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction.
Teen’s life-threatening allergic reaction at school caused by an unknown substance, treated with adrenaline from Anaphylaxis Kitt
A young student’s life hung in the balance when he experienced an unknown severe allergic reaction after a run — but thanks to the swift actions of school staff using the schools’ Anaphylaxis Kitt, they’re safe today.
Teacher with no known allergies survives sudden life-threatening allergic reaction
A teacher experienced life-threatening anaphylaxis after drinking a ginger beer. An adrenaline pen from a Kitt was used by her colleague and he was credited with saving her life.
Teacher’s life-threatening allergic reaction to multiple bee stings treated by Anaphylaxis Kitt
A teacher with no allergies narrowly escaped her first life-threatening allergic reaction to 20 bee stings thanks to a portable allergy response kit and training she received at the school.
School teacher’s near-fatal allergic reaction treated by Anaphylaxis Kitt
Billie-Jo, a mathematics teacher from a prestigious UK boarding school, experienced a near-fatal allergic reaction and required treatment from three adrenaline pens using the school’s Anaphylaxis Kitt. This is now the second time one of our Kitts has been used, and the story is a truly eye-opening one.
Family of 14-year-old girl who had severe allergic reaction at school “dread” what could have happened without Anaphylaxis Kitt
Ava was attending a dance rehearsal at the Harris Rainham Academy in Essex, when she had a severe allergic reaction and couldn’t find her adrenaline pens. Thankfully, an Anaphylaxis Kitt was installed nearby.