Life-Saving Anaphylaxis Kitt Stories.

Our Anaphylaxis Kitts have been used to treat over 20 severe allergic reactions since we launched in 2023.

Never again do we want to see an ‘avoidable’ allergy death headlining the news.

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Ava, 14, Dance Student

Featured in Talk TV, The Times & The Independent

Ava was part of a dance troop renting a school site when she experienced a severe allergic reaction to a snack bar. In the panic, she couldn’t find her own adrenaline pen, so the school’s Anaphylaxis Kitt was accessed and used to treat her.

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Billie, 44, Maths Teacher

Featured in Good Morning Britain

Billie-Jo, a mathematics teacher from a prestigious UK boarding school, experienced a near-fatal allergic reaction to an unknown substance and required treatment from three adrenaline pens using the school’s Anaphylaxis Kitt.

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Three people standing outside in front of a brick building, holding a box of Anaphylaxis Kitt, a life-saving emergency device for allergy treatment

Elaine, 53, Art Teacher

Featured across the BBC

Elaine had no known allergies until she consumed a ginger beer at home one evening and began experiencing anaphylaxis. She desperately called Jason, the estate manager at their school, who drove over with a Kitt and saved her life.

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“It Was Like Someone Turned the Lights Back On”: Teen’s Life Saved by Emergency Allergy ‘Kitt’ at Bristol School
“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.

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A school staff member has first airborne severe allergic reaction to chickpea curry, saved by ‘Anaphylaxis Kitt’
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.

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Teen’s life-threatening allergic reaction at school caused by an unknown substance, treated with adrenaline from Anaphylaxis Kitt
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.

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Teacher with no known allergies survives sudden life-threatening allergic reaction
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.

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Teacher’s life-threatening allergic reaction to multiple bee stings treated by Anaphylaxis Kitt
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. 

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School teacher’s near-fatal allergic reaction treated by Anaphylaxis Kitt
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.

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Family of 14-year-old girl who had severe allergic reaction at school “dread” what could have happened without Anaphylaxis Kitt
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.

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Adrenaline needs to be made more accessible.

The number of adrenaline pen prescriptions has increased by over 300% in the last 20 years* - but studies have found that most people at risk of severe allergic reactions do not have adrenaline pens.

  • People can forget their adrenaline pens, often expiring before they’re replaced.

  • In some cases, people develop new allergies and only find this out when they experience their first allergic reaction.

  • Severe anaphylactic reactions can require multiple doses of adrenaline to treat symptoms properly.

Our goal is to have Anaphylaxis Kitts installed in schools and qualifying businesses all across the UK, similar to defibrillators. They can be accessed by trained staff for use in emergencies to treat life-threatening allergic reactions, whenever and wherever they occur.

"A third of people in England who have experienced a severe allergic reaction to food are not carrying live-saving adrenaline pens, analysis shows". The study was conducted between 2008 and 2018 and published in the journal The Lancet Public Health (Source: The Independent).

Source*: Prescription rates of adrenaline auto-injectors for children in UK general practice: a retrospective cohort study

Find out more about our Anaphylaxis Kitt service

Available to purchase for schools and qualifying businesses:

  • Wall-mounted Anaphylaxis Kitt

  • Unlimited online CPD-accredited training

  • Adrenaline pens, re-supplied every year

  • New adrenaline pens if used (at no extra cost)

  • Incident reporting tools, and more…

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