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Autoinjectors were originally developed for the rapid administration of nerve gas antidotes in kits like the Mark I NAAK. The first modern epinephrine autoinjector, the EpiPen, was invented in the mid-1970s at Survival Technology in Bethesda , Maryland, US by Sheldon Kaplan [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and was first approved for marketing by the FDA in 1987.
A red blood cell concentrate typically has a haematocrit of 0.50 – 0.70 L/L and a volume between 250 and 320 mL. Transfusion of red blood cell concentrates is indicated to compensate for a deficit caused by critical bleeding or to correct anaemic conditions, in order to increase the oxygen-carrying capacity and avoid detrimental effects ...
In the United States military, the Mark I NAAK, or MARK I Kit, ("Nerve Agent Antidote Kit") is a dual-chamber autoinjector: Two anti-nerve agent drugs—atropine sulfate and pralidoxime chloride—each in injectable form, constitute the kit. The kits are only effective against the nerve agents tabun (GA), sarin (GB), soman (GD) and VX.
To prevent allergic transfusion reaction it is possible to use patients own blood for transfusion, this is referred to as autologous blood transfusion.Patients' own blood is collected and washed to produce concentrated red blood cells (this blood product is also called packed red blood cells).
The kits contain emergency medical supplies including a tourniquet, pressure bandage, gauze and chest seals to assist victims prior to the arrival of first responders.
No other Lay’s products, flavors, sizes or variety packs are recalled." Frito-Lay issued a recall for a limited number of its Lay’s Classic Potato Chips. The bags of chips may contain ...
Mosquito saliva contains >30 potentially allergenic proteins. More than 11 of these have been identified in the saliva of the Aedes egypti mosquito. Four such proteins, termed Aed a 1 (an apyrase), Aed 2 (Female-specific protein, D7), Aed 3 (an as yet undefined protein), and Aed a 4 (an α-glucosidase) have been purified as recombinant proteins.
1. New York City. New York City is widely regarded as the most overpriced housing market — and for good reason. According to data from the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, ...