Comment from SnackSafely.com
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Summary: Dave Bloom, CEO of SnackSafely.com, argues that current emergency medical kits on airplanes are insufficient for treating severe food allergies. He urges the FAA to mandate the inclusion of user-friendly epinephrine nasal sprays and auto-injectors in every airliner's emergency kit to ensure passengers can be treated quickly without needing a medical professional on board.
As a food allergy advocate and blogger, I have spent the last 15 years documenting a terrifying, recurring narrative: passengers experiencing life-threatening anaphylaxis at 35,000 feet, saved only because a medical professional happened to be on board to manually draw epinephrine from a vial and navigate a syringe.
We are playing Russian roulette with passenger lives, relying entirely on chance to dodge a tragedy. This is a systemic failure, not a safety protocol.
The FAA MUST enact regulations requiring user-friendly epinephrine nasal sprays/auto-injectors in both adult and pediatric doses to be included in EVERY single airliner's emergency medical kit. Seconds matter in the air. We need tools that anyone can use to save a life—not just when a doctor happens to be in seat 12B.
Dave Bloom
CEO SnackSafely.com