Tell me something....if someone is having an anaphylactic reaction after receiving the flu shot (or any other immunization) do you or do you not apply a tourniquet above the injection site???
I'm going to be organizing and running a whole bunch of flu shot clinics this year and have been researching anaphylactic reaction protocols. The Immunization Protocols for Quebec (Canada) make no mention of using a tourniquet but I have read others that do.
I'm going to follow my provincial recommendations but am wondering if anyone here does use a tourniquet and what the rationale is. By the time an anaphylactic reaction has started, the immunization is already systemic...wouldn't applying a tourniquet be a bit of a moot point by then? Especially since you have to release it for one minute every three minutes.
Thanks in advance!