Woman suffers allergic reaction causing facial swelling and breathing trouble, Elizabethtown KY
Emergency responders dispatched to a gas station near North Mulberry Street for a 38-year-old woman experiencing an allergic reaction to a prescribed antibiotic. She had facial swelling and breathing difficulties and used an epipen while waiting outside in her vehicle.
Audio|Source: Hardin County Fire and EMS
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Squad 11, respond near North Mulberry Street, Elizabethtown, cross street of West French Street and North Main Street at KSP gas station for allergies timeout, 1657.
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At 1658 responding near North Mulberry Street, Elizabethtown cross street of West French Street and North Main Street at the KSP gas station for a 38-year-old female awake with shortness of air advising that she had an abscess and was prescribed antibiotics.
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The antibiotic was clindamycin.
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She is having an allergic reaction to it, facial swelling and difficulty breathing.
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She did administer her epipen.
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She advises that she is outside in a Ford Escape silver in color.
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