ER Doctors Explain How to Decode Dangerously Inaccurate Health Reports

December 29, 2014

(Quartz) – The headline was both surprising and alarming: “Emergency Rooms Often Skip The Epinephrine For Severe Allergies.” In it, an allergist says, “I think moms are probably more aggressive than physicians are in using [epinephrine].” According to the article, 80% of the time, emergency physicians withhold lifesaving epinephrine from their patients.