Mary Wilson
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By Cheyenne Mathews
Published: Dec. 16, 2020 at 1:04 PM CST | Updated: 5 hours ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. happened Tuesday in Juneau, Alaska, members of the Alaska COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force said Wednesday.
Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said a health care worker at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital had an anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine 10 minutes after being vaccinated.
The female health care worker felt flush, was short of breath and was transferred to the emergency room.
... The health care worker had an elevated heart rate and a rash on her face and torso. She was given an epinephrine dosage, which seemed to temporarily relieve her symptoms.
“She did have a reemergence of her symptoms, so with the same thing, elevated respiratory rate, elevated heart rate of note,” Dr. Lindy Jones at Bartlett Regional Hospital said.
She was then put on an epinephrine drip, given steroids for her anaphylactic reaction and moved to an intensive care unit for observation.
... Jones said the health care worker with the adverse reaction did not have a history of allergies.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2...fter-juneau-resident-had-an-adverse-reaction/
Published: Dec. 16, 2020 at 1:04 PM CST | Updated: 5 hours ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. happened Tuesday in Juneau, Alaska, members of the Alaska COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force said Wednesday.
Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said a health care worker at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital had an anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine 10 minutes after being vaccinated.
The female health care worker felt flush, was short of breath and was transferred to the emergency room.
... The health care worker had an elevated heart rate and a rash on her face and torso. She was given an epinephrine dosage, which seemed to temporarily relieve her symptoms.
“She did have a reemergence of her symptoms, so with the same thing, elevated respiratory rate, elevated heart rate of note,” Dr. Lindy Jones at Bartlett Regional Hospital said.
She was then put on an epinephrine drip, given steroids for her anaphylactic reaction and moved to an intensive care unit for observation.
... Jones said the health care worker with the adverse reaction did not have a history of allergies.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2...fter-juneau-resident-had-an-adverse-reaction/
