Emergency Adrenaline Debate
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Lord Winston
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Baroness Merron (Lab)
I know that the noble Lord always seeks to be helpful. That is indeed a helpful suggestion, which I will gladly take away, but I will not be able to give a commitment, as the noble Lord is aware.
Lord Winston (Lab)
My Lords, I was a little unhappy with the answer to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Patel. My understanding, having seen medical students being given injections of adrenaline during a physiology class to see what would happen—in larger doses than you would probably need in this case—is that they might feel a bit faint. I would have thought that giving a non-injection method is even safer and that the likelihood of side-effects is much lower. Is that not fair?
Baroness Merron (Lab)
I am sure that is fair and I certainly bow to my noble friend’s expertise in this regard. I thank him for that, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for his question. However, I feel a little inadequate on the medical front here.