EpiPen

“There are the little pocket warmers and cooler packs. You have to crack/pop them to make them get warm or cold. They are lightweight. If it gets too hot, use a cold one with your pens in a pocket or yeti. If it gets too cold, do the same with a warm pack. I’m talking the small hand warmers and ice packs, like what we take camping in our family. The question is, how many might you need for your time frame, and can you manage to add it to what you have to carry? Heat may degrade the epipens, but it does not render them absolutely useless. Cold may make them less reliable, but keep them close to your body for warmth. There is a YT [video](https://youtu.be/fn2oinVuryw?feature=shared) that show how to cut open an epipen and use the syringe directly in order to get four or five doses from one syringe in a SHTF emergency situation. Of course, there is also a YT [video](https://youtu.be/M26NvYNAWHU?feature=shared) that warns not to do that… but we are talking SHTF, no other options, wilderness survival. Take your safe dosage of Benadryl (or whatever else works for you), use the epipen, and then work on getting to the extra doses in the epipen(s) - if you are safely able to do so without harming yourself. Hopefully, you would have someone else around to help. If you get stung on your hands or stung severely enough to be delirious and unable to safely use a knife to get to the epipen syringe, then that would be a problem. In that case, I think I would already have my older “expired” epipen syringes removed from their casings, safely stored, and already prepared for multi injection use in the SHTF scenario. That way, if a severe allergic reaction occurs, you have immediate back up already to give yourself a second dose at the proper timeframe. It all sounds dangerous, and it is, but that is what happens in a true SHTF scenario… you have limited options for survival regarding making it to anyone who can help you, or having who can help get to you in time. So, learn how to do these things now, as safely as possible… proper medical procedure, timing between injections, amount to inject, where to inject, and so on and so forth. Hopefully, you will never have to do any of this, but better safe than sorry. Best wishes 🙏🦋”