Maine is preparing to expand the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine.Report the first allergic reaction

Maine plans to increase access to the COVID-19 vaccine as more doses arrive next week, the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.

In the third week of deployment in Maine, life support facilities and emergency medical personnel will be vaccinated. The state said higher doses would also increase efforts to vaccinate hospital workers and nursing residents and staff.

We also launched the main CDC Its Online COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard On Wednesday, we will provide both patients and healthcare professionals with a central location for vaccination information. The site answers frequently asked questions such as who gets vaccine priority and also includes vaccination counters that were 8,001 across the state at 7 pm.

So far, only one person vaccinated in Maine, a healthcare worker vaccinated at the Maine Medical Center on Tuesday, has experienced a strong allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine, the CDC reports. I will. This is the first case of anaphylaxis reported in Maine and one of the few cases in the country. According to the CDC, an unidentified worker who was predisposed to an allergic reaction was fine at home on Wednesday after being treated and observed in the hospital for several hours.

No other serious reactions have been reported among the vaccinated Mainers.

Some of Maine’s first EMTs were vaccinated on Wednesday and joined thousands of people vaccinated in hospitals and nursing homes throughout the state. The state has also launched a public website that provides information on Maine’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, with an additional 19,125 doses scheduled for next week.

Dr. Dora Anne Mills, Chief Health Improvement Officer at Maine Health, showed an allergic reaction to the first dose of Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday night. Maine Med employees had a strong history of severe allergies and a past experience of anaphylaxis. He said he had.

According to Mills, hospital staff at the vaccination clinic recognized the employee’s medical history and observed the person after vaccination, as required for all COVID-19 vaccinations. Symptoms include widespread rashes and swelling, blood pressure spikes, tachycardia, and dyspnea.

The person began to show symptoms of an allergic reaction after 10 minutes and progressed to anaphylaxis 20 minutes later, Mills said. She said the person was given an epinephrine pen injection and was taken to the emergency room for further treatment that may include steroids, oxygen, and intravenous fluids.

“Everything worked,” said Mills, one of the medical volunteers vaccinated on Tuesday night. “The person stayed in the hospital for a few hours for observation and was fine at home today.”

Hospital staff have informed employees that they will not be able to receive the second vaccination needed to provide maximum protection, Mills said. According to Mills, the person was happy with at least a single dose.

According to Mills, the anaphylactic response to vaccination is similar to that of people with severe allergies to bee stings and nuts, so EpiPen is available at each vaccination station and observation area.

Dr. Nirav Shah, director of Maine CDC, said Wednesday that the anaphylaxis experienced by Maine Med employees was similar to that reported in other states and countries, and such reports are rare. ..

“This kind of reaction is still happening,” he said. “Thankfully, this kind of reaction is very rare.”

According to the US CDC, at least seven people in the United States have reported severe allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine given to more than one million Americans as of Wednesday morning.

In Alaska last week Three health care workers treated for anaphylactic reaction He recovered shortly after receiving the vaccine. I had no allergies before.

US CDC recommends to everyone vaccinated Monitor onsite for 15-30 minutesIt depends on whether the recipient has a history of severe allergic reactions. Vaccine providers should have medicines and equipment such as epinephrine, antihistamines, stethoscopes, and sphygmomanometer cuffs.

Common side effects include pain and swelling at the site of the attack, fever, chills, malaise, and headaches in other parts of the body. According to the US CDC.. If redness or tenderness around the shot increases after 24 hours, it may be time to contact your healthcare provider.

Because the vaccine requires two doses to be effective, the US CDC recommends that anyone who experiences side effects receive a second dose unless the healthcare provider specifically states it.

In Maine, the next vaccine shipment will continue to immunize front-line healthcare workers and nursing home residents and staff, providing vaccine access to life support facilities and emergency medical personnel, according to the Maine CDC. Used to magnify.

Future shipments will include 10,725 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 8,400 doses of Moderna vaccine. Overall, main health officials state that there are sufficient doses to vaccinate approximately 64,775 people in the first three weeks of distribution.

According to a news release from the county government, some of the first EMT vaccines were given to members of the York County Incident Management Team on Wednesday.

Fred La Montagne, head of operations for the team, said his goal was to distribute 80 doses by the end of the day. La Montagne is also responsible for the Old Orchard Beach Fire Department, which received 100 Moderna vaccines on Tuesday.

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