IRISH pharmacist, Emmett McCann, is being hailed as a hero for keeping calm under pressure and delivering two life-saving shots of adrenaline to a woman who came into his pharmacy suffering for anaphylactic shock.
The 28-year-old McCann, single-handedly demonstrated pharmacists' ability to diagnose symptoms and triage the patient telling The Irish Sun that it was "quite a stressful and scary situation".
"She was really struggling to breathe," he said.
"I could see the rash on her neck so I knew she had an allergy.
"I thought I'd have to do CPR on her. I gave her a shot of adrenaline and it didn't really do anything.
"Then I gave her a second and it seemed to work until the ambulance arrived.
"I then heard that she required two more in the ambulance, but from what I've heard she seems to be good now, thank God."
The patient's Brussels-based daughter took to Twitter to express her thanks to the heroic pharmacist.
"A pharmacist called Emmett... saved my mum's life this evening," she tweeted.
"Four adrenaline shots, resus and a hair's breath from life support... whoever you are Emmett... I will be forever be grateful."
The humble hero took the opportunity of his moment in the limelight to remind allergy sufferers to carry and Epipen.
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