2023-07-28 22:00:00
A teenager on vacation at the Mastigouche wildlife reserve in Saint-Alexis-des-Monts suffered anaphylactic shock following being stung by a black wasp. He was unaware of his allergic condition at the time.
The young man from the Mauricie region had however already been stung by wasps and bees many times before and had had no allergic reaction.
Jos Charrette was riding the trails on an ATV with his father when he set foot on a wasp’s nest.
It was then that he was stung once in the hand, then a second time in the calf.
Despite a brief breakdown of the all-terrain vehicle, the hunters were able to approach the park buildings where a guard had two Epipen in hand.
These were administered quickly to the teenager who was then transported to a hospital center for breathing difficulties. It took almost an hour to get to the nearest hospital.
“It was he who saved me, him and my father,” said the youngster.
“He injected me with two doses. Without these two doses, I wouldn’t have been able to make it this far,” he says.
According to the Montreal Insectarium, black wasps can reach a size of 17 to 19 mm in length and live in sandy soil.
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