Food Safety | Emergency Measures after Food Poisoning

Students should not panic if they have food poisoning at school. If severe vomiting and diarrhea occur, accompanied by pain in the upper and middle abdomen, or if dehydration symptoms occur due to vomiting and diarrhea, such as dry mouth and sunken eye sockets, the following emergency measures can be taken:

Report: Immediately report the situation truthfully to the class teacher, school and higher authorities.

Drinking water: Immediately drink 5000ml-8000ml of clean warm water to dilute the toxins. If conditions permit, you can also take some hydrochlorothiazide or furosemide tablets to play an osmotic diuretic and protect the liver and kidneys.

Induce vomiting: Immediately after drinking water, dig your throat to induce vomiting, and do it many times to expel as much vomitus as possible from the gastrointestinal tract until it becomes colorless, odorless and clear. When inducing vomiting, try to avoid retrograde choking or aspiration.

Enema: After inducing vomiting, use enema or mannitol, castor oil, cooking oil, etc. to excrete as much stool as possible until the stool becomes watery.

Cleanup: Keep enough of the food that caused the poisoning, and seal or clean up the rest of the poisoned food immediately to prevent more people from being harmed.

Medical treatment: Go to the hospital for professional treatment.