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In case of serious food poisoning such as botulism or salmonella, professional medical help shall be provided ASAP. The accommodation staff’s responsibility is the detection of the illness. The symptoms of botulism that develop 2 days after ingestion involve dimmed or double vision, drooping eyelids, difficulty in talking, swallowing and breathing. The symptoms of salmonellosis develop more than 8 hours after ingestion and include nausea, fever, abdominal cramps, severe diarrhea, etc. Both types of poisoning occur due to consumption of improperly canned / cooked / contaminated food and can be prevented by proper selection and thermal treatment of the food products.
In case of a more common poisoning case by staphylococci with painful spasms, weakness, nausea, vomit, diarrhoea, etc. no specific treatment might be required. In case of ingesting undesirable products, it is recommended that the vomit shall be induced by drinking at least 4-5 glasses of water and inserting fingers in the throat, followed by taking activated coal. For example, norrit. (Advertisement possibility)
In case of a very severe choking on some food piece, place the person on the back on the floor, place one of your hands on the top of the other with the heel of the bottom one between the top of the breastbone and the navel, press forcefully into the abdomen with a rapid, upward movement so that the piece of food comes up to the person’s mouth.
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Other Common Household Injuries, Electric Shock, Ear/Eye/Nose Injury, Fainting | Questions to Section 7: Accidents Prevention and First Aid |
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