{"id":86905,"date":"2018-05-02T12:03:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T10:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=86905"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:30:27","slug":"medewerkers-foodcourt-redden-studente-met-epilepsieaanval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/05\/02\/medewerkers-foodcourt-redden-studente-met-epilepsieaanval\/","title":{"rendered":"Foodcourt employees save student after epilepsy seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday morning, a student suffered an epileptic seizure in the Foodcourt on Erasmus Plaza. However, several quick thinking Foodcourt employees saved the day.<\/p>\n

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Dennis Lin from Asian street food store Sohmi was just opening up on Tuesday morning when he heard screaming. \u201cAt first I didn\u2019t realise what was going on, but then an employee from the Sat\u00e9bar came and said it was a student.\u201d According to Lin, the student was alone watching videos on her phone when she had the seizure.<\/p>\n

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An ambulance came to the Foodcourt to help out.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

\u00d6zcan \u00d6zemir from kebab shop Has saw it happen at the same time. \u201cShe went completely purple, she was choking. I thought she was having a heart attack.\u201d Several employees from the Foodcourt, including \u00d6zemir and Lin, ran over to help the student. \u201cInitially I thought she\u2019d swallowed her tongue,\u201d says \u00d6zemir. \u201cI\u2019ve seen that happen sometimes at football matches.\u201d That wasn\u2019t the case; she was choking on her own mucus. Together with Lin, he moved the girl onto her side, with her head downwards. That helped. The mucus came out. Meanwhile, other onlookers called security and 112.<\/p>\n

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The university emergency response team were quickly on the scene and were able to stabilise the student. Eventually she didn\u2019t need to go to hospital: her father came and collected her. \u201cIt was a really intense experience. We\u2019re glad for her that it all ended well. If she\u2019d been here on her own, she could have died,\u201d says \u00d6zemir.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a lesson for Foodcourt employees. \u201cI\u2019m going to talk to my employer about doing a First Aid course. Now we have to rely on the emergency response team from the university, but they\u2019re too far away. I had no idea what to do. Fortunately, it was fine in the end, but the response could have been faster,\u201d concludes the Has employee.<\/p>\n\n\t

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