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reizen per vliegtuig en anyfylaxie

Hallo, we hebben een zoon van nu 2,5 die sinds zijn 1ste jaar anafyalctisch is voor kipppenei en cashewnoten. Verder heeft hij voedselallergieen voor pinda, sesam en vis. Nu gaan we binnenkort voor het eerst op vakantie met het vliegtuig. Wie heeft ervaring met het reizen met het vliegtuig en de voorzorgsmaatregelen bij een evt. anafylactische reactie ´in de lucht´? Na overleg met kinderarts krijgen we noodmedicatie mee in de vorm van Zyrtec naast de gebruikelijke epipennen, fenistil en aerius. De kinderarts gaf ook aan dat in het vliegtuig altijd zuurstof aanwezig is dus dat is prima. Naar ons idee zou dat voldoende moeten zijn; wat denken jullie? We zullen iig ook zijn button opdoen met ´ik heb voedselallergie, geef me niets´ en goed opletten. Zijn er nog aanvullende tips? Dank alvast. Met groet, Renate

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Gebruiker:
Jolanda Verschuur
Geplaatst:
2 Nov 2010 15:42:28

richtlijnen Luchtvaart: zie nieuws website

Vliegen en ernstige voedselallergie gaan goed samen. Onze leden reizen de hele wereld rond. Bij lange vluchten kan een dieetvoeding op naam worden besteld. Overleg met het reisbureau en/ of vliegmaatschappij. Ook zelf meegebrachte voedingsmiddelen kunnen worden aangemeld. Zie ook onze vakantie brochure. Hierbij de Engelse richtlijnen: Before travel: . Contact your physician and discuss the travel related risks involved. If he/she prescribes an epinephrine (adrenalin) auto-injector (such as EpiPen®, Anapen® or Twinject®) make sure you always carry this medication, any other prescribed medication for your allergy and your written emergency plan, in your carry-on baggage. Have the medication easily accessible throughout the flight (at your feet or in the pocket in front of you). While many airlines carry epinephrine in accordance with their national regulations, most of them do not carry an epinephrine autoinjector. The same applies to any other emergency medication that is prescribed for you. You should never assume that the airline will carry the medication you need. Make sure that you carry a prescription for the auto-injector and an emergency plan signed by your doctor to avoid problems when passing through airport security. . When you make your reservations, you should ask the airline how they deal with allergensensitive customers. It is always preferable to deal directly with the airline and not through a third party. Even if the airline does not serve the food to which you are allergic, it cannot guarantee an allergen-free environment. For example, if you have a peanut allergy, other passengers may bring peanuts on board the aircraft. Airlines are also unable to provide allergen-free meals because commercial kitchens cannot guarantee compliance. The reason for this is the presence of allergens, such as peanut and peanut-products, across many types of foods, insufficient labelling of peanut as an ingredient in foodstuff and cross contamination. . Even though airlines carry out routine cleaning procedures of the aircraft, it is impossible to guarantee an allergen-free environment on board. . Allergen-sensitive minors should never travel unaccompanied. . If you purchase travel insurance, consider asking the insurance company if you are covered in case of anaphylaxis, or other severe allergic reactions. Day of travel: . Arrive early at the airport and allow yourself plenty of time to re-confirm your requests regarding specific seating, early boarding, etc.. . Consider mentioning to the passengers sitting close to you or your allergic child that you or your child has a severe allergy. If it is your child, try to position the child away from other passenger (a window seat for example or between yourself and your spouse or another one of your children). At reservation time, you can also request the back or front row of a section, which will also limit the proximity to other passengers. . Consider bringing your own sanitizing wipes if you wish to wipe down the armrests, meal trays and seat back areas of your seats. . Consider alerting the cabin crew in-charge that you or your child has a severe allergy so they can respond quickly and appropriately if a reaction occurs. However, be advised that many airlines will not make specific broadcast announcements to passengers for these cases. . The safest option is to take your own food on board with you. Should you decide to do so, ask the airline at the time of reservation if it has any restrictions on food brought on board. For instance, some airlines have regulations restricting the re-heating of passengers’ food. It is always preferable to take non-perishable food. If you have a multi segment trip, you may have to check the different applicable quarantine laws before departure, as some countries may not allow certain types of food to be carried in transit.

Gebruiker:
R. Weijers
Geplaatst:
8 Nov 2010 20:07:11

dank

Beste Jolanda, verhelderend, dank. gr. renate