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You're having a severe allergic reaction

Use your EpiPen, call 120, show your allergy card, and go to hospital even if better.

A traveller talking to a Chinese police officer at a help desk

EpiPen and 120 buy the critical minutes.

What you'll see

If anaphylaxis hits, act within minutes:

Anaphylaxis · call 120
过敏性休克 · 拨打 120
Situation level: L3 (scenario). This is an emergency situation, not an app error code.

Why it happens

Anaphylaxis can rebound after seeming to improve; EpiPen and 120 are the two moves that save time.

Fastest fix, free: Inject your EpiPen into the thigh, call 120, and show your allergy card to staff.

Every case shows the diagnosis and the first step - free. The full step-by-step fix for this exact case, the decision tree, and the offline kit are $9.99.

Last verified: 2026-09-20 · Confidence: Multiple sources (pending first-hand verification)

When the fast fix isn't enough

In the kit

When allergy strikes, the kit gives the card text and the 120 wording.

1. The lookup table

The phrase that tells staff what you're allergic to.

2. The trigger matrix

When EpiPen suffices vs when 120 is urgent.

3. Offline printable version

The card as a printable card.

FREE — what you are reading nowwhat you will see, why, fastest fix, fullstepsIN THE KIT — the long tailwhat to say, who to call, offline

What you are reading is free. The shut crate is the part you carry.

Is anyone in danger right now?yes / noYESCall 110 / 120 firstfreeNOThe calm-handling branchin the kit

Ask it once, get one answer — not four things to read.

123Get safestep back, breatheCall 110 / 120say where you areShow this cardlet them read it

Three moves, in this order — panic is what makes it worse.

If nothing works

If no EpiPen is available:

  1. Tell a bystander the allergen in Chinese.
  2. Use any adrenaline auto-injector available.
  3. Go to ER even without an EpiPen.
1234Call 110 /120level 1Embassylevel 2Insurance linelevel 3Someone youtrustlevel 4

Four levels deep — you are never down to a single option.

A local handing a phone to a traveller who needs help

One calm person who can speak for you changes everything.

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