According to information shared by the family, patient H.N.H (6 years old, Hau Giang province) was too focused on watching his phone and accidentally got his foot stuck in the elevator door at home, leading to injuries to his left thigh and lower leg, causing a lot of bleeding. The family quickly bandaged the child and took him to Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital for treatment.
When arriving at the hospital emergency room, the patient's condition was relatively severe, with hemorrhagic shock, lethargy, coma, pale skin, pale mucous membranes, large skin-peeling wound, open fracture exposing the left tibia leading to heavy bleeding, broken femur, and unstable knee joint.
Through examination and necessary paraclinical tests, the doctors diagnosed the patient with traumatic shock, acute blood loss, grade IIIB open fracture (with manifestations of wide soft tissue laceration, exposed broken bone head and contaminated bone area), near amputation of left leg, left femur fracture, abdominal and pelvic trauma due to domestic accident.
The medical team determined that this was an emergency and activated the “red alert” within the hospital, and the child was immediately taken to the emergency operating room. The surgery was performed by a team of doctors who performed surgery, resuscitation, and emergency blood transfusion for the child.
After surgery, the patient had crushed tissue removed, arteries and nerves carefully explored, all tendons were sutured, and the bones were fixed. Two days after surgery, the patient had a second femoral fusion surgery.
The patient's condition is currently stable and he has been discharged from the hospital for outpatient follow-up after 2 weeks of treatment.
Master, Doctor Le Dung - Head of the Department of Neurosurgery - Musculoskeletal, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital - said that children often pay little attention to surrounding risks and do not have much knowledge and prevention skills, so they are very susceptible to household accidents that cause dangerous injuries.
Through this, Dr. Le Dung recommends that families and relatives when directly caring for children need to pay attention to ensuring safety and comprehensively assessing situations that may be dangerous for children. In case of an unfortunate accident, families need to closely monitor the child's state of consciousness and any unusual symptoms. If there are serious injuries, the child should be taken immediately to a specialized hospital for timely examination and treatment.
