According to Dr. Nguyen Minh Tien - Deputy Director of the City Children's Hospital, during the summer vacation, children often stay home more. However, because parents are busy with work, they cannot take good care of their children, or work while keeping an eye on their children. Just a moment of neglect can lead to unfortunate incidents.
Recently, the unit promptly saved the life of a boy named L.N.M.A (4 years old, Tien Giang province) who suffered a severe drowning from falling into a fish pond behind his house. Exploiting the medical history, because the children were not seen at home, the family went to look for them and discovered them lying on the fish pond water, unknown when they were submerged in water.
After bringing them to shore, seeing the child in a corner, calling unresponsive, and not knowing the heart rate or breathing, the family and neighbors performed first aid, had a heart attack, and suffocated. After 4 minutes, the child breathed on his own.
The family took the child to a local hospital for first aid and oxygen. After that, he was transferred to the City Children's Hospital.
The child was admitted to the hospital in a state of drowsiness, confusion, convulsions, pink lips, and tired breathing. The child underwent a blood gas test, the results showed metabolic acidosis and lack of oxygen. A chest X-ray of the two Escapes. The child was diagnosed with hour 6 drowning, lack of brain oxygen, and inhaled pneumonia.
After nearly 2 weeks of treatment, the patient's condition gradually improved, he was unable to use a ventilator, could breathe air and come into contact.
Doctor Tien recommends that parents also need to know first aid at the scene when the child is suffocated by holding the heart (over the lower 1/2 of the sternum), causing suffocation when the child shows signs of purple and refractive sleep apnea. Parents should note not to drain water, hold the stomach... to waste the golden time to save the child.
Parents should not let their children swim in rivers and streams themselves, but should let their children swim in lakes with security guards, and always keep an eye on their children. Public construction works have pits, when it rains heavily and is flooded, there must be protective fences and prohibition signs to avoid children going out and falling into pits, underpasses, etc., causing unfortunate accidents. If children do not know how to swim, parents should take advantage of the summer to let them learn to swim.
Xuyen A Long An General Hospital (Long An) has also just performed an endoscopy to remove the anesthetic foreign object from a 2-year-old male patient. The foreign object is a scwl with a 5x6mm sharp tip.
According to the mother, after dinner, the two brothers were playing together when a screwshift in a toy fell out. The 2-year-old boy was curious and quickly took it up to play and put it in his mouth.
Children aged 6 months to 3 years are the group that is susceptible to accidents of swallowing or inhaling foreign objects, especially while playing without adult supervision. Sharp foreign objects when entering the body can cause serious damage to the esophagus, stomach, intestines, and even cause perforation of the intestines or digestive bleeding if not treated promptly.
