Severe injuries from homemade fireworks
At the age of discovery, D.S.R. (male, born in 2012, residing in Binh Phuoc province) took the powder from a match head and put it into the tube of a tire and hit it to cause an explosion. The explosion caused severe trauma to his left hand with a bleeding wound. At Children's Hospital 2, he was admitted by Dr. Nguyen Dy Luu, Department of Burns and Orthopedics, and urgently performed surgery. The diagnosis showed that he had crushed tissue, many jagged wounds on fingers 1, 2, 3 and an open fracture of the second metacarpal bone of his left hand. These injuries will likely follow him for the rest of his life.
Within two weeks, the Burn and Orthopedic Department of Children's Hospital 2 received three consecutive cases of pediatric patients having accidents related to homemade fireworks.
Previously, male patient A.T.V. (born in 2012, residing in Gia Lai province) was transferred to the hospital with second-degree burns on 35% of his body. The injury caused by playing with homemade fireworks caused injuries to his face, chest, forearms on both sides, thighs and calves on both sides...
Dangers from clips teaching how to make fireworks online
Every year, Children's Hospital 2 regularly receives and treats cases of accidents related to firecrackers, especially during holidays and Tet. Worryingly, nowadays, just by browsing social networking sites and searching for keywords such as "How to make firecrackers at home", "Homemade firecrackers" or "Making firecrackers", users can easily find a series of videos instructing how to make firecrackers. These clips have poisoned many children, causing them - at the age of curiosity and exploration - to make their own firecrackers, leading to unfortunate accidents.
According to experts, injuries caused by firecrackers are often very complicated, with many cases of serious damage to areas such as the hands, face, and torso... Treating these cases is not only difficult and time-consuming, but also leaves serious sequelae, even permanent loss of function.
To prevent accidents caused by firecrackers, Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Nga - Deputy Head of the Burn Department - Orthopedics, Children's Hospital 2 - recommends that families and schools should regularly remind children to absolutely not use explosives or mix chemicals to make firecrackers. In particular, it is necessary to focus on educating children of curious age about the dangers of firecrackers, including the risk of causing fire, injury, disability, and even death.
Everyone needs to raise awareness about the dangers of firecrackers, especially during the Tet holiday, when many videos showing how to make homemade firecrackers appear online.
