Right on the first night of duty at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, Ninh Binh facility, doctors coordinated with multiple specialists to successfully resuscitate a case of particularly severe multiple injuries due to a work accident falling from a height.
Patient V.T.T (56 years old, Thanh Hoa) was brought to the hospital in critical condition with a series of serious injuries. Examination and diagnosis results showed that the patient suffered severe traumatic brain injury, skull fracture, many glass fragments penetrating the skull causing brain contusion and bleeding in many locations.
In addition, the patient also suffered chest spinal injury leading to complete spinal cord paralysis, loss of sensation in both lower limbs; chest trauma causing rib fracture and pleural effusion; hand wound with severed extensor tendon and many soft tissue lesions in the head, back and hands.
According to Dr. Nguyen Thanh Xuan - Deputy Head of Neurosurgery Department 1 of the Neurosurgery Center, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, concurrently in charge of managing and operating the Ninh Binh Base Neurosurgery Center, before the complicated injury situation, directly threatening the patient's life, the hospital immediately activated the red alert procedure overnight.
After a comprehensive assessment, doctors agreed that all lesions needed emergency surgical intervention.
Immediately after that, many surgical teams were mobilized simultaneously. The Neurosurgery team performed emergency surgery to treat traumatic brain injury, remove foreign objects and control bleeding. Next, the Spinal Surgery team performed spinal fixation and dissection to limit nerve damage. In parallel, the Orthopedic Trauma team handled the wound and reconnected the hand tendon for the patient.
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Xuan said that if not treated and operated on in time, the patient has a very high risk of death. At the same time, secondary lesions can continue to progress, significantly reducing the ability to recover after treatment.
Multidisciplinary coordination plays a decisive role in handling severe multiple injuries, helping to shorten emergency time, limit secondary injuries and improve survival opportunities for patients.
