The patient is N.N.H (53 years old, Quang Tri province), a worker working on Thuyen Chai island. During work, he suffered multiple injuries, chest and abdominal injuries, and was taken to Thuyen Chai Island Infirmary for emergency care. After examination, the patient was diagnosed with multiple injuries: closed abdominal injury in the third hour, bleeding in the abdomen suspected of liver rupture; closed chest injury, fracture of the right rib number 9.
Immediately, Thuyen Chai Island Infirmary conducted a Telemedicine consultation with Military Hospital 175, doctors determined that the patient was at risk of advancing into hemorrhagic shock, and needed to be transported to the mainland for intensive treatment. Following the order of the Ministry of National Defense, at 1:40 a.m. on September 26, the MB622 helicopter of the Southern Helicopters Company - Army Corps 18 and the Air Rescue Team - Military Hospital 175, led by Lieutenant Colonel Pham Truong Thanh - Department of Intensive Care and Anti-Poison, took off from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Thuyen Chai Island.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Pham Truong Thanh - Department of Intensive Care and Anti-Poison, Military Hospital 175, to ensure the safety of patients' lives during transportation by plane, doctors have fully prepared the following options: anti-shock blood transfusion, mechanical ventilation, pulmonary drainage, admission, oxygen supply, blood clotting and closely monitoring complications such as pressure on the lungs, emphysema, respiratory failure, and circulatory failure. In particular, the emergency team brought medicine and equipment, ready to perform emergency hemostasis surgery right on the plane in the worst case scenario.
Despite the long flight, which took place in complicated stormy weather conditions all night, the crew transported the patient safely to the mainland. Immediately after receiving the treatment, the hospital quickly deployed CODE RED, consulted with the entire hospital to make a diagnosis, identify and apply a specialized, timely treatment regimen for the patient.
