On January 3.1, master - doctor Huynh Thi Thuy Kieu, Deputy Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital 2 (HCMC), said that the most common of these are head injuries and limb injuries. due to traffic accident.
Recently, in the case of L.M.N (12 years old, living in Long An) driving an electric bicycle into an electric pole because he could not control the speed. After the accident, N. was taken to the hospital, and the car was seriously damaged.
Through examination, the doctor found that N. had multiple injuries, a closed fracture of the middle 1/3 of the right femur, and an open wound in the right lower leg. Doctors quickly underwent surgery to fuse the bones and stitch the wound.
A doctor examines a traumatized pediatric patient in the Emergency Department
Regarding traffic accidents, Dr. Kieu said that besides accidents caused by older children driving the vehicle themselves, there are also cases where family members drive them. Traffic accidents range in severity from mild to severe, especially cases of traumatic brain injury, leaving many serious consequences.
The main reason is that older children drive the vehicle themselves but are not good at handling emergency situations; The child is being transported by the parent and the vehicle collides with other vehicles; Parents drive their children but use alcohol and cannot control their speed, speeding, overtaking recklessly...
"When traveling with their children, parents need to pay attention and strictly obey traffic rules such as wearing helmets, not running red lights, not driving while drinking alcohol... Must always obey traffic laws to Children follow, especially in the time before the Lunar New Year is approaching," Dr. Kieu shared.
