8-year-old girl in Phan Thiet was "swallowed" by an automatic rolling door while playing.

On May 26, Children's Hospital 2 (Ho Chi Minh City) announced that it had just received emergency treatment for a child patient named D.TM (8 years old, residing in Phan Thiet) who suffered severe multiple injuries and was in a deep coma after being completely caught in a rolling door at home.

Currently, baby M. has been taken off the ventilator and is awake.

Accordingly, patient D.TM was transferred from a local hospital to Children's Hospital 2 for emergency treatment in a lethargic state, with unstable consciousness and many injuries to the head, face, chest and abdomen.

After assessing the risk of brain damage due to lack of oxygen, doctors decided to perform active hypothermia, which helps protect the brain in the critical stage.

Master, Doctor Tran Thi Bich Kim, Deputy Head of the Intensive Care and Anti-Poison Department of Children's Hospital 2, said that after 4 days of intensive treatment, on May 26, patient M. was successfully removed from the ventilator, was alert and could correctly answer her name and follow the doctor's orders. This is a welcome sign of recovery after a serious accident.

According to M.'s family, despite being reminded many times, M. still often plays swinging on the rolling door at home. On the evening of May 22, when M.'s older sister opened the rolling door to ride her electric scooter out, M. suddenly swung on the rolling door. Only 2 minutes later, when her older sister returned, she discovered that M.'s entire body was wrapped around the door and she ran to call her mother. The whole family panicked and tried to find a way to get the baby down.

After about 10 minutes, baby M. was freed but he could no longer speak, his limbs were purple and his family took him to An Phuoc General Hospital (Phan Thiet) in a coma. Here, doctors performed resuscitation, intubated him and urgently transferred him that night to Children's Hospital 2 for further intensive treatment.

Doctor Tran Thi Bich Kim said this was a preventable accident if families were more careful in choosing and using rolling doors, and at the same time educated children about the risks of playing near this device.

Accordingly, doctors recommend that children should never play near rolling doors, especially when the door is in operation. Teach children that rolling doors are not toys, and that they should not climb or hang on the door. In case of an accident, proper first aid and taking the child to a medical facility promptly are extremely important, helping to increase the child's chances of survival and recovery.

In addition, families should prioritize choosing doors with safety sensors or reverse functions when encountering obstacles; place the control buttons in a high position, out of reach of children; and equip them with an emergency shut-off button for quick handling in case of problems.

HA (according to Vietnam+)

Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/be-gai-8-tuoi-o-phan-thiet-bi-cua-cuon-tu-dong-nuot-tron-khi-dang-choi-dua-412497.html