According to doctors at the Emergency and Poison Control Department of the National Children's Hospital, 8 cases of rat poison poisoning were admitted and treated. Of these, 2 cases of rat poison poisoning were very rare due to the subjectivity and carelessness of adults.
The two brothers (8 and 10 years old, in Hoa Binh ) were taken to the emergency room in critical condition. According to their family, they had mistakenly eaten chicken eggs injected with rat poison that the family was using to make rat traps. About 3-5 hours later, both of them developed symptoms of dizziness and nausea and were taken to the provincial hospital by their family for examination, then transferred to the National Children's Hospital for emergency treatment.
Here, doctors determined that the children were poisoned by rat poison containing Bromadiolone - a substance that causes prolonged blood clotting disorders. After 1 week of treatment and monitoring, both children were stable and discharged from the hospital.
Another case of rat poison poisoning admitted to the hospital at the same time was a 3-year-old girl in Ha Tinh who accidentally drank rat poison in a tube that her grandmother used to trap rats. Initially, the girl vomited a lot but remained conscious. On the third day, the girl began to experience decreased consciousness and convulsions. After the child received first aid at Ha Tinh Provincial Hospital, the child was transferred to the National Children's Hospital for treatment.
According to doctors, the child was in a state of neurological damage, convulsions, agitation, abnormal movement... The MRI showed brain damage and tests found rat poison in the test sample. After more than a week of active treatment and close monitoring. Currently, the child's health has stabilized and he has been discharged from the hospital.
Notably, last week, the Emergency and Poison Control Department also received a cluster of cases including 5 primary school students in Tuyen Quang hospitalized on the same day due to rat poison poisoning.
According to the Tuyen Quang Department of Health, at around 4:10 p.m. on January 21, at Phu Lam Primary School (My Lam Ward, Tuyen Quang City, Tuyen Quang Province), 5 students showed signs of fatigue, nausea and vomiting, of which one student had convulsions.
The school notified the Ward Health Station to perform first aid and take the student to Tuyen Quang Provincial General Hospital for examination and treatment.
At 1:30 a.m. on January 22, Tuyen Quang Provincial General Hospital transferred 5 patients to the National Children's Hospital for treatment and 23 students were transferred to Bach Mai Hospital for examination and testing for toxins (if any).
It is known that one of the children picked up some red medicine tubes in a plastic bag at school and shared them with his friends. After drinking, the students vomited, had stomachaches, headaches, and some even had convulsions...
The children were all diagnosed with fluoroacetate rat poison poisoning based on clinical and toxicology test results. The children were closely monitored and actively treated. Currently, the students' health is progressing well, but they still need to be closely monitored by doctors to prevent dangerous complications.
According to Dr. Nguyen Tan Hung, Deputy Head of the Emergency and Poison Control Department, National Children's Hospital, every year, on the days leading up to Tet, the Emergency and Poison Control Department receives many cases of child injuries. These accidents can be falls, burns, broken bones, skin wounds, poisoning, choking on foreign objects, choking on incense oil, etc.
The main reason is that children do not have the ability to protect themselves. Especially for children living in big cities, when they return to their hometowns to celebrate Tet with their families in rural areas, there are many new environments with many strange things for children and also more risks such as ponds, lakes, trees, etc. Meanwhile, adults are busy and neglect, do not closely supervise, causing children to encounter many unfortunate situations that endanger their health and lives.
Most recently, the National Children's Hospital admitted two children, an 18-month-old (Yen Bai) and a 16-month-old (Thai Nguyen) in a state of respiratory failure, severe lung damage, coma and impaired consciousness due to mistakenly drinking oil for lighting altar lamps. Both families said that the children mistakenly drank oil stored in bottles and jars that were decanted by the family but not labeled and placed within the children's reach.
At the National Children's Hospital, the children were treated with ventilators to prevent respiratory failure, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs and closely monitored for vital signs. After 5 days of intensive treatment, the condition of the two children has improved, however, they still need to be monitored for possible complications.
The most unfortunate case last week, despite the doctors' best efforts to save him, was a boy (6 years old, in Son La). According to his family, he had pneumonia for the past 2 weeks and was treated at the district hospital. After hearing that drinking grass carp bile could cure the disease and improve health, the family gave him the medicine themselves. A few minutes after drinking it, he showed signs of cyanosis, respiratory failure, and slow heart rate. The boy was given emergency treatment at a local medical facility and then rushed to the National Children's Hospital in a very critical condition, with respiratory and cardiac arrest.
Although the child received emergency treatment and his heart was able to return, his condition was so severe that he did not survive. This heartbreaking story is a warning to parents to follow treatment methods at medical facilities for their children.
Dr. Nguyen Tan Hung recommends that in order for the Tet holiday to take place safely and completely, parents should pay attention to prevent common accidents in children such as: drowning, electric shock, burns, firecrackers, choking on foreign objects, chemical poisoning, food poisoning, CO poisoning due to coal heating, falls, traffic accidents, etc. At the same time, parents also need to equip themselves with proper first aid skills when children have accidents in life.
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