Braving the storm overnight to bring a seriously injured patient from Thuyen Chai Island to the mainland for treatment

The patient was brought back to the mainland safely and is continuing treatment at Military Hospital 175. — The patient was brought back to the mainland safely and is continuing treatment at Military Hospital 175 .

The patient is NNH, born in 1972, from Quang Tri , a worker working on Thuyen Chai Island.

During work, he suffered multiple injuries, chest and abdominal injuries, and was taken to the Thuyen Chai Island infirmary for emergency treatment. After examination, the patient was diagnosed with multiple injuries with 3-hour closed abdominal trauma, intra-abdominal bleeding, suspected liver rupture; closed chest trauma, and fracture of the 9th rib on the right side.

Immediately, Thuyen Chai Island Infirmary conducted a Telemedicine consultation with Military Hospital 175. Doctors determined that the patient was at risk of developing hemorrhagic shock and needed to be transported to the mainland for intensive treatment.

Complying with the order of the Ministry of National Defense , at 1:20 a.m. on September 26, the MB622 helicopter of the Southern Helicopter Company, Corps 18, together with the Air Rescue Team, Military Hospital 175, led by Lieutenant Colonel Pham Truong Thanh (Department of Intensive Care and Anti-Poison) as Team Leader, took off from Tan Son Nhat airport to Thuyen Chai island.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Pham Truong Thanh, to ensure the safety of the patient's life during the transport by plane, Military Hospital 175 has fully prepared plans: blood transfusion to prevent shock, mechanical ventilation, pleural drainage, fluid replacement, oxygen therapy, hemostasis and close monitoring of complications such as tension pneumothorax, hemothorax, respiratory failure, and circulatory failure.

In particular, the emergency team brought along a full set of medicine and equipment, ready to perform emergency hemostatic surgery right on the plane in the worst case scenario.

Although the flight was long and took place in complicated stormy weather conditions all night, with a sense of responsibility, courage and experience, the flight crew and the air ambulance team transported the patient safely to the mainland and promptly took him to the Emergency Department of Military Hospital 175.

Immediately after receiving the patient, the hospital quickly deployed CODE RED, held a hospital-wide consultation to make a definitive diagnosis and apply a timely, specialized treatment regimen for the patient.

VUONG LE

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