Mom “enjoyed” a little, I fell into a pond and drowned in danger

On May 9, information from the City Children’s Hospital (HCMC) said that it had just received a case of drowning in a young child. The patient is a 1-year-old baby, living in Can Duoc district, Long An province, who was transferred to a local hospital in a critical condition.

The patient is being treated by doctors and nurses in the hope of minimizing the sequelae after drowning

Taking the doctor’s medical history from the family’s side, about 3 hours before the accident happened, the mother let her child play in the yard and then took a bath. After only a few minutes, when she ran out, she did not see her child, the mother frantically searched. About 10 minutes later, she was dumbfounded when she discovered that the baby was floating in the pond next to her house.

The baby was brought out of the water by people and performed CPR, then transferred to a local hospital for emergency treatment in a state of purple and stiff body. After emergency, intubation to support breathing, the patient continued to be transferred to the upper level.

Doctor Nguyen Cat Phuong Vu, Department of Intensive Care and Anti-toxicity, City Children’s Hospital, said that after 2 days of actively fighting brain edema, using antibiotics to treat aspiration pneumonia, ventilator support, the baby passed temporarily. critical illness. However, brain damage due to lack of oxygen for a long time has the risk of leaving severe sequelae for pediatric patients.

From the above case, the doctor recommends, drowning accidents in young children can happen in any living environment, children can have accidents in ponds and lakes around the house, in aquariums or by sticking their heads in buckets, water tank in the toilet. To avoid the above accidents, parents need to fence off ponds, swimming pools, rockeries, fish tanks, etc. Remove objects containing water that can be dangerous to children. Adults must always keep an eye on children, absolutely do not leave children alone.

For children aged 4 and over, parents should actively practice swimming for their children or send them to swimming lessons. Children at this age have enough awareness to participate in classes of survival swimming skills, contributing to minimizing the risk of drowning.