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8-year-old boy fell and hit his head on the podium, causing brain injury in Ho Chi Minh City

Baby T. had an accident at school, while playing in the yard because he rushed into the classroom, he collided with his classmate, fell to the ground and hit his head on the podium.

Doctor Le Quang My, Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital 2 (HCMC) confirmed with Workers, Doctors at the hospital have just operated on an 8-year-old NVT child, living in Dong Nai brain damaged after bumping into you in class.

According to initial information, baby T. was transferred to the emergency room by the local hospital in a state of headache and vomiting.

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After surgery, baby T. has been transferred to the intensive care unit and is not in critical condition.

Taking the medical history, the family said that the child was playing in the yard, then rushed into the classroom and accidentally bumped into a friend, so he fell to the ground and hit his head on the podium.

Right in class, the child felt a headache and vomited, so the school took him to the local hospital emergency.

The CT results here showed a blood clot on the brain. However, because T. was constantly vomiting, the family and doctors quickly transferred to Children’s Hospital 2 for emergency.

The results of the second CT scan showed that the bruised hematoma spread rapidly, compressing the brain, and was life-threatening. Right now, doctors from the Department of Neurosurgery performed an emergency surgery on T..

Share on Law and Readers, The representative of the Department of Neurosurgery said that T. was in a deep coma. After the surgery, the doctors took more than 100ml of blood from the brain. Baby T. was then transferred to the Intensive Care Unit and was not in critical condition.

Reply Workers, Dr. Le Quang My said that in neurosurgery, time is very important, the race against time determines the survival and chances of a child’s recovery in the future. Because according to medicine, the brain is only deprived of oxygen for a maximum of 3 minutes, if this time is over, the damage will be greater.

“There are 5 levels to evaluate a case of severe or mild brain injury. For this patient, it almost falls into level 5 because the damage time is up to several hours. After surgery, the patient is being resuscitated. positive and not out of danger” – American doctor informed.

American doctors also recommend that school accidents are mostly minor and common, so students, teachers and families pay little attention. Although not all collisions are safe, if the child shows signs of pain after the collision, vomiting, it should be taken to the doctor immediately, to avoid serious complications with the child. young.

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According to Vietnamnet

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