Recently, in Jinan, Shandong, an 8-year-old boy Hao Hao stuffed dry ice into a glass bottle at the mouth of a vial, causing the glass bottle to suddenly explode, and the flying broken glass pierced the blood vessels on his left face, head, ears and neck
In Hao Hao's body, the largest glass slag was pierced about 3 centimeters, and the deepest penetration was about 2.5 centimeters...... At 21:59 on September 8, Hao Hao was pushed into the rescue room.
Haohao's home often uses dry ice to refrigerate and transport some items, which are white solid carbon dioxide, and when heated, they are directly vaporized without melting, and wisps of white smoke will float out, which has also become Haohao's "toy" at home.
On the evening of September 8th, Hao Hao was playing dry ice in the living room as usual, he stuffed the dry ice into the glass bottle at the mouth of the small bottle, at this time the white smoke slowly drifted out of the bottle mouth, Hao Hao kept shaking the bottle, causing the pressure to increase sharply, the glass bottle suddenly exploded, and the glass slag splashed everywhere. Splashes of broken glass pierced the left side of his face, head, ears and neck. "The living room was covered in blood, and the blood from our neck was spurting out, and we were terrified."
After calling 120 urgently, Haohao's father covered the child's wound with his hand, but the blood still couldn't stop flowing out. Hao Hao was transferred to the Third People's Hospital of Jinan. During the transport, the doctor initially examined that Haohao's neck bleeding was particularly serious, and the bleeding did not stop.
"When the child arrived, he couldn't see his face clearly, his face was full of blood, and we had to check the wound, and when we opened the gauze, the blood was still bubbling out."
Neck vascular injury, auricular skin laceration, facial skin laceration, foreign body residue, due to Haohao injury to the root of the neck artery and vein, the top priority is to stop the bleeding first.
"At the junction of the base of the neck and the chest cavity, the blood vessels have been bleeding, and they need to be pressed continuously, otherwise they will spurt blood if they are released." In order to prevent the wound from spurting blood and suture it smoothly, the medical staff can only press the blood vessels on both sides of the affected area and fully expose the ruptured blood vessels for subsequent surgical treatment.
The doctor said that after the bleeding stopped, too much glass slag pierced into Haohao's neck, and the removal of the glass could not cause "fish that slipped through the net", nor could it cause secondary injury in the process of removal. It is important to prevent the glass from entering the chest cavity, as blood flow to the chest cavity can lead to unstable and even life-threatening vital signs.
More than 10 pieces of broken glass of various sizes were taken out from Haohao's body, the largest glass slag was about 3 centimeters, and it was pierced into the deepest part of the body about 2.5 centimeters. Finally, Haohao's wound can begin to be stitched up.
In order not to affect the child's appearance and minimize the trauma, the Department of Burn Plastic Surgery performed cosmetic skin sutures, and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology performed auricular angioplasty, and further wound foreign body exploration and debridement sutures were performed. Finally, at 2:12 a.m. on September 9, Hao Hao was pushed out of the operating room, and his vital signs gradually stabilized.
On the afternoon of September 10, the reporter saw Hao Hao in the ward, the wound on Hao Hao's face has been scarred, and the stitches have not yet been removed, and there are about 30 wounds of all sizes.
The doctor told reporters, "The child's healing ability is very strong, and the wound can be completely healed in the next 7-9 days." "At present, he has regained his ability to behave, he can eat, there are no signs of infection, and he is in good spirits.
Doctor reminds
If there is a foreign body in the body, such as a sharp puncture wound or a glass blast, do not pull out the foreign body casually without the professional guidance of medical personnel, otherwise it may cause heavy bleeding and even neurovascular auxiliary injury.
In addition, dry ice should not be stored in an airtight container, nor mixed with liquids, which may cause suffocation and explosion, and dry ice should not be in direct contact with the skin, which is easy to cause frostbite.
Source: Qilu Evening News
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