Baby 37 months swallow the coin, parents need to learn immediately first aid below

37-month-old baby swallowed coins, hospitalized for emergency

On August 20, the Emergency Department and the Phu Tho Children's Center received the case of Nguyen GB (37 months, residing in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho) in the hospital in a state of panic, nausea, and vomiting.

The doctors have carried out X-rays. Movie shows a coin stuck in the upper third of the esophagus. Doctors quickly conduct an endoscopic intervention to remove the object from the body.

According to family members, before the accident, baby B. and his brother played toys without their parents. After that, the family suddenly heard her crying and screaming without knowing the cause.

B.'s brother told the adult B. he put something in his mouth. The family quickly took her to the hospital to check.

MSc. Dr. Nguyen Duc Long, Head of the Emergency Department, the Center of Pediatrics said that the airway and feeding sugar are an accident that can occur at any age, especially in children. For children under 6 years of age, the mortality rate due to hormones is particularly high. Fatal complications are mainly caused by asphyxiation with airway obstruction; Severe infection to sugar-eating heterosexuals.

If you see a child who is sucking or eating things that are easy to cause, the adult should not yell or yell at the child because doing so makes the child afraid to be irritated. When you see your child playing normally, suddenly coughing, choking, panting or unsuccessful shouting, unable to breathe, crouching, eyes rolling back, lips pale and fading . parents and people around should think in case the child is heterozygous.

The first aid for children suffering from hormones

Proper emergency treatment is an important step in determining the success of saving babies with heterozygous substances.

When detected or suspected children with airway allergens, depending on the case, there is a reasonable management.

Need to stay calm, avoid trying to hook the object out of the baby's mouth. Doing this may not get the object out, but sometimes push deeper. Moreover, hooking can lead to vomiting, and the child sniffs up the vomit even more dangerous.

Parents need to observe children carefully. If the child is still awake, still crying, not having difficulty breathing, the face is pink, then keep the sitting position and take the child to the nearest hospital to be checked. If it is a problem, the doctor will perform a procedure to remove the object from the body.

In the case of children with cyanosis, who have difficulty breathing, stop breathing, cannot cry, cannot speak, call an ambulance and immediately conduct timely intervention during waiting time.

There are two types of emergency intervention procedures when encountering heterozygous children

Methods to pat back and chest compressions: Apply to children under 2 years old.

Back measures: Let the baby lie on his stomach on the left arm of the first aid, head down to the ground. Use the heel of your hand and slap five times on the child's back in the position between the child's shoulder blades. Check your child's mouth for any foreign object and remove it. If the object is not outside or the child is still not breathing, immediately use chest compressions.

Chest compressions: Flip the baby upside down along the first aider's forearm. Note that children must be in a neck position, head down.

Use 2 index fingers and middle of the other hand to press the epigastric region (the area above the navel and under the sternum) 5 times (moderate pressure).

Check if your baby is breathing. If you have not continued, take two measures to pat your back and chest until the ambulance arrives.

The abdominal compression method is also called the Heimlich method: Apply to children over 2 years old

- The case of children is still conscious

Let your child stand, lower his head, his mouth wide open. First-aiders stand behind their backs or kneel down, putting their arms in front of their waist. One hand holds the fist, one hand overlaps the other, places it immediately in the epigastric region, under the breastbone of the child. Press firmly in the direction from bottom to top 5 in a row.

Check to see if the object has escaped. If not, you can repeat this method from 6 to 10 times.

- Cases of coma, unconsciousness

Need to calm down and put your baby on his back. The first-aiders knelt, resting their legs on the sides of their young thighs. Hold two hands into fists, suddenly pressing under your breastbone. Press hard from bottom to top for 5 consecutive times.

If the child is unconscious and unable to breathe, first start with 2 breaths.

If the object has not escaped, the child has not been able to breathe yet, then combined with a breath inhalation, both hands are pressed, until the object comes out or the patient cries, breathes, and looks more pink.