1 week received 20 cases of trauma

On January 3, Master - Doctor Huynh Thi Thuy Kieu, Deputy Head of the Emergency Department, Children's Hospital 2 (HCMC), said that the most common cases of head injuries and limb injuries due to traffic accidents.

Like recently, LMN (12 years old, living in Long An ) was driving an electric bike and crashed into an electric pole because he couldn't control his speed. After the accident, N. was taken to the hospital, and the bike was severely damaged.

Upon examination, the doctor noted that N. had multiple injuries, a closed fracture of the middle third of the right femur, and an open wound on the right calf. The patient was quickly operated on by doctors to fuse the bones and suture the wound.

Doctor examines a trauma patient in the Emergency Department

Regarding traffic accidents, Dr. Kieu said that in addition to accidents caused by older children driving their own vehicles, there are also cases where they are transported by family members. Traffic accidents range from mild to severe, especially cases of traumatic brain injury, leaving many serious consequences.

The main reasons are that older children drive their own vehicles but are not good at handling emergency situations; children are driven by their parents and the vehicle collides with other vehicles; parents drive their children but use alcohol and cannot control their speed, speed, or overtake recklessly...

"When traveling with children, parents need to pay attention and strictly follow traffic laws such as wearing helmets, not running red lights, not driving after drinking alcohol... Always obey traffic laws for children to follow, especially during the time before the Lunar New Year is approaching," Dr. Kieu shared.

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