A 3-year-old child is in critical condition after his hat and shirt strap got caught on a slide.

According to information from the National Children's Hospital, the family said that the child was playing on the slide in a downward position when unfortunately the child's hood got caught on the side of the slide, the cord inside the hood pulled back, causing the child to be held in a suffocating position. After about 10 minutes, the child was discovered in a state of cyanosis and had stopped breathing.

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The child was immediately taken to the nearest medical facility for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and endotracheal intubation, then transferred to the Emergency and Poison Control Department, National Children's Hospital. The child was admitted in critical condition, comatose, convulsing, and secreting a lot of phlegm through the endotracheal tube.

Doctors quickly performed emergency and intensive resuscitation measures to save the child. However, the patient's prognosis is currently very serious, with respiratory failure, multiple organ failure, and the risk of neurological sequelae due to prolonged out-of-hospital circulatory arrest causing lack of oxygen to the brain.

BSCKII. Nguyen Tan Hung, Deputy Head of the Department of Emergency and Anti-Poison, National Children's Hospital, said: Children's playgrounds are places for children to play and develop physically. However, they are also places with many potential risks of accidents for children if they are not supervised and designed safely. To minimize unfortunate risks, raising awareness and implementing measures to prevent accidents and injuries is extremely urgent for families, schools and the community.

Pediatricians also Warning: Risk of suffocation or strangulation when drawstrings on hats or collars can squeeze the neck when a child is playing or get caught on equipment such as slides or swings; drawstrings can get caught in doors, elevators, or play equipment, causing accidents or pulling a child down. Or long drawstrings on pants can get wrapped around a child's leg or caught on an obstacle when a child is moving, leading to a fall.

To prevent this, parents should avoid letting their children wear shirts with drawstrings around the neck, hats, or pants with long strings. Prioritize letting children wear clothes with zippers, buttons, or elastic instead of drawstrings. At the same time, parents need to supervise when children are playing.

In case the child is unfortunately suffocated by the cord, parents need to call 115 emergency, and at the same time perform basic first aid measures: Open the airway by tilting the head back, lifting the chin; give 2 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; give 2 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. And continue to do 30 chest compressions, 2 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the child wakes up or medical staff arrives.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/mot-tre-3-tuoi-nguy-kich-do-day-ao-mu-vuong-vao-cau-truot-192241230105300491.htm