Recently, a doctor in Henan Province was in surgery.
The scene of rescuing the child is distressing.
He constantly blows oxygen to help the child stabilize blood oxygen.
But he was overventilated.
Causes respiratory alkalosis.
Fainted in front of the operating table.
What's going on here?
The boy ate pistachios and got into his lungs and died
The doctor was so tired that he fainted.
*The doctor who blows oxygen for the child is called Zhong Yan.
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Jiaozuo Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Henan.
He told the main station reporter.
Late at night on December 24, 2023.
A boy chokes on a chopped pistachio to the lungs.
He was urgently hospitalized due to breathing difficulties.
After stomach emptying.
Prepare for a pediatric bronchoscopy the next morning.
and foreign body removal.
The boy had chopped pistachios on both sides of his lungs.
After preoperative anesthesia.
Your child's blood oxygen saturation is fast**.
Oxygen delivery from the bronchoscope is seen to be unable to maintain blood oxygen concentrations.
64-year-old Zhong Yan decisively took off his mask.
Lie on the boy's head with his mouth facing the bronchoscope.
Keep blowing oxygen into your child's lungs.
Maintain oxygen saturation.
The whole surgery. Zhong Yan switches back and forth between blowing oxygen for the child and sucking up crushed nuts.
Lasted 30 minutes.
Your child's oxygen saturation is stable at a normal value.
Eventually, the doctor removed the child from the lungs.
More than a dozen pieces of chopped nuts were removed.
"I can't hold on anymore!”
Seeing that the child is safe and sound.
Zhong Yan's tense nerves relaxed.
Due to exhaustion, he developed respiratory alkalosis.
Fainted in front of the operating table.
At that time, the chest tightness and dry mouth and numbness of the limbs.
My armpits were soaking wet, and my gloves were covered with sweat.
My colleague urgently gave me glucose and oxygen to recover some strength.
I was relieved to see that the surgery was successful."
After waking up. Zhong Yan inhaled oxygen himself and was still concerned about the child's situation.
At present, the boy is basically **.
"Every rescue is like a battle
As a doctor, you must do your best to treat".
Three years ago, Zhong Yan retired from Jiaozuo People's Hospital.
Specially invited to Jiaozuo Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
Establishment of the Department of Otolaryngology.
Over the years, he has done many similar surgeries.
During surgery, doctors often have to blow oxygen to the patient.
This requires good physical strength and strong lung capacity.
Outside of work. Zhong Yan insisted on playing the flute and gourd silk.
It can both relieve stress and exercise lung capacity.
A tracheal foreign body is a very dangerous clinical emergency.
It is directly related to life, and the surgery is very risky.
"Every rescue is like a battle
As a doctor, I have to do everything I can."
Zhong Yan reminded that during the holidays.
Children are particularly susceptible to nuts, peanuts and jellies.
Bubble gum, rice cakes and other foods.
Parents when their children are crying, laughing, playing.
Do not feed.
In order to avoid foreign bodies getting stuck in the throat and blocking the trachea.
Especially for children under 3 years old.
Unable to eat the above foods due to weak chewing ability.
If parents notice that this is happening to their child.
Be sure to dial 120 quickly
Heimlich first aid measures are also taken.