It is learned from many hospitals in Wuhan that most of the citizens who received treatment on the snow accidentally fell and were injured that day were the elderly and children.
“Just in the morning, the department encountered two fracture patients who fell down.” Li Hao, an orthopedic doctor at Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, said that the two patients were both middle-aged and elderly people about 60 years old. They were injured after slipping carelessly when sweeping snow.
In addition to the elderly, the hospital also admitted several injured children playing in the snow. A 5-year-old boy had a snowball fight with his friends in the community in the morning. The child ran fast. In order to avoid the snowball, he fell on his back in the snow. The hard lump on the ground on the back of his head was bleeding and he was sent to the emergency center of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University for examination. treat.
Wuhan Children’s Hospital Orthopedics Department received a 2-year-old boy who was forced to pull his arm by his parents because he was nearly wrestling when playing in snow. As a result, his arm dislocated due to excessive pulling. This is also a common type of accidental injuries to children in hospitals during snowy weather in previous years.
“The snowy weather and the next two or three days are all prone to falls, and the hospital has made preparations.” The head nurse of the emergency center of Central South Hospital introduced that all the medical staff in the emergency center were on duty, and more than 10 sets of joint fixation brackets were prepared every day to prepare for bone fracture patients in freezing weather. In addition, the hospital also deployed an emergency vehicle for the transfer of patients in the hospital.
How to prevent the elderly and children from falling in snowy days
“Don’t take your children out in snowy days; don’t move easily when an elderly person falls down.” The second orthopedic doctor of Wuhan Third Hospital reminded that safety is the most important thing for the elderly and children in snowy days.
He reminded citizens with children that children should not go out in snowy days. If children want to play with snow, parents should prepare for their protection, walk in the snow as small as possible, and do not run fast and chase during snowball fights to reduce the chance of falling. If the child falls, parents should try not to pull the child’s arm to prevent pulling injury.
He reminded citizens with children that children should not go out in snowy days. If children want to play with snow, parents should prepare for their protection, walk in the snow as small as possible, and do not run fast and chase during snowball fights to reduce the chance of falling. If the child falls, parents should try not to pull the child’s arm to prevent pulling injury.
For other citizens, if an old man falls down at the roadside, don’t move the old man easily. First, confirm the safety of the surrounding environment, ask the old man if he has obvious pain parts, so as to avoid secondary injury to the old man. First call 120 for professional medical personnel to help.
Post time: Jan-13-2023
