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The article was professionally consulted with Master, Doctor Truong Thanh Tam - Pediatrician at the Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.Hyperactivity and curiosity are one of the causes of electric shock in children. Electric shock is an extremely dangerous accident, causing many bodily harm such as cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, organ damage, and can even take the child's life at any time. First aid for an electric shock is something that any parent needs to know to protect their child from possible complications from an electric shock.
1. Is electric shock in children dangerous?
An electric shock accident occurs suddenly, causing the victim to suffer burns from mild to severe degrees, causing many damage to organs in the body, even causing the patient to die due to cardiac arrest. stop breathing.
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Heart: Ventricular fibrillation, atrial arrhythmia, 1st and 2nd degree heart block, bundle branch block and sudden cardiac arrest are phenomena that can occur when a baby is electrocuted. . Of these, ventricular fibrillation is the most common fatal arrhythmia, occurring in about 60% of patients with an electrical current path from one hand to another. Kidney: Electric shock causes severe damage to the kidneys of children such as acute kidney injury due to pigment deposition of muscle cells in renal tubules, acute tubular necrosis and rhabdomyolysis. Nervous system: After being electrocuted, a child can be damaged in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. When children have nerve damage, they often have manifestations such as memory disorders, respiratory depression, loss of consciousness, weakness or paralysis of limbs, ... in which sensory and motor disorders are caused by damage to peripheral nerves. margin is quite common. Skin: A child may suffer a superficial, partial, or total thermal burn after the injury. It should be noted that external injuries should not be relied on to determine the extent of internal injuries, especially those caused by low voltage. Skeletal muscle: The damaged area is usually deep tissue around long bones, electric shock can cause periosteal burns, bone cytoplasm destruction, bone necrosis, fracture... Vascular system, blood coagulation: After an electric shock, a child's blood vessels can be damaged and arterial thrombosis occurs, which is caused by compartment syndrome or hardening of the small blood vessels. Other organs such as lungs, stomach, small intestine and colon, etc. are also damaged and cause dangerous complications such as secondary bacterial infection, infection, and even death.
2. How to give first aid to a child with an electric shock?
2.1. At the place where electric shock occurs Urgently disconnect the power supply, quickly remove the child from the current with non-conductive objects such as wooden sticks or brooms.... Note do not touch the child with bare hands until the power is off. electricity. Check the baby's circulatory signs (heart rate, breathing rate, cough and movement): If the child has cardiac arrest, stops breathing, it is necessary to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation measures as follows: Place the child in a supine position, head up and down. Most often, remove foreign bodies in the child's mouth, do not do if the child has a cervical spine injury. Press on the area in front of the child's heart, check if the child's heart does not beat again, then conduct rescue breaths combined with external chest compressions for the child (30 compressions, 2 breaths), continue to give first aid until when the baby's heart beats again and can breathe. Immediately after the child can breathe on his own and the heart beats again, it is necessary to apply a bandage to stop bleeding, fix the broken bones, fix the child's cervical spine if injury is suspected, give fluids to the child if the child has low blood pressure. pressure and take the child to the hospital right away for intensive care. When finding out that their child is burned, parents should not apply ice, ointment or anything to the burn, need to take the child to the hospital to be cleaned and bandaged by medical staff. time to check the inner lesions of the child.
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3. How to prevent electric shock in children
For older children, it is necessary to educate and teach children about electrical hazards and measures to prevent electric shock when using electrical appliances. For young children: Parents need to design sockets out of reach of children. Use safety shields or use duct tape to seal rarely used sockets. Indoor electrical conductors need to be used with good insulating sheath, should not use wires, electrical equipment, electrical appliances of poor quality, it is best to put them in insulated pipes to prevent electric shock when the wires are damaged. conductive leakage. Do not touch the power source, plug in electrical appliances with wet hands, bare feet and stand in wet places. Ground metal housings of electrical appliances in the house such as refrigerators, water pumps, washing machines, etc. to prevent electric shock when electricity is leaked to the housing. In order to avoid the unfortunate consequences that may occur due to electric shock, parents need to pay attention to household electrical appliances in the house as well as frayed electrical wires and broken electrical outlets. electrical leakage, it is best to repair or replace immediately.Please dial HOTLINE for more information or register for an appointment HERE. Download MyVinmec app to make appointments faster and to manage your bookings easily.
