AN AMERICAN TOURIST WAS OUT OF DANGER DURING THE CRUISE SHIP TOUR BY A TIMELY EMERGENCY TREATMENT

There was not much hope when taking the wife to emergency, however, it was the professionalism and dedication of Doctor in Vinmec Da Nang that Mr. Donald Gudinas believed strongly on his wife would be recovered. The last belief has become true.

“I will tell to my relatives and friends the story that we have been through on this voyage. I will also tell them that, let’s visit Vinmec Da Nang if they feel worry about their health when they are in Vietnam” Mr. Donald Gudinas touchingly said to Dr. Nguyen Thai Tri (Head of Emergency and ICU Department, Vinmec Da Nang) and other doctors in the hospital.

Mr. Donald Gudinas was thrilled when Mrs. Patricia Gudines was healthy

His wife – Mrs. Patricia Gudines (Born in 1935, American) has just been recovered from “more dead than alive” condition during the voyage to Hongkong on April 18th.

As soon as the landfall to the seaside city, Mrs. Guidinas was taken to Vinmec Da Nang directly in the condition of acute respiratory failure, severe dyspnea, unable to speak out, fever, coughing up sputum with bloody yellowish color, bilateral lower limbs edema and psychological panic.

The emergency duty team immediately provided respiratory support by non-invasive ventilation for patient, simultaneously, collecting the history of present illness information, comprehensive assessment and test indication. The result showed that Mrs. Guidinas had severe pneumonia, lesion in left lower lobe. A senior patient with multi chronic comorbidities such as: lung cancer with left lower lobectomy, heart failure, hypothyroidism, increased pulmonary hypertension, AICD causes more severe condition.

Having the definite diagnosis and promptly treatment, the patient’s condition has been stable quickly and was transferred to Intensive Care Unit. In here, Mrs. Gudinas continues to be ventilated by Non-invasive Ventilation techniques, used antibiotics, underwent the treatment of chronic comorbidities and monitored the risk factors.

Mrs. Guidinas is well-cared for Vinmec's team of doctors

In order to ensure the best care for her even when return to home-country, Dr.Tri and his colleagues has exchanged and updated the information regularly to her own doctor in America.


After one week of treatment, Mrs.Gudinas was able to discharge and returned to her country as stable condition, normal eating and appetizing sensation.

Letter of thanks from Mr. Gudinas

“When taking my wife to emergency, I did not have much hope, because we ourselves have been explained and provided full information on her illness condition. However, when she was admitted to Vinmec Da Nang and received treatment quickly and professionally from the doctors and nurses in Emergency & ICU, I had a belief that my wife would be out of the dangerous condition. Never in my life shall I forget the warmness and devotion that they has given to us”, Gudinas said.

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