Why is it easy to die in the neck of victims?

Doctors could not save the victim due to severe and prolonged blood loss before going to the hospital.

Only in the past 3 days in Hanoi, 2 traffic accidents occurred with the common point that victims died from being crushed on their necks.

In both cases, doctors tried to resuscitate and emergency but could not save the victim due to severe and prolonged blood loss before going to the hospital. According to Dr. Nguyen Viet Hau, Deputy Head of the Emergency Department of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 deaths are extremely unfortunate due to the fact that a part of the victims has not been given proper first aid at the scene . This shows a sad fact that first aid in the community is not good, especially the way to stop bleeding. In fact, these blood vessel injuries, if properly treated, ensure that there is not too much blood loss. When coming to the hospital, only need to be stitched together to save lives.

First aid by bandaging through the neck wound to stop bleeding.

Victims of vascular wounds tend to faint early due to the sudden nature of the accident. The situation of acute blood loss stunned because of rapid drop in blood pressure, it may be because the person who is in distress is too worried to see a lot of blood and faint. The people at the scene were psychologically afraid when they saw the blood, no one dared to assist and help the victims. The calming crowd effect makes the first aid stagnant , according to Dr. Hau.

Normally, each time a person donates blood, up to 350ml can remain awake and work normally. Suppose that when an accident occurs, the amount of blood lost to liters, if the bleeding is temporarily stopped, it can still save the victim's life. However, in fact a liter of blood that permeates clothes and surroundings will make many people afraid. The general mentality of many people when they see the victim bleeding heavily and fainting, he thought he was dead, so he rushed away without trying to cure more.

Dr. Hau said that Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital often rescues victims with blood vessel injuries. Common causes are traffic accidents or accidents that lead to sharp piercing objects, such as knives, metal bars, corrugated iron, wire . These wounds may only cause bleeding. Light blood is self-contained, severe cases lead to serious blood loss that is fatal if not given first aid properly and slowly to the hospital.

Primary rescuing a blood vessel wound properly is not an overly complicated skill. It is important that first-aiders at the scene have to calm down, call people around to support the bleeding. After that, use the items at the place where the accident occurred and place the key to stop the bleeding. In the shortest time, ensure safe transportation of the victim to the nearest medical facility or hospital.

According to Dr. Hau's analysis, the case of the victim's neck injury is likely to be more serious because the two sides of the neck are two carotid arteries , a very large blood vessel that supports the head, neck and stomach. brain tissue. The large arterial system is very important for the body but it is harder to compress than the arm or leg. Therefore, if not properly treated, the likelihood of death will be higher. However, that is not the reason for not doing anything to save the victim.

In any situation, it is necessary to follow the basic principle of first aid for vascular injuries, which is a bandage with a wound point . First, first-aiders can use existing items such as gauze, handkerchiefs or rolled up cloth to place on the wound and bandage against the wound. You can use the opposite hand or hand on the side or the wooden stick to place the opposite side of the neck to make the support bar fix the tape without choking the victim.

Illustrating the actual situation of how the bandage pressed from the neck area to the opposite armpit.

The way is much simpler, easy to do and easy to remember. The bandage presses the neck over the opposite armpit of the victim (above illustration). Pay attention to fixing the neck area and then quickly transport the victim to the nearest hospital.

Some of the wrong ways in first aid for victims are putting up tobacco, ash, powders or using clothing to cover the wound. Thus, it is easy to cause infection and not observe blood flow, making it more difficult for hospital treatment later.

Through these unfortunate incidents, in terms of medicine, Dr. Hau said that the dissemination of first aid knowledge to people from mass organizations in particular and the health sector in general is very necessary. If you do well in the first aid phase in the field, many victims will be given a chance to save more, then lower treatment costs. Particularly useful in the context of many people suffering from traffic accidents and living accidents like in Vietnam.

Currently the Red Cross, major hospitals, and emergency centers all open first aid classes for agencies, schools, unions, professional associations . but have not received adequate attention. Dr. Hau acknowledged: 'Many people think that learning this skill for life without use is very costly and time consuming. In fact, when the first aid is successful, it helps to save the life of an unhappy person who can be exchanged.