Saving a patient with a 5 meter long iron bar piercing his chest

Doctors at Quang Nam General Hospital have just saved the life of a patient who was stabbed in the right chest by a 5 meter long iron bar because the patient was unable to react in time when the iron-carrying truck in front suddenly braked.

On the afternoon of January 15, Dr. Le Nhat Nam, a specialist in Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery (Quang Nam General Hospital), said that doctors had just performed timely surgery to save the life of a patient with a complex wound in the right chest area caused by being pierced by an iron bar.

The patient is now out of danger and is being monitored and treated at the hospital.

After the surgery, Mr. H. has overcome the critical stage and his health is gradually stabilizing.

Previously, at 3:30 p.m. on January 14, the Emergency Department (Quang Nam General Hospital) received patient NVH (48 years old, in Tam Tien commune, Nui Thanh district, Quang Nam) who was transferred by his family in a state of being stabbed in the right chest by an iron bar, with severe pain and difficulty breathing.

Relatives said Mr. H. was riding a motorbike on the road, following a motorbike carrying iron. Suddenly, the motorbike carrying iron stopped suddenly. Mr. H. was unable to brake in time and was stabbed through the right side of his chest by an iron bar.

Through examination and emergency tests, doctors determined that the patient had a 5 meter long, 5 cm diameter round iron bar that penetrated the chest 10 cm, causing fractures of the posterior arches of ribs 2 and 4 on the right, fractures of the anterior arches of ribs 2, 3, 4 on the right, and fractures of the lateral arches of rib 3 on the right.

In addition, the wound also caused multiple contusions of the right upper lobe of the lung; hematoma, right pneumothorax; right subcutaneous emphysema... The patient was taken to the Anesthesia - Resuscitation Department for surgery.

Doctor Le Nhat Nam said the 1 hour 30 minute surgery successfully connected the injury, restored the right chest wall, minimally drained the pleural cavity, and saved the patient's life.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/cuu-benh-nhan-bi-thanh-sat-dai-5-m-dam-xuyen-nguc-185250115165558225.htm