Homemade firecrackers exploded, boy's hand was crushed

Hanoi 12 year old boy made his own firecracker following instructions online, the firecracker suddenly exploded and crushed his hand.

The child was bandaged by a lower level hospital to stop the bleeding and then transferred to the 108 Military Central Hospital. His right hand was severely injured. The thumb was severed and crushed, the third finger was severed at the 2nd and 3rd joints, the soft tissue of fingers 2, 4, and 5 were crushed and the bones were fractured in multiple places.

On January 10, Dr. Nguyen Viet Ngoc, Department of Upper Limb Trauma and Microsurgery, said the surgical team had treated the injury, inserted pins to fix the child's fingers. The patient was treated with antibiotics, sutured and grafted skin to heal the wound. When the wound is stable, the child will be re-examined to perform the surgery to move the big toe to the thumb to restore the thumb.

Child's hand injured by firecrackers. Photo: Provided by the hospital

Injuries caused by firecrackers are often complex, in many locations such as hands, face, body... so treatment is difficult, time-consuming, with severe sequelae, even permanent loss of function.

Fireworks accidents often occur during and before Tet. The hospital receives many patients with hand injuries caused by fireworks, most of them are 10-16 years old who make their own fireworks to play with. Therefore, doctors recommend that families be vigilant and educate children to strictly comply with regulations on firework management, not to arbitrarily make or use fireworks, to avoid unfortunate consequences.

Le Nga

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