Helicopters flew through the night, through the rain and wind, to bring patients from Truong Sa to the mainland for emergency treatment.

Despite the unfavorable weather, the air ambulance team of Military Hospital 175, along with the flight crew of the Southern Helicopter Company, brought Truong Sa residents to the mainland for emergency treatment.

Truong Sa fishermen were taken to the mainland for emergency treatment by helicopter - Photo: Provided by the hospital

At 9:20 a.m. on September 26, the air ambulance team ( Military Hospital 175 ), along with the flight crew of the Southern Helicopter Company - Army Corps 18, landed at the Orthopedic Trauma Institute building, safely bringing a seriously injured patient from Thuyen Chai Island (Truong Sa special zone) to the mainland.

The patient is NNH (53 years old, Quang Tri ), a worker working on the island. During work, he suffered a multiple trauma accident, chest and abdominal trauma, and was taken to Thuyen Chai Island infirmary for emergency treatment.

Through examination, Mr. H. was diagnosed with 3-hour closed abdominal trauma, intra-abdominal bleeding, suspected liver rupture; closed chest trauma, fracture of the 9th rib on the right side.

Immediately, Thuyen Chai Island infirmary consulted with Military Hospital 175 via Telemedicine. Doctors determined that the patient was at risk of developing hemorrhagic shock and needed to be transported to the mainland for intensive treatment.

At 1:20 a.m. on September 26, a helicopter and the Air Rescue Team led by Lieutenant Colonel Pham Truong Thanh, Head of the Intensive Care and Anti-Poison Department, took off from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Thuyen Chai Island.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Thanh, to ensure the safety of the patient's life during the transport by plane, the hospital has fully prepared plans: blood transfusion to prevent shock, mechanical ventilation, pleural drainage, fluid replacement, oxygen therapy, hemostasis and close monitoring of complications such as pressure pneumothorax, respiratory failure, circulatory failure...

In particular, the emergency team brought along a large amount of medicine and fully equipped medical equipment, ready to perform emergency hemostatic surgery right on the plane in the worst case scenario.

Although the flight was long and took place in heavy rain and strong winds due to the storm, the flight crew and air ambulance team safely transported the patient to the mainland and promptly took him to the emergency room of Military Hospital 175.

Immediately after receiving the patient, the hospital quickly deployed CODE RED (red alert), held a hospital-wide consultation to make a definitive diagnosis and apply a timely, specialized treatment regimen for the patient.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/truc-thang-bay-xuyen-dem-vuot-mua-gio-dua-benh-nhan-truong-sa-vao-dat-lien-cap-cuu-20250926122832961.htm