Adults and children should be careful when riding the escalator! A mainland mother was pushing a stroller on an escalator when the stroller suddenly overturned. The middle finger of the baby girl’s right hand was severely clipped and the finger was lost in the escalator. After the baby girl’s finger was amputated, she was refused treatment by two hospitals for the same reason, and was transferred to a third hospital before being accepted. Fortunately, the operation to connect the broken finger was successful, and the baby girl gradually recovered after treatment. Some doctors point out that surgery to reconnect amputated limbs requires a race against time, otherwise the muscles will become necrotic if the ischemia time is too long.
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According to comprehensive internal media reports, a woman surnamed Wang recently traveled to Beijing from Hunan with her family. She also brought her 20-month-old daughter “Beibei” (pseudonym) with her on this trip. On the day of the incident, the family showed up at the subway “Dawang Road Station” around 10 a.m. From the CCTV footage of the scene, it can be seen that the princess in black is pushing a stroller and taking the escalator to the lower level; while the husband in blue shirt and trousers is standing sideways in front of the stroller. During this period, he looked at his wife and his wife above. Beibei.
But when it was about to approach the ground, the stroller suddenly got stuck and overturned. The princess and Beibei fell on the escalator at the same time. The grandfather in red rushed down and tried to help them up. During this period, the middle finger of Beibei’s right hand was inserted into the interface of the escalator’s foot pedal. Unfortunately, the first part of the joint was pinched off and left in the escalator.
After the police arrived at the scene after receiving the report, out of caution, they asked the maintenance staff to disassemble the elevator for inspection. “The child’s parents thought it was just a skin injury. After the escalator was disassembled, the maintenance staff found a piece of tissue suspected to be the child’s finger.” The police immediately took Beibei away. He was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, while some police officers stayed at the scene of the incident and worked with other staff to search for Beibei’s tiny severed finger.
In the end, the repairmen successfully found the severed finger after dismantling the elevator. “The finger was less than one centimeter in diameter and was severely contaminated.” In order not to delay the baby’s severed finger reconnection operation, the police officers took advantage of the time and immediately wrapped the severed finger in sterile gloves before taking it to the hospital by car.
2 hospitals refused to accept
At 11:12 a.m., police officers, Beibei and her family arrived at the first hospital. However, due to the small size of the infant’s fingers, the number of additional surgeries would be greatly increased, so the hospital refused. “There is no other way to deal with it at the moment. We can only apply an emergency bandage (for Beibei) first.” 30 minutes later, everyone rushed to the second hospital. Unexpectedly, the hospital also refused to perform surgery on Beibei for the same reason, but recommended another hospital with better conditions.
At 12:26 noon, everyone hurriedly arrived at Beijing Dawang Road Emergency Rescue Hospital. Fortunately, Beibei was accepted by the hospital this time, and the operation to reattach the severed finger was also successful. The police officers who accompanied the child to various hospitals were very happy after learning the good news. After half a month of rehabilitation treatment, Beibei’s injury gradually stabilized. Before returning to their hometown, the princess and her husband specially brought flowers and banners to the police station to express their gratitude to the police officers who had extended a helping hand.
In this regard, local police pointed out that accidents involving strollers overturning in escalators are not uncommon. They reminded parents pushing strollers to use lifts instead of escalators. If they must use escalators or stairs, they should pick up the child directly while another adult is responsible for lifting the stroller.
Reconnection surgery is a race against time. The severed limb can last up to 6 hours at room temperature.
There are about 30 to 50 limb replantation cases in Hong Kong every year. The surgical process is arduous. The limb replantation team of the New Territories East Hospital Cluster has performed limb replantation operations on more than 200 patients, giving the hesitant injured people a new life.
Dr. Ho Pai-cheong, head of the trauma and orthopedic surgery department at Prince of Wales Hospital, once shared that 233 surgeries were performed between 2003 and 2018, with a success rate of 70%, and 80% of the patients were able to return to their jobs before the injury. He also shared that in his early years, an elevator worker had his right palm torn off by an elevator. After the accident, he waited for rescue with unusual calmness and personally picked up the broken limb. The team successfully dismissed the broken limb for him. It turned out that his wife was just pregnant when the accident happened, and he just thought about saving his hand.
Dr. Ho said frankly that the structure of the hand is delicate and complex. There are more than 20 groups of small muscles, 27 bones, and countless tendons, blood vessels and nerves in one palm alone. The blood vessels in the fingers are as small as 0.2 mm. To the doctor, He said it was a big test, “The thread connecting the blood vessels in the finger is smaller than a hair. It is difficult, but you can do it if you have the will.”
He described the connection as encountering many difficulties. The biggest challenge was crushing or avulsion injuries. At the same time, he had to race against time. Otherwise, if the ischemia time is too long, the muscles would become necrotic: “A general amputated limb can last for 6 hours at room temperature. ; If placed in the refrigerator, it can be extended to 12 to 30 hours, otherwise muscles, cells, etc. will become necrotic.”
Safety Guidelines for Using Escalators
According to the “Guidelines for the Safe Use of Lifts and Escalators” issued by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, there are the following precautions for escalators:
- Children must be accompanied by an adult before riding the escalator
- Do not run around or play on the escalator
- Never walk in the opposite direction
- Never sit on an escalator
- When using the escalator, do not touch the gaps between the steps or between the side boards and the steps, or fiddle with the side board guards to avoid pinching your feet.
- When using the escalator when wearing rubber-soled cloth shoes, slippers or sandals, pay attention to the gaps between the steps and between the side boards and the steps. Otherwise, there is a risk that the shoes and toes will be pinched.
- When entering and exiting the escalator, you should lift your steps. Otherwise, you may lose your center of gravity and fall, and the front end of your shoes may be easily caught. When entering the escalator, you should stand carefully and firmly.
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Written by: Chen Xiaozi
2023-11-21 06:38:00
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