“Kindergartener Unconscious for 6 Months After Eating Grated Apple: Aira City Investigates Cause”

After eating grated apple, kindergartener unconscious for 6 months Aira city to investigate cause Kagoshima prefecture[05/25 19:26]

A six-month-old girl fell unconscious after eating a grated apple last month at a nursery school in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture. The cause is unknown, and Aira City plans to set up a verification committee in the future.

According to the kindergarten, around 3:30 pm on the 18th of last month, a nursery teacher gave a 6-month-old girl a grated apple at snack time. After that, I laid her on her back to change her clothes, and immediately after the nursery teacher went to get her clothes, her condition suddenly changed. A nursery teacher thought she had something stuck and patted her on the back, and a grated apple came out of her nose.

The girl was transported by ambulance, but according to the nursery school, the guardian said, “It’s been over a month since I was diagnosed with suffocation, and I’m still unconscious.”

At that time, the kindergarten had 4 nursery teachers to handle a total of 14 children, 4 0-year-olds and 10 1-year-olds, including this girl, and the number of nursery teachers met the standard.

It wasn’t the first time the girl ate a grated apple.

(Director) “I am very sorry that something that shouldn’t have happened has happened. A similar thing shouldn’t happen, so I’m going to have a good discussion with the staff and try to prevent it from happening.” To go”

Aira City plans to set up a committee next month consisting of doctors, lawyers, and childcare workers to verify the cause and measures to prevent recurrence, saying, “The cause of the child’s unconsciousness is unknown.”

In Ehime Prefecture this month, an 8-month-old boy at a nursery school temporarily went into cardiopulmonary arrest immediately after putting a baby food apple in his mouth.

In response to the Ehime case, on the 25th, the prefecture sent a new national document to municipalities and childcare facilities requesting thorough prevention of accidents during meals for infants. It also includes notes on baby food.

Fruits such as apples are required to be heated because even if they are chewed and finely chopped, they can easily get clogged depending on their hardness and how they are cut. The document does not mention heating when grated, but the country that created it says, ‘We recommend heating the fruit.’

Dr. Takuya Ikeda, a pediatrician and chairman of the prefectural medical association, says, “Baby food needs to be softened by mashing or heating as much as possible according to the growth process.”

(Dr. Takuya Ikeda, pediatrician, Ikeda Hospital) “(Baby food) is heated, grated, and made mushy. There are individual differences in the ability to swallow and chew. The softness and quantity of ingredients varies from person to person. I need to match

Also, I want you to be careful not only during meals but also for a while after meals.

(Dr. Takuya Ikeda, pediatrician, Ikeda Hospital) “After eating, it is necessary to observe the patient for about 30 minutes. Sleeping on your stomach is of course not recommended. I have to immediately see if he’s breathing and if his heart is beating.”