According to the newspaper Bac Giangaround 16:30 on January 19, in the area of Tan An town (Yen Dung district, Bac Giang province) an accident occurred. Explosion due to homemade firecrackers. The victim is a 22-year-old young man who was treated at the Emergency Department of Bac Giang General Hospital.
The patient was diagnosed with 3 toe amputation, 1st metatarsal dislocation, soft tissue crushing, limited left hand movement due to the procedure. homemade cannon exploded. The Department of Trauma Surgery performed hand surgery for the patient.
The patient admitted that regarding a week before, he had bought 2g of explosives online and then made his own firecrackers, while putting the drug on the paper to wrap the firecrackers, it was burned and accompanied by an explosion that injured his left hand.
According to An Ninh Thu Do, the police of Tan An town (Yen Dung district) is currently verifying the case to handle it in accordance with the law.
Also on January 19, Viet Duc Hospital said it had received a 16-year-old boy in Nam Dinh who suffered serious injuries from exploding homemade firecrackers.
According to TS.BS Bui Mai Anh, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery – Plastic Surgery – Aesthetics, Viet Duc Hospital, who directly operated on reconnecting the patient’s thumb, the patient entered the hospital in a state of crushed right hand. many wounds, the 1st finger was crushed and cold, no bleeding; long tendons and high risk of infection.
Firecracker accidents, software crushes the risk of occlusion following the finger joint is high. If the thumb cannot be kept, 80% of the hand function will be lost, the flexor tendons will be long if not reconnected, the motor function of the finger will be poor.
Doctors had to conduct an extension up the forearm to find the central end of the ruptured flexor tendon and reattach it to the patient. The blood vessels of the finger are small, constricted, the doctors have to connect with a small 11/0 thread.
Patients can now gently move their fingers, connect warm pink fingers, continue to monitor and treat at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery – Plastic Surgery – Aesthetics.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, Head of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery – Plastic Surgery – Aesthetics, said that although he actively propagated the serious consequences of homemade firecrackers, there were many patients on the occasion of Tet. hospitalized in a state of serious injury, affecting life and health, in many cases suffering lifelong injuries.
Accidents caused by homemade firecrackers have increased in the days leading up to Tet, most of the victims are teenagers who, out of curiosity, went online to buy firecrackers and learn how to make firecrackers. As a result, many people suffered serious and life-threatening injuries.