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A man surnamed Cheng in Shanghai, China was found not breathing by his friends following he was drunk, and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. As a result, although the hospital pulled Cheng Nan back from before the death gate, the doctor also said that because of the prolonged suffocation caused by drunken vomiting, the current man surnamed Cheng’s brain function was severely damaged, and he also suffered from epilepsy and post-traumatic mental disorder syndrome. , There is still a long road to recovery that must be walked in the future.
According to a report in “Today’s Headlines”, a man surnamed Cheng from Shanghai, China, had a meeting with his former classmates for dinner and drinks one day following a continuous high-intensity overtime work. Everyone ate and drank like this until late at night. As a result, Cheng Nan’s classmate found that Cheng Nan was lying on the table drunk and unconscious, and frightened, he hurriedly called an ambulance.
While being transported to the hospital, Cheng Nan vomited suddenly, and then lost his breathing and heartbeat. It took eight minutes of continuous CPR by the ambulance staff to help Cheng Nan recover his own heartbeat and breathing. After that, the doctors in the hospital also rescued Cheng Nan. At around 2 o’clock in the middle of the night, Cheng Nan’s condition was initially stable and he was sent to the surgical intensive care unit for further treatment.
The doctor also judged from Cheng Nan’s vomit and found that there were some large pieces of food residue, and there was even a food residue as long as 2 cm. The main cause of loss of consciousness and breathing.
The doctor also said that before Cheng Nan was sent to the hospital, he experienced no heartbeat and breathing for 8 minutes, and if the human heartbeat and breathing stopped for more than 3 minutes, there was a chance of causing abnormal discharge of brain tissue (epileptic). In the end, as the doctor expected, Cheng Nan had epilepsy several times, and even had disturbances in consciousness and language.
In the end, the hospital decided to use “hibernation therapy” to lower Cheng Nan’s body temperature to below the normal value, so as to reduce the consumption of oxygen and energy by brain cells, and to survive the crisis in this way. After 13 days of rescue, Cheng Nan was successfully transferred to a general hospital for follow-up treatment.
Wang Sheng, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, said that although Cheng Li is no longer in danger of life, the road to recovery is long in the future. The physical, chemical and biological damage caused by inhalation of vomit will take time to repair, and the brain It will take time to restore the function of important organs, and it is very likely to leave post-traumatic mental disorder syndrome and even mental decline. Vomiting and other situations should be handled with caution, and timely medical treatment should be found if the problem is found.
