Homemade firecrackers explode, boy's hand crushed

Hanoi 12 year old boy made his own firecracker following instructions online, the firecracker suddenly exploded and crushed his hand.

The child was bandaged by a lower level hospital to stop the bleeding and then transferred to the 108 Military Central Hospital. His right hand was severely injured. The thumb was severed and crushed, the third finger was severed at the 2nd and 3rd phalanges, the soft tissue of fingers 2, 4, and 5 were crushed and the bones were fractured in multiple places.

On January 10, Dr. Nguyen Viet Ngoc, Department of Upper Limb Trauma and Microsurgery, said that the surgical team had treated the injury and fixed the baby's toes with pins. The patient was treated with antibiotics, sutures and skin grafts to heal the wound. When the wound is stable, the baby will be re-examined to perform the surgery to move the big toe to the thumb to restore the thumb.

Child's hand injured by firecrackers. Photo: Provided by the hospital

Injuries caused by firecrackers are often complex, occurring in many locations such as the hands, face, body, etc., making treatment difficult, time-consuming, and causing severe sequelae, even permanent loss of function.

Fireworks accidents often occur during and before Tet. The hospital receives many patients with hand injuries caused by firecrackers, most of whom are 10-16 years old and have made their own firecrackers to play with. Therefore, doctors recommend that families be vigilant andeducate children to strictly follow regulations on firecracker management and not to arbitrarily make or use firecrackers to avoid unfortunate consequences.

Le Nga

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