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It happens frequently during the summer vacation. Children are hit by cars while running. Parents often make a mistake when rescuing them.

2024-08-15

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Let’s first take a look at a few videos released on August 14th on CCTV-2’s “Safety Around Us” program.

Let’s watch the first video first:

A young mother was about to cross the road with her child, but the child suddenly broke free from her mother's hand and rushed to the middle of the road, where he was hit by a three-wheeled motorcycle that happened to be passing by.

Watch the second video:

A father and his child were about to pass between two cars parked on the side of the road. The child suddenly broke free from his father's hand and ran to the middle of the road, where he was hit by an electric bike that happened to be passing by.

Let’s watch the third video:

Two elderly people were crossing the sidewalk with their three children. One of the children suddenly broke free from the hand and tried to run across the crosswalk, but was knocked over by an electric bike that happened to be passing by.

Children are active by nature, but they are unaware of the various potential safety hazards around them. This requires parents to be vigilant at all times to prevent them from getting hurt.

Therefore, in the 2020 first aid guidelines released by AHA, the first link of the six-link life chain for children OHCA (out-of-hospital) is prevention:

Adults are generally aware of the dangers in the environment. For example, a speeding car on the road will definitely hit someone, hot soup or porridge just out of the pot will definitely burn someone, snakes, scorpions and poisonous insects will definitely bite someone, etc.

However, children may not know these risk factors, at least, before you warn them or before they suffer losses, they are completely unaware of them. This requires parents to prevent the misfortunes that their children may encounter from multiple aspects.

The above-mentioned recent accidents all occurred because the adults were aware of the safety hazards but neglected the fact that the children were unaware of the dangers, which led to the tragedy.

I don’t know if readers have noticed that in the above videos or other things we see in lifeWhen a child has an accident, the first thing a parent should do is to run over and pick up the child!

Although this is a natural parenting practice, it is a very dangerous approach!fractureOr if there is internal bleeding, blindly picking up or supporting the baby may cause very serious secondary injuries.

The correct approach is to look around immediately. If you are on the road, try to use various obstacles (cardboard boxes, clothes, stools, vehicles...) to block the front and back of the injured person. After ensuring the safety of the scene, go forward to observe the condition of the injured person.

If the injured person is not seriously injured, you can let him try to move his limbs by himself, and then help him to a safe place on the roadside according to the situation;

If the injured person cannot move, do not forcibly pick him up or help him up. Call 120 for help immediately and apply pressure to stop any visible bleeding.

If the injured person has stopped breathing, CPR should be started immediately - do not ask if CPR can be performed on an injured or broken bone! The result of not breathing is death, and there is no more serious consequence than death.

Speaking of fractures, I would like to add one more sentence: Don't do any fracture fixation at this time!I am really disgusted by the first aid teacher who is keen on teaching students all kinds of fracture fixation regardless of the occasion or the person!

In this era, our cities and even the vast rural areas have been covered by 120. For patients with fractures, all we can do is dial 120, control active bleeding, comfort the injured and wait patiently for the ambulance.

For example, in the following fracture situation, I would like to ask the first aid teachers who have learned fracture fixation and even often teach others fracture fixation, please tell me, do you dare to fix it and how to fix it:

Compared with the above impulsive and inappropriate rescue of the child, I feel that the following driver's behavior is more rational:

After an accident occurred in which children were chased by each other and suddenly crossed the road and were hit, he instinctively jumped out of the car and rushed over to help the child up, but reason made him stop and he immediately took out his mobile phone to call the police for help.

There are many similar accidents during the summer vacation. The videos above are all recent. The video below is from the past, which focuses on multiple examples of children suddenly crossing the road and causing accidents. Although it looks very uncomfortable, it is really a warning to parents.