Three-year-old Štěpánek could not breathe. With the help of South Moravian rescuers arrived
During the night, paramedics hurried after a small patient who could not breathe. The doctor in the meeting system and the rescue crew went to him.
Štěpánek after returning home from the hospital.
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“We would like to thank the paramedics who came to our three-year-old son Štěpánek for an acute laryngitis attack. They were great! Professional and very kind, we appreciate the human approach. She first gave her son help and then she was taken to the Children’s Hospital in Brno. We are already at home and thank you very much once again, “Veronika’s mother wrote to the rescuers.
Rescuers confirmed that the boy had great difficulty breathing, he needed to give him oxygen and cure him. “After the treatment, we transported Štěpánek to the hospital for further care. We are very pleased with the praise from the mother of the small patient and we are even more pleased that the boys are well and that our plush Defík is a faithful friend to him, “said Michaela Bothová, a spokeswoman for the South Moravian rescuers.
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As she further stated, acute laryngitis, or laryngitis, can affect anyone. But it mainly endangers children. “Most of all the smallest ones, ie infants, toddlers and preschoolers. In laryngitis, the airways swell in the larynx. A typical manifestation is a barking cough, wheezing or a muffled voice. It is necessary to consider this disease as an acute condition in a child, where it is entirely appropriate to call an ambulance service, because the soul and worsening of the condition can occur very quickly, “said the ambulance spokesman.
At the same time, she advised a close child on what to do before their ambulance arrived at the small patient. “It is important to keep calm and provide the child with first aid, which will lead to a decrease in airway swelling. The child needs to be cleaned first and foremost so that it does not cry and strain, ”she explained to Bothová.
The next step is also important, when it is necessary to move the patient to a cold environment, where the airways do not grow, on the contrary, he may retreat. “So when the air is cold outside, we wrap the child in warm clothes and go with him either to the open window, to the balcony or in front of the house. If this does not work, or laryngitis occurs during the period, then we take the child in the summer, again in appropriate clothing, to an open freezer or refrigerator and let the small patient inhale cold air in this way, “the spokesman said, adding that if there are antihistamines in the home pharmacy. corticoid suppository, these drugs can be given according to the recommended dosage and the called crew will then take care of the child.