Breathless 2-year old saved by AIIMS doctors on-air
After the distress call was announced doctors performed a make-shift CPR. The child was hospitalised din Nagpur after diversion.
A two-year-old toddler stopped breathing mid-air aboard a Vistara flight from Bengaluru to Delhi. To his luck five senior resident doctors, all of AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) rescued him.
The incident took place in Vistara’s UK-814 on Sunday (August 27, 2023) in which five senior residents were returning from the Indian Society for Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR). They expressed their presence as soon as chaos broke out to reveal a child unable to respire on the high-altitude condition of the plane.
As soon as the baby struggled to breathe, a distress call announcement diverted the flight to Nagpur.
The doctors on the flight immediately responded to the distress call and examined the child and found that her “pulse was absent, extremities were cold, and the child was not breathing with cyanosed lips and fingers.”
AIIMS Delhi took to the ‘X’ platform to share the details of this opportune save by the resident doctors along with images of the baby in health and the doctors.
“#Always available
#AIIMSParivar
While returning from ISVIR- on board Bangalore to Delhi flight today evening, in Vistara Airline flight UK-814- A distress call was announced
It was a 2 year old cyanotic female child who was operated outside for intracardiac repair , was unconscious and cyanosed,” the post said.
The band of doctors included Dr Navdeep Kaur- SR Anesthesia. Dr Damandeep Singh- SR Cardiac Radiology, Dr Rishab Jain- Ex SR AIIMS Radiology, Dr Oishika- SR OBG and Dr Avichala Taxak- SR Cardiac Radiology. The doctors gave on-air CPR with limited resources with the help of active flight management. “Successfully IV canulla was placed , oropharyngeal airway was put and emergency response was initiated by whole team of residents on board- and the baby for brought to ROSC- return of circulation,” AIIMS Delhi official account added on ‘X’.
“It was complicated by another cardiac arrest for which an AED was used. For 45 mins, baby was resuscitated and flight was routed to Nagpur. On reaching Nagpur, child was handed over in stable hemodynamic to the pediatrician,” further read the tweet.
The doctors later resuscitated the toddler after which she was hospitalised in Nagpur.
If one is facing dyspnea (Shortness of breath) on air they must alert the management by pressing the call bell. In case of a minor case, loosening tight clothing, checking for irregular pulse and constant monitoring can be the next course of action for the accompanying passengers.
Please, also have a look into : Doctors propose major changes in Kota after second suicide in 24 hours
