A difficult event in the south: The medical teams of the Rescue Union today (Tuesday) provided medical assistance and performed resuscitation on a two-and-a-half-year-old girl who suffocated during her stay in the yard of a kindergarten in Kiryat Gat.
An MDA spokesman said that in the morning, a report was received at MDA’s 101 hotline in the Lachish area about a toddler who was strangled by a hood of a hood at a daycare center in the city. MDA medics and paramedics provided medical treatment, performed resuscitation and after the pulse returned, evacuated the toddler to Barzilai Hospital in a stable condition.
Shlomo Rothschild, a paramedic at the Rescue Union, said: “When I arrived at the scene, we were told that she had suffocated from the hood of the hood.
MDA paramedic Menachem Gavrielov said: “I was near the scene when I received the report on the MDA drive app, and people signaled me from a distance to get to the daycare center. “I continued to perform advanced resuscitation operations that included massages and resuscitation, and after the pulse returned we put her in the intensive care unit and evacuated her to the hospital while she was anesthetized in a stable condition.”
A spokeswoman for Barzilai Medical Center: “A girl who was two and a half years old was brought to Barzilai Medical Center after she was strangled while she was in the yard of a kindergarten. Her condition is serious and she is being treated in a shock room.”
21 children have died as a result of suffocation since 2017
According to data from the organization Before Child Safety, since 2017, 21 children have died as a result of external suffocation. In 29% of cases, the children were under 4 years old.
Orly Silvinger, CEO of the organization Before Child Safety: “The shocking case in Kiryat Gat must turn on a warning light for parents. Laces that are caught in play facilities are dangerous and can cause suffocation. It is recommended to take the laces out of the hood. “Winter clothes should keep the children warm, but keep them from being disturbed to play, be not clumsy to move and not endanger their lives.”
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