2-year-old stops breathing on Delhi-bound Vistara flight. Here's what happened next
A two-year-old who had stopped breathing was revived on sunday by five physicians on board a Vistara aircraft from Bangalore to Delhi. The occurrence was confirmed by AIIMS delhi, which released the baby's photo and other photographs on its official X (previously Twitter) account. The situation happened when the medical team was flying back from the indian Society for Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR) when Vistara Airline aircraft UK-814 reported a distress call.
The flight was redirected to nagpur due to the medical emergency, and the youngster was sent to a paediatrician there in stable hemodynamic condition. The AIIMS delhi reported on X that the patient was a 2-year-old female infant who was cyanotic and comatose and had undergone intracardiac repair outside. Additionally, according to AIIMS, as the infant was being inspected, his pulse was discovered to be nonexistent, and his extremities were also chilly. According to a tweet from AIIMS, the infant was not breathing and had cyanosed lips and fingers.
"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," the hospital reported. "Another cardiac arrest for whom an AED was utilised complicated it. Baby was revived for 45 minutes, and the aeroplane was diverted to Nagpur. The paediatrician received the youngster in stable hemodynamic condition upon arrival in nagpur, it continued.