Picture shared by AIIMS Delhi on X
Doha, Qatar: Five doctors who saved the life of a two-year-old girl onboard a flight during a mid-air medical emergency are being hailed as heroes in India.
The All India Institute of Medical Science doctors were returning from the southern city of Bengaluru to Delhi on a Vistara flight when a distress call was made by airline crews.
"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 on outside for intracardiac repair, was unconscious, and cyanosed," stated AIIMS Delhi on X, formerly known as Twitter, talking about the incident that took place on August 27, 2023.
The hospital shared the details along with a few pictures which received 470k views with many praising the doctors for their skill and dedication.
The doctors Dr Navdeep Kaur, Dr Damandeep Singh, Dr Rishab Jain, Dr Oishika, and Dr Avichala Taxak examined the child, who was returning after undergoing open-heart surgery. They realised that her pulse was absent, her extremities were cold and the child was not breathing with cyanosed lips and fingers.
Immediate CPR was started mid-air and with limited resources, using skilled work and active management by the team. Successfully IV cannula was placed, the oropharyngeal airway was put and an emergency response was initiated by a whole team of residents on board- and the baby for brought to ROSC- return of circulation, stated AIIMS
The situation was further complicated by another cardiac arrest after which the doctors used an automated external defibrillator.
The doctors resuscitated the baby for 45 minutes and requested the flight to be routed to Nagpur where she was handed over in stable condition to a pediatrician.
Reports quoted Dr Singh as saying that the toddler's vitals are stable and she is expected to make an excellent recovery.
