Hualien doctors celebrate astonishing recovery of cardiac arrest patient
Hualien doctors celebrate astonishing recovery of cardiac arrest patient
2023-02-21
Doctors in Hualien are celebrating the astonishing recovery of a cardiac arrest patient who was unconscious for two months. Mr. Huang collapsed while running a marathon in Hualien last October. When he arrived at Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, he wasn’t breathing. But over several months of treatment, he made an astonishing recovery. He was welcomed back to the hospital last week, to give thanks for his second chance.
Mr. Huang黃 makes a heart sign. He’s back at Hualien Tzu Chi慈濟 Hospital to thank the doctors who saved his life. When he was brought to the hospital in October, his heart had stopped and he wasn’t breathing. He was unconscious for more than 60 days.
Mr. Huang
Marathon runner
I was unconscious for the first 60 days or more. When I heard that, I thought I should probably give up. It’s because of the perseverance of the medical team and my family that I was able to come through.
Mr. Huang was running the Pacific Valley Marathon in Hualien last October, when he suddenly collapsed at a rest station. When he reached the hospital he had no vital signs. Emergency care brought him back to life, but he had internal bleeding in many organs. He was put on ECLS, a type of life support, three times, and received seven different types of antibiotics. The medical team tried countless different treatments. At one point, the attending physician turned to god in prayer.
Chu Hsin-kai
Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital cardiologist
We had reached the limits of medicine. Only a miracle could get the patient through at that point. The emergency treatment had gone on too long, so all his membranes were damaged. He had bleeding in his intestines. We transfused almost 200 bags of blood.
Wife of patient
Dr. Chu朱 never gave up, even in the most difficult moments. I’m so grateful.
The head of Mr. Huang’s team says the hardest period was the 90 minutes between him collapsing and receiving emergency treatment. Keeping a patient’s brain functioning under those conditions is a delicate task. One false step, and the patient may never wake up.
Lin Hsin-jung
Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital superintendent
At one time, we were second-to-last, nationally, in terms of our success rates for reviving patients who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Now, after many years, with the hard work of Superintendent Wang王, we are no. 2 in the country.
Mr. Huang received 103 days of care from the hospital, from the darkest moments through to his unlikely recovery. He says that, thanks to the medical team, he now has high hopes of coming back to Hualien one day – to run a marathon.
贏過死神!跑馬拉松昏倒 經103天治療清醒康復
2023-02-21
從醫師束手無策，到患者清醒康復，花蓮慈濟醫院醫療團隊，成功把人從死神手中搶回來。去年10月黃先生到花蓮參加馬拉松，突然昏倒送往醫院急救，治療期間，’’三度’’裝上葉克膜，歷經103天治療，連主治醫生說是奇蹟。
對著鏡頭比愛心，黃先生再次回到花蓮慈濟醫院，是要感謝他的救命恩人。很難相信當時黃先生，送到醫院時已經失去呼吸心跳，整整昏迷了六十多天。
[[馬拉松跑者黃先生]]
“因為我前面的60幾天都是昏迷的，那個過程自己聽了，自己都覺得應該會要放棄了，是醫療團隊，家人也堅持，所以才能走過來”
黃先生去年10月到花蓮參加太平洋馬拉松，跑到一處休息站時，突然昏倒，到院前沒有生命跡象，雖然經過急救撿回一命，但身上多處器官出血，三度裝上葉克膜，還曾打7種抗生素，醫療團隊嘗試過無數種醫療方式，主治醫師還一度無助地向上帝祈禱。
[[花蓮慈濟醫院心臟內科醫師 朱新凱]]
“已經到了醫療的極限了，只有神蹟能夠幫助病人度過這難關，因為急救時間太久了，所以所有的黏膜都受傷，胃出血，我記得輸了將近200袋的血”
[[黃太太]]
“即便在很困難的時候，朱醫師也沒有放棄，真的很感恩”
主治醫師表示救治最難的，是患者倒下到救治的90分鐘，如何去維持他腦部的循環，其中只要一個環節出錯，就可能永遠醒不來了。
[[花蓮慈濟醫院院長 林欣榮]]
“我們之前花蓮救回來(OHCA)的比率，大概是全國倒數第二，現在經過這樣子多年，我們王院長這樣的努力，現在是全國第二名”
從醫師束手無策，到清醒復健，歷經103天的治療，黃先生感謝醫療團隊幫他撿回一條命，他也會繼續努力，未來有機會，一定還會回來花蓮參加馬拉松。
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