More than 40% burns in 11 injured patients
Among them, five are in the ICU of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Three of them are on ventilators
Seventy-eight people injured in the plane crash at Milestone College are currently receiving treatment at four hospitals in Dhaka.
Among them, five are in the ICU of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Three of them are on ventilators.
Among the 36 children and adults fighting for their lives at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery after yesterday's (21 July) devastating aircraft crash at the school, 11, including nine children, suffered critical burns exceeding 40%.
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Among them, some children sustained burns of 95%, 85%, and 60%.
Another 10 patients have burn injuries ranging from 10% to 35%, while 15 sustained burns of 10% or less.
Doctors have reported that most of the injured have suffered burns to their airways. Therefore, even if the percentage of burns is lower in some cases, the risk remains high.
Dr Tanveer Ahmed, associate professor of Plastic Surgery at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, told The Business Standard,
"Usually, a 20% burn is considered risky, and 40% is categorised as a major burn in cases involving open fire or scalding."
"But in a large-scale incident like Milestone's, there is no difference between 1% and 40% burns. Here, the airways have been burned. So all burns are fatal. There were chemicals involved, the fire broke out in a closed space, and everyone's face was burned. So everyone is at risk." he added.
He further said, "We worked until 3am last night to manage the initial crisis. Today, operations are ongoing. Every patient will have their dressings changed. We are doing our best within our capacity."
An analysis of data from the 10 patients who died at the burn institute showed that all of them had burn injuries exceeding 85%.
