Two Workers Get Electrocuted and Suffered Cardiac and Respiratory Arrest

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 08-15-2025, 06:12 PM

Vietnam, On August 15, doctors activated the internal red alert to provide emergency care to two workers who were electrocuted to the point of cardiac and respiratory arrest at a construction site near the hospital.

The two workers include a 38-year-old man and a 51-year-old man.

Earlier, late in the afternoon of August 14, two workers were constructing a project near Quang Binh Friendship Hospital when they were suddenly electrocuted and knocked unconscious.

When the doctors arrived, both people were unconscious, with many electrical burns, one of them showing signs of cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest. Doctors and nurses quickly performed CPR on the scene.

Both were taken to the emergency room.

Doctors continued to urgently perform advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation, electric shock, ventilation support via Ambu bag, vasopressor drugs, and coordinated with many specialties to treat injuries caused by electrical burns.

After about 15 minutes of emergency treatment, the patient's pulse returned and blood pressure improved. After the critical stage, these two patients were transferred to the Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Hospital for further monitoring and intensive treatment.