Ten years old boy survived after falling in an elevator shaft
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Survived due to the holistic care of Hadassah’s Medical Center
While trying to return to his apartment, a 10-year old boy fell from the elevator shaft five floors high. The boy managed to survive due to the holistic care of Hadassah’s Medical Center. The boy is still under care at the hospital, and though he can still not speak, he can play music tones on his tablet.
Fortunately, half an hour after his fall, a neighbor heard grunts and found the boy in critical condition. Neighbors and family members transfer the little boy to the nearest health clinic. Due to the serious injuries the doctors immediately transferred the “broken” boy to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem.
Due to his condition, doctors could not put the boy under anesthesia. So, the team performed a cricothyrotomy, an incision through the skin and cricothyroid membrane in the neck to establish an airway. A CT scan charted the damage. Next up were the neurosurgeons to stanch the fluid leakage from the brain.
He had frontal brain injury and cracks in his anterior skull base. Fortunately, at Hadassah there were experienced medical personnel who faced similar injuries in the past. At the same time, Hadassah’s advanced equipment made it possible for much faster and accurate procedures. Dr. Samuel Moscovici, a senior neurosurgeon, had spent two years as a fellow specializing in skull base microsurgery. “I had to stop the brain hemorrhage and block the leakage to prevent permanent damage or death, and close the dura, the thick membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord.”
Hadassah’s specialized team of maxillofacial, orthopedic and neuro surgeons successfully managed to fix the little boy’s scull. There’s much more to do: jaw repair and all those teeth, trauma therapy and physical therapy.
Still, a month after the fall, here is Joseph playing music and writing on a tablet, trying new games on a cellphone. He’s not talking because his mouth is wired. “I’m optimistic that the fractures will heal,” says the pediatric orthopedist. “His brain seems fine,” said the neurosurgeon. “We think he’ll be perfect,” said the maxillofacial surgeon. “It’s the worst case I’ve ever seen where the results are so remarkable.”
For more than 100 years, Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem (www.hadassah-med.com) has been a leader in medicine and nursing in Israel, laying the foundation and setting the standards for the country’s modern health care system. The majority of medical breakthroughs in Israel have taken place there. With more than 130 departments and clinics, Hadassah-Ein Kerem provides Israel’s most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services for the local and national population and a significant number of international patients.
Survived due to the holistic care of Hadassah’s Medical Center
While trying to return to his apartment, a 10-year old boy fell from the elevator shaft five floors high. The boy managed to survive due to the holistic care of Hadassah’s Medical Center. The boy is still under care at the hospital, and though he can still not speak, he can play music tones on his tablet.
Fortunately, half an hour after his fall, a neighbor heard grunts and found the boy in critical condition. Neighbors and family members transfer the little boy to the nearest health clinic. Due to the serious injuries the doctors immediately transferred the “broken” boy to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem.
Due to his condition, doctors could not put the boy under anesthesia. So, the team performed a cricothyrotomy, an incision through the skin and cricothyroid membrane in the neck to establish an airway. A CT scan charted the damage. Next up were the neurosurgeons to stanch the fluid leakage from the brain.
He had frontal brain injury and cracks in his anterior skull base. Fortunately, at Hadassah there were experienced medical personnel who faced similar injuries in the past. At the same time, Hadassah’s advanced equipment made it possible for much faster and accurate procedures. Dr. Samuel Moscovici, a senior neurosurgeon, had spent two years as a fellow specializing in skull base microsurgery. “I had to stop the brain hemorrhage and block the leakage to prevent permanent damage or death, and close the dura, the thick membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord.”
Hadassah’s specialized team of maxillofacial, orthopedic and neuro surgeons successfully managed to fix the little boy’s scull. There’s much more to do: jaw repair and all those teeth, trauma therapy and physical therapy.
Still, a month after the fall, here is Joseph playing music and writing on a tablet, trying new games on a cellphone. He’s not talking because his mouth is wired. “I’m optimistic that the fractures will heal,” says the pediatric orthopedist. “His brain seems fine,” said the neurosurgeon. “We think he’ll be perfect,” said the maxillofacial surgeon. “It’s the worst case I’ve ever seen where the results are so remarkable.”
For more than 100 years, Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem (www.hadassah-med.com) has been a leader in medicine and nursing in Israel, laying the foundation and setting the standards for the country’s modern health care system. The majority of medical breakthroughs in Israel have taken place there. With more than 130 departments and clinics, Hadassah-Ein Kerem provides Israel’s most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services for the local and national population and a significant number of international patients.
