A mother in Kansas is searching for answers after her 3-year-old son died following a routine dental procedure last Tuesday.
Abiel Valenzuela Zapata needed to get his teeth pulled at Tiny Teeth Pediatric Dentistry in Wichita after a gum infection, his mother, Nancy Valenzuela, told NBC affiliate KSNW.
3-year-old Abiel Valenzuela Zapata, who died after a dental procedure in Wichita, Kan. (Courtesy / Nancy Valenzuela)
Valenzuela, a mother of three from Scott City, said Abiel was fine before the surgery and thought it would be a simple procedure.
“We didn’t expect to come out of there without a child,” she told the station.
About 30 minutes after being placed under anesthesia, Abiel's "right cheek swelled up" and his heart rate slowed down, according to a police report obtained by KSNW. He was subsequently given a substance "to try to increase his heart rate when his pulse stopped and they started CPR."
Officers responded to a call of an unresponsive boy at a building on the 3900 block of North Maize Road, Wichita police said. The 3-year-old patient was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
"It is believed that the child had an unanticipated reaction to medicine provided during the course of his dental procedures," police said in a statement.
According to the police report, the doctor who performed the dental procedure said he had never seen anything like this in his career, particularly for someone without any known allergies.
Authorities said currently there is no criminal investigation happening.
Valenzuela did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
医生诊所的手术室尽管有时离医院很近，甚至就是旁边的楼或门对过，但有可能诊所和医院不是一个单位。一旦有紧急情况，医院的急救人员（Code Blue team）不能去诊所抢救病人，诊所医生在尽力而为的同时只能Call 911等待救护车，而美国的这种救护车上一般只有EMT，没有医生护士。再有美国对诊所的急救设备药品都有明文规定，即使这样那些设备药品也只能满足最基本的需要。而且诊所缺少急救的专业人员，有麻醉医生在场的会好一些，可很多情况下只有麻醉护士。在医院里一个Code Blue call几分钟内就会有十几个医生护士到现场，而且需要时会有更多的专科医生加入抢救。而在诊所，就算好不容易等来了救护车，还要把病人送到医院的急诊室才能开始医院水平的抢救。真到那时就可能是分秒之差，生死之别了！
A mother in Kansas is searching for answers after her 3-year-old son died following a routine dental procedure last Tuesday.
Abiel Valenzuela Zapata needed to get his teeth pulled at Tiny Teeth Pediatric Dentistry in Wichita after a gum infection, his mother, Nancy Valenzuela, told NBC affiliate KSNW.
Valenzuela, a mother of three from Scott City, said Abiel was fine before the surgery and thought it would be a simple procedure.
“We didn’t expect to come out of there without a child,” she told the station.
About 30 minutes after being placed under anesthesia, Abiel's "right cheek swelled up" and his heart rate slowed down, according to a police report obtained by KSNW. He was subsequently given a substance "to try to increase his heart rate when his pulse stopped and they started CPR."
Officers responded to a call of an unresponsive boy at a building on the 3900 block of North Maize Road, Wichita police said. The 3-year-old patient was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
"It is believed that the child had an unanticipated reaction to medicine provided during the course of his dental procedures," police said in a statement.
According to the police report, the doctor who performed the dental procedure said he had never seen anything like this in his career, particularly for someone without any known allergies.
Authorities said currently there is no criminal investigation happening.
Valenzuela did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
医生诊所的手术室尽管有时离医院很近，甚至就是旁边的楼或门对过，但有可能诊所和医院不是一个单位。一旦有紧急情况，医院的急救人员（Code Blue team）不能去诊所抢救病人，诊所医生在尽力而为的同时只能Call 911等待救护车，而美国的这种救护车上一般只有EMT，没有医生护士。再有美国对诊所的急救设备药品都有明文规定，即使这样那些设备药品也只能满足最基本的需要。而且诊所缺少急救的专业人员，有麻醉医生在场的会好一些，可很多情况下只有麻醉护士。在医院里一个Code Blue call几分钟内就会有十几个医生护士到现场，而且需要时会有更多的专科医生加入抢救。而在诊所，就算好不容易等来了救护车，还要把病人送到医院的急诊室才能开始医院水平的抢救。真到那时就可能是分秒之差，生死之别了！
现在很多手术和Procedure都是在诊所或诊所的手术室里做的，一般讲胃镜结肠镜，牙科妇科皮肤科眼科等等小手术还是比较安全的，因为这些手术很少需要全麻。我知道的出问题最多的应该是整形科诊所，这就不多说了。