Boy who had the body burned will undergo a skin removal operation – Capital

The 8-year-old boy, who burned 85% of his body in the fire of the house where he and his family lived in the Polish neighborhood on Friday afternoon (4), must undergo surgery to remove dead skin from areas such as the scalp, face, ears, chest area, arms and legs. He is intubated under mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) with a drug to maintain his blood pressure

According to a note sent by Santa Casa, a patient suffering from burns to the second and third degree to the whole body must pbad to through. debridement surgery – elimination of dead skin, to improve the evolution of the burn by means of dressings. The child uses antibiotics, a serotherapy for hydration and a probe for the flow of liquids and the elimination of urine.

Fire – A jester with a lighter may have sparked the fire, said mother Zulema Pereira da Silva, aged 62. The 8 year old girl slept on the couch when the fire broke out. His 7-year-old brother played with the lighter when his mother took the object in the child's hand and sewn it into the bedroom.

It was then that the fire started and Zulema thinks that the 7-year-old boy burned an object before the lighter was removed. She was alarmed by her 17 year old nephew, who slept in the room and screamed. The house was on fire, the whole family left, but the 8-year-old boy could not go out and shouted for help. In the midst of invisibility caused by excess smoke, a neighbor was able to remove the child from the property.