Baby cochlear falls to the head, what should I do?

Children like to jump and jump. It’s normal for them to fall to their heads and break their heads occasionally. However, for babies with cochlear implants, normal things become unusual.

At present, most of the children with cochlear implant in our country are about 1-3 years old. Children of this age are in the golden age of learning to walk and run and jump. Although we are careful not to let children fall, it is inevitable to fall occasionally. In most cases, the fall will not directly touch the head (most of the cases directly touching the head are from the bed , sofa falling), it is possible to directly touch the implant, but it is not so much. Instead, in our life, we don’t pay attention to the drawer door or the edge of the table, and the head will touch the head more often, and the possibility of directly touching the implant is also greater.

We should know before we operate on our children that we must try our best to avoid head bump after the cochlear implant, because if we accidentally hit the implant site, it may cause harm to the baby and the implant. But even so, things always happen inadvertently, if the baby cochlea really hit the head, what should we do?

I. calm down

We have encountered a case where a baby cochlear bumped into a sharp object, the implant was scratched and shed some blood (in fact, it was OK after the examination). But at that time, the mother was in a panic, holding the child and sitting on the ground, crying. The grandmother saw what happened and began to cry. Soon, all the children cried, making the child cry, poor I fainted from crying. In this case, aierjun asks parents to be calm when their baby bumps into their head. The parents’ over reaction will also affect their children, and the children will cry more. In addition, being too flustered is not conducive to finding solutions quickly, so we must be calm. Like other children, our children are very upset when bumping into their head, but the sky can’t fall down.

II. Check the injury

After pacifying the baby, you can check the injury of the baby’s head to see if it bumps into the implant or the operation site, if there is swelling, cyanosis or bleeding. Pay attention to hygiene here. If the scalp is broken, don’t touch it directly with your hands. The condition of the head is nothing more than four kinds: 1. The scalp is broken and bleeding; 2. The scalp is not broken but bruised; 3. The skin is just scratched; 4. There is no problem. Let’s talk about these situations separately.

(1) the scalp is broken and bleeding

This situation should be more serious. Seeing this situation, many parents are worried that the implant will not be damaged and their heads will be affected. In fact, as a parent, any speculation on the scene is only speculation. It’s better to press the wound gently with a clean tissue or handkerchief, go to the hospital immediately, and the doctor will check the implant situation, which is more than his own speculation Useful.

(2) the scalp is not broken, but it is bruised

Many old people use their previous experience to apply ice directly, or they can’t deal with it directly without saying “one hundred days of breaking the muscles and bones”, which is a mistake. Although the collision part of the baby is not damaged, but the subcutaneous part has been bleeding, so it will be bruised, which is very easy to be inflamed, for the cochlear implant, inflamed is a big problem. If there is inflammation around the implant, even forced to remove the implant in serious cases. So although it’s only bruise, but parents can’t ignore it. It’s recommended to go to the hospital for examination and don’t feel trouble. Don’t wear cochlea for children during this period of time, otherwise it may aggravate the disease.

(3) just scratch the skin

Many parents just scold their children when they see this situation (Erjun finds that the injury of the child is inversely proportional to the degree of being scolded, that is, the lighter the injury, the greater the degree of being scolded). However, we still suggest that we should be cautious, especially parents should pay attention to observing whether the child has any unusual reactions, such as always touching his head, crying, walking, stumbling and sleeping It’s endless. If you find these situations, you still need to go to the hospital to take a “reassuring pill”. In addition, parents should also pay attention to whether the baby’s cochlear implant can work normally. If the baby just puts on the head piece, the parents should take off the cochlear device immediately and contact the hearing center or the manufacturer immediately.

(4) no problem

Most of the children can’t see any problems after their head bumps, so can the parents rest easy? Of course not, the safest way is to go to the listening Center for an examination, because some problems may not be shown at that time, but they will appear after a period of time, so after the examination, the audiologist will take some measures to minimize the impact.

Having said so much, and finally returning to the starting point, we should try our best not to let children bump into the head, especially when the physiological functions of the younger children are weak. But life is not always smooth, so parents should know how to do in case of accidents.