Doctor helps cave rescue preparations

By Natthawat Laping 
The Nation

 

Dr Thanasarn Narutisathaporn

 

A Thai doctor, who said he had experience in a Nepali cave rescue, has offered to help save the 12 children and their football coach who have been trapped for days in a flooded cave in Chiang Rai.

 

Dr Thanasarn Narutisathaporn arrived at the Luang Cave in Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park on Thursday to present to Chiang Rai governor a plan for medical preparation if the rescue is completed.

 

Saying he needed to know their weight and height to calculate their fluid loss, Thanasarn said providing warm blood and saline water and warmed blankets would be important. Vitamin B1 nutrient must be provided intravenously, he said.

 

As they obviously had water, they might survive for between 20 to 60 days depending on their weight, with heavier people likely to survive longer, Thanasarn told the Nation.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30348841

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-06-28

Sorted.

Job done.

Sorted.
Job done.

Is sarcasm really needed?

Heavier people survive longer.

Preparing a medical plan for survivors is very wise. 

Edited June 28, 20188 yr by Jingthing

9 minutes ago, BangkokSausage said:

27 minutes ago, BigBadGeordie said:

Sorted.
Job done.

Is sarcasm really needed?

Not sarcasm.

Gallows humor is needed sometimes as grim and ironic humor in a desperate or hopeless situation often covers the desperation we all feel.

 

Edited June 28, 20188 yr by BigBadGeordie

So we have a a doctor down there in the mud and rain to help and the best that expat idiots can do is to mock and bash

Pathetic!

doctor  needs to clear up his own acne, anyways all input is needed for the 13....pray for them

17 hours ago, webfact said:

providing warm blood

 

unless they suffered blood loss why would they need a transfusion?  

11 minutes ago, atyclb said:

 

unless they suffered blood loss why would they need a transfusion?  

Probably meant a blood warmer.

Who is this doctor? A Google search elicits no information. I would have thought that among the rescuers would be medical staff already well versed in emergencies. 

1 hour ago, faraday said:

Probably meant a blood warmer.

Som Tam?

4 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

Who is this doctor? A Google search elicits no information. I would have thought that among the rescuers would be medical staff already well versed in emergencies. 

 

probably need to use thai language to find him if he is on google at all.