Da Nang's health sector is working to strengthen pre-hospital emergency care, Báo Đà Nẵng reports. The main source is Dr. Ngô Thị Phương Thảo, deputy director of the Da Nang City Emergency Center.

The report describes two recent land cases. At about noon on October 19 the hotline received a call that a foreign woman was in labour on the 33rd floor of a building. The crew delivered a baby girl weighing about 3.5 kilograms in roughly 15 minutes and took mother and child to hospital, where both were reported stable.

In the other case, a woman suffered severe bleeding after her second childbirth and was unconscious when the team arrived. The crew followed what the centre calls a "golden 10 minutes" protocol, with resuscitation, oxygen, several drips and drugs to contract the uterus. After 20 minutes she had come out of shock, and she was discharged after 10 days of treatment.

At sea

Since the start of 2026 the centre has handled eight emergencies at sea. On October 10 a fishing-boat captain reported that a crew member had chest pain, breathlessness and a bluish skin colour, suspected to be a heart attack. The boat was about 292 nautical miles from Da Nang.

The centre coordinated with the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Region II), and doctors gave remote guidance and helped arrange transport. Dr. Thảo said the coordination gave the fisherman a chance at medical care.

Training and plans

The centre trains residents, fishermen, armed-forces members, volunteers, village health workers and staff at tourist accommodation and sites. Topics include CPR, choking, trauma, drowning, stroke, seizures, burns and electric shock, and advanced courses cover defibrillator use and shock management. Nearly 30 refresher classes in basic first aid have been held since January.

Looking ahead, the centre wants to widen its network of emergency stations and duty points, including satellite points at hospitals, regional health centres and eligible clinics, with priority for mountainous, remote and disaster-prone areas. It is aiming for at least 75% of commune health station staff to be trained in basic and emergency first aid, and for two or three volunteer emergency teams of 15 to 20 members in each ward or commune. It also plans to use digital maps and GPS to speed up dispatch.

Sources

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