[Scene video+] Surviving male flight attendant treated at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital...at this time of day

[Anchor]
One of the two surviving crew members of the
Jeju Air plane disaster is currently being treated at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital.

A briefing will be held on the patient's condition,
Let's go to the
site.

[Anchor]
One of the two survivors of the Jeju Air flight disaster is now being treated at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital. A briefing on the patient's condition will be held. Let's go to the scene.

[Joo Woong, head of Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital]
Additional inspections have been performed. Brain CT, cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine CT, left ankle anterior and posterior lateral oblique imaging, and blood tests were performed. As a result of the examination, the 9th and 10th thoracic fractures and the left scapular fractures were also diagnosed with the 1st and 10th rib fractures on the left side. At 17:34, I was admitted to the intensive care unit. The doctor is Professor Park Woong-bae of neurosurgery who is here. Currently, we are absolutely stabilizing by protecting the cervical spine, protecting the fracture area, and limiting the range of exercise. In case of traumatic spinal injury, delayed damage, cervical nerve swelling, and deterioration of the dendritic nerve may cause aftereffects such as paralysis, so intensive observation and pain relief are being performed in the intensive care unit. In addition, multidisciplinary consultations will be conducted for left scapular fractures, ankle areas, and rib fractures, and mental health consultations will be scheduled in the future to stabilize psychology and prevent post-traumatic stress disorder. I hope your patient gets well. That's about it. Please let me know if you have any questions.

[Reporter]
At first, there was a report that the patient could not remember the accident at the time. I wonder if you're still in that situation.

[Joo Woong, head of Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital]
We didn't ask in detail about the situation at the time of the accident, on purpose. He didn't ask him in detail because he thought he was traumatized and wouldn't help him recover, but he said that he was rescued when he woke up. Since communication is sufficiently possible and I haven't asked any questions about the accident, amnesia is not a particular stage to say. As you said earlier, delayed damage or swelling can lead to paralysis, so we're looking at MRI tests, tomorrow morning, and MRI examination department's collaborative treatment, and it usually takes weeks to treat fractures. It takes weeks for the fracture to be cured, but the hospitalization period should be observed in the intensive care unit for at least two weeks, but it seems that it may vary depending on the patient's condition. If you have any additional questions... It's multiple trauma. At this time, the most important thing will be the protection of the cervical spine. If the cervical spine is not restricted or properly exercised, it can even lead to general paralysis. Therefore, the damage to the cervical spine is the most important, so the professor in charge of the cervical spine and other vertebrae became the doctor, and although rib fractures or scapular fractures are relatively minor, the neurosurgery professor became the doctor and other areas will be treated through multi-disciplinary consultations. When I came from Mokpo Korean Hospital, there were a few fractures, so we examined them, but we found out exactly which part through the whole body CT, and there was no significant difference in the fracture part. It's called lacerations there. The suture of the torn area was done there at Mokpo Korean Hospital. Now, I'm only talking about the patient's condition, so it's hard for me to tell you how. At the time of arrival, I couldn't see you in person in the emergency room.I saw you after you were hospitalized
. So the cervical spine is fixed, so you can't move your neck, but you can make eye contact with your eyes. Since you give an appropriate answer to a question, it is called suppression power in medical terms, such as not being disturbed about time, place, and people. The suppression power is well maintained. That's the case with the test results now. The brain CT showed whether there was bleeding or swelling inside the skull, but there was no such finding, and there was a laceration on the scalp, so there was swelling in the scalp. Edema of the outside of the skull, it was caused by lacerations. There was about 7cm. There are also lacerations around the scalp and forehead. We don't talk about this accident in general, but we're not talking about the current condition, where are you hurt right now, where are you going to be sick, and this is how the treatment will go. We talked about this, and he answered appropriately and met with his family and talked about it. The police, the fire department, came to our hospital... I've only looked at the patient's side, but maybe the office department... I don't think there's any contact. That part is in the field of neurosurgery, so Professor Park Woong-bae of neurosurgery, about concussions.

[Professor of neurosurgery Park Woong-bae]
When you medically define a concussion, you make such a diagnosis when you have unspecified symptoms due to an unspecified traumatic disease. There are no significant concussion symptoms right now, but according to the results of the cerebrovascular examination with the professor's consultation, the brain injury called diffuse injury has not yet been diagnosed, and MRI is needed to diagnose it. However, the most traumatic safety has not yet been secured, and due to cervical and thoracic trauma, detailed spinal cord safety has not been secured, and due to time-based tests, we cannot give you a definite answer to the question. Depending on the time and patient's condition improve, the diagnosis will be made after further tests.

[Joo Woong, head of Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital]
The term concussion has several stages, so it is difficult to diagnose easily because it ranges from very light to severe. I think we need a lot of additional inspections. Until then, I can't know the situation on site in detail. However, what I can tell you is that the shock came from the left because the prize was mainly awarded to the left, and I can't know more details. There was no burn. As I said, the MRI test is an additional test... So now, the neurosurgery department plans an MRI examination by the doctor, and as you said earlier, if you cooperate with the doctor, you can add a reasonable examination if you see the thoracic surgery for the ribs and the ankles, and orthopedic surgeons for the scapula. However, when anyone enters the intensive care unit like this, there are anxiety and worries from the intensive care unit itself, even if it is not necessarily such a big accident. And since I was in a single room in the intensive care unit, there was such a thing as usual, and the psychological content has not been properly evaluated because there is not much time left for the contents related to this incident. That part will also be coordinated by the Department of Mental Health. Then if you don't have any more questions, I'll finish the briefing today.