【Explanation】 According to the National Health and Health Commission, among the medical staff supporting Wuhan against the new crown epidemic, there were 25,300 female nurses, accounting for nearly 90% of the total number of nurses supporting Wuhan. However, the medical team of Beijing Tiantan Hospital is a team with more men and fewer women. May 12, 2020 is the 109th International Nurses' Day. On the eve of the festival, the reporter came to the Beijing Tiantan Hospital and interviewed two male nurses who supported the return of Wuhan.
[Commentary] For Hou Yuhua, a small nurse born in 1995, the day when the medical team set off—January 27—undoubtedly made him unforgettable. It was his 25th birthday that day. Due to the intense and hectic departure, he did not make up for the birthday with his teammates until February.
[Same period] Hou Yuhua, nurse, Department of Intensive Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
At that time, a colleague from another hospital also had a birthday, and then borrowed a piece of cake from them. Then we took two photos and passed it symbolically. Finally, the person in that hospital ate a cake with us.
[Explanation] Although the birthday is very simple, Hou Yuhua is very happy. He said that celebrating the birthday with colleagues on the front line not only has a special meaning, but also makes him feel collective warmth.
[Commentary] January 27 is also of great significance to Yuan Lei, another male nurse in Tiantan Hospital. Half an hour before departure, Yuan Lei ’s wife found out she was pregnant. At this time, the work of the medical team on the front line of Wuhan had been arranged. Yuan Lei could not stay at home to take care of his pregnant wife. On the way back to the home after getting the test results, the two were silent.
[Same period] Yuan Lei, Nurse, Emergency Department, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Because my wife had an ectopic pregnancy at the end of 2018. If she was ectopic again, I started thinking in my head, who signed her? Who accompanied her to the operation? After the operation, who will take care of her? No one would speak first, because I was afraid that I would say it, and I was really afraid that my wife would cry.
【Explanation】 Yuan Lei is more worried and worried about his wife's pregnancy. He has always been optimistic and joking. He even left a suicide note for his wife and children who have not yet been born.
[Same period] Yuan Lei, Nurse, Emergency Department, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
I wrote to my children that if someone laughs at you in the future for being a child without a father, you tell them that my father died in the fight against the epidemic. He is great.
[Commentary] In actual work, frontline nurses are indeed facing many dangers. Hou Yuhua had encountered this once. When changing the ventilator tube, the patient just coughed, and his face mask and goggles were splashed with droplets in a short time.
[Same period] Hou Yuhua, nurse, Department of Intensive Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
I was really panicked at the time, but because my operation had already started, I couldn't stop, I could only help the patient to change the ventilator circuit as quickly as possible. When I went back to bed that night, I suffered from insomnia. Various bad thoughts began to pop up in my mind. Then, when we went to Wuhan, our hospital prepared us some anti-virus medicines. I almost took all of them. I took all the medicine.
[Commentary] Hou Yuhua has not told his parents that he is on the front line in the 65 days of supporting Wuhan because of fears of parents.
[Same period] Hou Yuhua, nurse, Department of Intensive Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Every time I video with my parents, because the background wall of the house I rented in Beijing is white, then his hotel has a white background wall. Every time I talk to them, I find a white background wall, and they also found They do n’t come out, so they do n’t know. They always ask me, I see that a lot of medical teams go to Wuhan to support. Did n’t you go? I said rest assured, I will not go, I will definitely not go, too dangerous.
【Explanation】 Whether male nurses or female nurses face fear, they will shed tears and become vulnerable, but when they start working, they are equally careful and serious. They say that nursing work should not be affected by gender. limit.
[Same period] Hou Yuhua, nurse, Department of Intensive Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Male nurses will gradually increase in this industry, and the advantages of male nurses in the nurse industry will gradually be reflected.
[Same period] Yuan Lei, Nurse, Emergency Department, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
There is no distinction between men and women. If my wife is not pregnant, she will go to the frontline. This may be a tacit understanding as a nurse. This (anti-epidemic) is what doctors and nurses should do.
[Commentary] On March 31, Hou Yuhua, Yuan Lei and their teammates ended their struggle for more than two months and returned to Beijing. After 14 days of medical observation, they were released from isolation on April 14. On the day of leaving the isolation point, Hou Yuhua finally told his parents to go to Wuhan to support him, and Yuan Lei presented a dance of "Thank You" and 79 roses for his wife who came to pick him up. day.
[Same period] Yuan Lei, Nurse, Emergency Department, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
If the child is born, if it is a boy, call him Yuan Bao, the defender. If it ’s a girl, call her Yuan Yuan, the support.
【Explanation】 Now, the nurses of the medical team of Tiantan Hospital have returned to their respective departments and are spending the nurses' day in a familiar position. They said that in the future they hope to learn more nursing knowledge and take care of each of their patients.
Wen Mengxin reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]