On May 18, Tang Yuanyuan, a female doctor in the Department of Critical Care Medicine of Hainan Changjiang Medical Group, ended her 100-day war epidemic career at the People's Hospital of Wuhan University and quietly returned to Hainan. When she parted, she said: "Compared with the local medical care in Wuhan, my personal contribution is insignificant. They are true heroes."
The most critical moment of the epidemic, retrograde to Han
Yuanyuan Tang is the deputy director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine of Hainan Changjiang Medical Group (Wuhan University People's Hospital Changjiang Hospital). On November 18, 2019, she came to the Department of Intensive Medicine of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University and started a six-month refresher study under the tutor of Professor Yu Zui. "Unexpectedly, I caught up with such a big epidemic."
On January 22, Tang Yuanyuan took a regular vacation and returned to his hometown in Dongan, Hunan to visit the 2-year-old child. Seeing that the situation of the war epidemic in Wuhan was critical, she had the idea of returning to Wuhan to participate in the war epidemic.
Tang Yuanyuan set foot on a retrograde journey without looking back. At 8 pm on January 29, she took the East Andong-Wuchang K316 train. "I have already thought about it. I am a doctor. I have my responsibilities and persistence."
At 6 am on January 30, the train arrived at Wuchang Station, and Tang Yuanyuan was the only one to get off. The old bustling Wuchang Railway Station was empty. There was no subway, no bus, no taxi, and even shared bicycles were not found. Tang Yuanyuan walked for more than half an hour and returned to his dormitory in the student apartment of Wuhan University People's Hospital.
When I was in Wuhan, I was fighting every day
On January 18, after Professor Yu Zui brought the critical care team members to Jinyintan for support, the staff in the department became more tense and Tang Yuanyuan was on duty more frequently. The new coronary pneumonias received from the Department of Intensive Medicine are all acute and severe, with greater exposure risks, stricter protection requirements for medical staff, and tracheal intubation and invasive operations are commonplace.
Throughout February, Tang Yuanyuan's treatment group admitted 7 patients with newly diagnosed new coronary pneumonia. She and her colleagues wear heavy protective clothing every day to carefully treat patients.
In Tang Yuanyuan's memory, March 11 was the busiest day. During the day, there is a patient with "renal failure, cardiac arrest" in the Department of Nephrology who needs to be intubated immediately. The patient successfully intubated after entering the department, but soon suffered repeated cardiac arrests. The medical staff actively carried out chest compressions and rescue, which lasted for nearly 3 hours. The protective clothing was already sweating and raining.
It was too late to take a breath. After consultation with a pancreatic surgeon, a patient with "severe acute pancreatitis" was transferred to central venous catheterization and dialysis catheterization. Tang Yuanyuan wore a protective suit for more than 4 hours. At 4 a.m. on the 12th, another patient with acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage was sent to the emergency department, requiring emergency gastroscopy and treatment under general anesthesia. Tang Yuanyuan and other medical staff once again do personal protection and enter the ward to intubate the patient and place a central venous catheter.
Tang Yuanyuan said that during his time in Wuhan, he was fighting every day.
Switch to the buffer ward and stick to the last moment of the epidemic
With the normalization of Wuhan epidemic prevention and control and the gradual progress of resumption of labor and production, on April 23, the People's Hospital of Wuhan University opened a buffer ward in the Department of Intensive Medicine. Tang Yuanyuan followed Professor Yu Zhui to work in the buffer ward.
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever, fever, severe pneumonia ... One after another, severe patients keep Tang Yuanyuan busy. In critically ill wards, the risk is high, the turnover is fast, and the intensity is high. "I have been a pre-hospital emergency doctor for 4 years, and with the support of many teachers behind me, there is nothing to be afraid of."
After the “unblocking” in Wuhan on April 8, family members and colleagues in Hainan were very concerned about Tang Yuanyuan and urged her to go back early. But Tang Yuanyuan was reluctant to let this group of colleagues who "fought hard together" persist until May 17.
Tang Yuanyuan said that he and his colleagues in Wuhan worked hard for the city and ushered in the moment of renewal. At the People's Hospital of Wuhan University, in addition to the rapid advancement of medical technology, he also realized the true meaning of the phrase "Wuhan is a heroic city and the Wuhan people are heroic people".
Text / Correspondent Du Weiwei Gong Yuxi Reporter Zhang Jian