A centenarian couple infected with the new crown and living in the same ward are now in better condition
On January 6, 2023, in the Geriatrics Department of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, the condition of 102-year-old Grandpa Qin and his wife, Grandma Zhang, who was the same age as him, both improved significantly.
Grandma Zhang can not only sit up, but also express her gratitude to the medical staff with clear thinking.
"Much better, thank you for your concern."
On December 22, 2022, the old couple was sent to the emergency department of West China Hospital by their family members successively due to coughing, fatigue for a week, and fever for 3 days. Anemia, benign prostatic hyperplasia, Grandma Zhang has high blood pressure, diabetes, and atrial fibrillation, all of which belong to the high-risk group with underlying diseases.
Professor Wu Jinhui, director of the Geriatrics Center of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, said that in order to facilitate the care of their families, and to better allow the two centenarians to accompany and encourage each other, the hospital admitted both elderly people to the Department of Geriatrics for continued treatment.
"The multidisciplinary team of the Department of Geriatric Medicine intervened in time. In terms of medical treatment, we actively fight against viruses and infections, and provide nutritional support. The rehabilitation team conducts pulmonary function rehabilitation, and the psychotherapist provides timely comfort and psychotherapy, etc.," Wu Jinhui said. , Coordinating with specialists from the Department of Geriatric Medicine, the two elderly people were given ventilator support in time. After nearly 10 days of diagnosis and treatment, the conditions of the two elderly people have improved significantly.
The family members of the two old people also recalled: "When he was admitted to the hospital, the father was in a coma, and the mother's condition was slightly better, but the mental state was not good. After this period of careful treatment and care, the father is now awake and can speak. I would laugh. My mother used to need someone to help her when she walked, but now she feels fine and wants to be discharged from the hospital.” On January 2, in the ward, the medical staff and family members celebrated Grandpa Qin’s 102nd birthday together.
Professor Wu Jinhui said that the elderly are a high-risk group because they often have a variety of underlying diseases. They often affect the whole body and have critical clinical manifestations. The whole process of treatment is given in all aspects. The condition of the elderly who have been admitted recently has been effectively intervened and the condition is stable.
On January 6, the reporter learned from West China Hospital of Sichuan University that since December, 12 critically ill patients with the new crown have been successfully transferred with the help of West China Hospital's inter-hospital referral appointment platform for critically ill patients.
It is understood that the inter-hospital referral appointment platform for critically ill patients will be officially launched in November 2022, and the referral appointment authority has been opened for 2,534 medical institutions in the province.
After filling in the registration information, the medical personnel of medical institutions can use the platform to make an appointment and referral application for free. At present, 773 medical personnel in Sichuan Province have registered on the platform and successfully transferred 45 critically ill patients.
"Registration, review, initiation of referral..." On the afternoon of January 5, doctors from Sichuan Provincial Construction Hospital used the "Critical Illness Interhospital Referral Appointment Platform" on the WeChat public account of "West China Emergency Multidisciplinary Assistance Group" to provide medical assistance for patients with severe pneumonia. , Patients with type Ⅰ respiratory failure accompanied by grade 3 hypertension and other diseases apply for appointment referral.
A few minutes later, the mobile phone of the emergency doctor of West China Hospital of Sichuan University received a prompt message. After checking the "condition summary", "referral demand" and "referral reason" and other information, he pressed "emergency preliminary examination-directly receive" to accept the referral. diagnosis.
Subsequently, the patient was urgently transferred to the emergency department of West China Hospital.
During the transfer, the emergency doctors of West China Hospital can not only see the location and estimated time of arrival of the ambulance through the platform, but also communicate with the transfer doctors of Sichuan Construction Hospital remotely in real time.
As soon as the ambulance arrived, the medical staff of the emergency department stepped forward quickly, and while placing the patient in a rescue area with a sign of "reserved bed" in the emergency department, they handed over the condition to the transfer doctor of the Sichuan Provincial Construction Hospital to ensure continuous care of patients.
Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Yu Zunsu