[Explanation] Accompanied by the beeping sound of medical equipment, in the intensive care unit, most patients are breathing with the assistance of a ventilator, and occasionally there is a severe and difficult cough; the medical staff may rush through the ward, Prepare medicines, organize equipment, or stay by the patient's bedside, check vital signs, adjust ventilator parameters, adjust fluid rehydration speed, turn patients over, and expel sputum...
Recently, the reporter visited the ICU ward of Shanxi Bethune Hospital. Wu Wenjing, the head nurse, was in an anxious tone, and was instructing the special staff to complete the bed handover with the department as soon as possible.
[Concurrent] Wu Wenjing, head nurse of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanxi Bethune Hospital
In this case, we are not running at high speed, but running at high speed. As long as my bed is pushed out to transfer patients, I have to chase after it and let him push (back) it back immediately, because there are heavier patients and I need to go there in a hurry. Then, this thing has been happening, we are very anxious, and hope that all the serious patients in the emergency room ahead can come to us for treatment.
[Explanation] As one of the earliest hospitals in Shanxi Province to open up and treat patients infected with the new coronavirus, the data provided by Shanxi Bethune Hospital shows that since December 7, 2022, the hospital has received nearly 9,000 emergency and fever outpatient visits. A total of nearly 6,000 people were admitted to the hospital.
[Concurrent] Wu Weidong, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanxi Bethune Hospital
We used to have 30 beds, and now we have opened a new ward, the new south area, with a total of 24 beds in the south area, so we now have a total of 54 beds in the comprehensive ICU, and the average age of patients is over 80 years old More, more complications.
[Explanation] When the reporter left the ICU ward, the cleaning staff had already cleaned and sterilized the returned hospital bed. Six or seven nurses worked together to put the patient on the bed, change the patient gown, monitor vital signs, and fill in the patient's information... ... another busy day.
As the first pass to meet the peak of severe cases, the emergency department felt the pressure of receiving patients earlier.
[Same period] Liu Hongxuan, deputy director of the emergency internal medicine department of Shanxi Bethune Hospital
Since the first ten days of December, there have been a lot of patients with fever, and then our emergency visits have increased from more than 200 people per day as usual, and then quickly rose to more than 300 and 400.
There are various symptoms, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
There are also patients with more common underlying diseases, such as those with high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease, coronary heart disease, and cerebral infarction, which are also relatively serious. Everyone's workload is still very heavy, and the challenges for us are still very high.
[Explanation] In order to relieve the pressure on the emergency department, the hospital merged the emergency internal medicine and emergency surgery beds to expand the fixed beds; the observation beds in the fever clinic and the infectious disease beds were used as emergency mobile beds; Allocate support; the medical department and the nursing department set up special teams to station in the emergency department, and they are on duty 24 hours a day.
At present, the "big test" of the epidemic is still going on.
[Concurrent] Wu Weidong, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanxi Bethune Hospital
We use the advantages of regional medical centers to provide some guidance to grassroots (hospitals) through some systems of remote communication and consultation, and we also conduct (for) some training for grassroots (hospitals) online.
Reported by Zhang Licheng from Taiyuan, Shanxi
Responsible editor: [Liu Pai]