[Real time] Reporter witnesses H7N9 bird flu patient treatment: Two layers of protective clothing are taken off

In the past few days, including Wuhan, Hubei has diagnosed 19 cases of H7N9 bird flu, causing concern among many citizens. Yesterday, the reporter came to the designated hospital for the treatment of bird flu - the city medical treatment center, and directed the medical staff to fully treat the sick.

The Changjiang Daily reporter entered the intensive care unit. The ICU was quiet, nervous, and orderly. Various instruments maintained and recorded the patient's vital signs. More than 30 medical staff worked on their posts, and each station had at least 4 hours. There are health care personnel who keep an eye on the data on the equipment for 24 hours. Once abnormal changes are found, they will respond at any time.

The medical staff entering the ICU wears two layers of protective clothing. The first layer is a one-time light blue conventional protective clothing, plus a layer of white and red lines of isolation clothing, for the treatment of patients, but also wear the N95 mask with the strongest barrier ability. , goggles, protective gloves and so on.

At 8:30 in the morning, nurse Feng Di entered the ICU. She wants to collect the secretions of the patient's throat, turn the patient over once every two hours, one day for the patient to do a full body scrub, ensure the skin clean, ready to observe the disease and so on.

A man with a weight of 100 kilograms needs to turn over. Feng Di works with seven other medical staff. A dozen tubes are inserted into the patient. Caregivers are careful not to aggravate the patient’s pain while maintaining the normal working of the instrument. Under the airless protective clothing, Feng Di felt wet.

At nearly 12 o'clock, Feng Di walked out of the ICU and changed her class. The two layers of protective clothing took off and the daily work clothes vest left a piece of sweat. "Everybody is like this," she said.

Health care workers entering the ICU develop the habit of not drinking water. Drinking water to go to the toilet has to change clothes, one trouble, a waste of time, and then want to save expensive protective equipment.

Huang Chaolin, director of the medical office of the Medical Treatment Center of the city, said that there is currently no evidence that the H7N9 virus can be transmitted by humans. However, in order to control infection and spread, protection is two-way, both to protect medical personnel and to protect weak patients from external pathogens.

The first case of H7N9 was admitted on January 11 and the number of patients continued to increase. As a member of the expert group of the H7N9 bird flu treatment in our province, Huang Chaolin has never had a rest. Wu Wenjuan, ICU director, stayed in the hospital for 6 consecutive days during the Spring Festival. When he went downstairs, he fell asleep due to fatigue and accidentally fell. She said that not resting during the Spring Festival is the normal state of medical personnel.

It is understood that the patients who were sent to the hospital were critically ill patients. After being stabilized, nucleic acid detection did not find the virus and they would be transferred to the general ward. At present, two patients have been cured and discharged, and more patients are expected to be cured and discharged.

"Compared with the past, we have made great progress in the rescue of critically ill patients, and we have used more advanced rescue equipment such as artificial membrane-like lungs. We have confidence in responding to the epidemic," said Huang Chaolin.

Yesterday, medical staff at Wuhan Medical Treatment Center fully rescued the patient of the H7N9 bird flu patient Guo Liangyi

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Be feverish and have contact with poultry

Yesterday, the reporter learned that H7N9 patients currently being treated at the city medical treatment center have been exposed to birds in varying degrees.

Huang Chaolin, director of the medical department of the hospital, reminded the public that they must first step up prevention. If there are flu symptoms such as fever, soreness, and cough, as well as contact with birds, they must seek medical advice promptly and tell the doctor about the history of the disease.

In accordance with the current treatment requirements of the city, if these two items are met, the medical staff will use the antiviral special effects medicine as soon as possible. Early detection and early treatment are better, and efforts are made to avoid the development of critical illness. (Reporter Liu Rui, correspondent Li Jie)