Caption: Several doctors in the neurosurgery department of Shanghai Children’s Hospital wearing “big white” for interviewing subjects
Three children with traumatic brain injury were sent overnight, two of them from the containment area, what should I do? Help is urgent! Under the premise of ensuring the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, many doctors in the neurosurgery department of Shanghai Children’s Hospital wore “big white” to receive consultations. One case was urgently arranged for emergency surgery, and the other two were in stable condition after hospitalization.
At 16:00 on March 24, a child with cerebral hemorrhage after traumatic brain injury from the control area was admitted to the Beijing West Road Branch of Shanghai Children’s Hospital. Under the coordination and arrangement of Zhang Ting, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, the neurosurgery completed the remote consultation of the child in real time, and the child received timely treatment and his condition quickly stabilized.
Almost at the same time, 120 transported an unconscious child from the control area. This is a child with congenital hydrocephalus who has undergone three operations in other hospitals. Drowsiness and repeated vomiting occurred a few days ago. Due to the epidemic control of the original surgery hospital, it was transferred to Luding Road Hospital. With the coordination of the administrative duty, medical, sensory control, emergency nursing, and laboratory medical staff, the hospital urgently opened the emergency rescue room as a temporary closed treatment area. After completing the necessary inspections for prevention and control, the director of neurosurgery Xiao Bo and Dr. Wei Min urgently implemented a shunt pump to puncture the cerebrospinal fluid and drain the cerebrospinal fluid. The operation process of multiple rescue time. After the patient’s condition improved, he was discharged from the hospital around 12:30 in the middle of the night.
While the two children in the control area were rapidly treated, another group of neurosurgery physicians was performing emergency surgery on a traumatized child with an epidural hemorrhage. A sleepless night is a microcosm of the Children’s Hospital overcoming difficulties during the epidemic, saving the wounded and protecting lives under the premise of ensuring epidemic prevention and control.
The general surgery department still insists on carrying out emergency operations every day despite the closure and control of up to 8 people in the department. In March, it received more than 350 emergency patients. In the past two days, there were eight or nine emergency operations every day. Almost all night. There are also children from Beicai and other control areas. While meeting the requirements of prevention and control, medical staff resolutely save the lives and help the wounded to ensure the safety of people’s lives.
“In the near future, only 4 cases of appendicitis surgery are performed every day, and at most 8 cases are performed a day.” Xu Weijue, executive deputy director of general surgery, said that in addition, the emergency department has also treated many critically ill patients. Recently, 120 ambulances A 1-year-old child with foreign body perforation in the digestive tract was sent in shock, and the general surgery team urgently performed intestinal repair and fistula surgery for him, and finally saved his life. Yesterday, another emergency patient played with a lighter at home, causing multiple skin burns on his hands, stomach, and thighs. After emergency treatment, he is now in stable condition. Xu Weijue said that a number of children with intussusception and other critical conditions have been treated recently, and many of them came to see a doctor from various closed and controlled areas, and they were properly treated as required.
The orthopaedic outpatient emergency department also continues to open. Recently, the number of emergency patients, especially the orthopedic emergency patients requiring hospitalization, has increased significantly. “Our emergency surgery volume is two to three times that of normal. Last night we had five The doctor started the operation at 7 o’clock in the evening until 7 o’clock in the morning, with only two hours of rest in between.” Some of the patients admitted to the hospital also had fractures from the closed area, and some of them have been transferred to four hospitals. “It’s mostly because of falls while playing in the community.” In this regard, orthopaedic medical staff are doing their best to carry out emergency services day and night while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control.
Xinmin Evening News reporter Zuo Yan