Changjiang Daily, Wuhan Client, May 26th Relying on the platform of Hubei Pediatric Medical Alliance, Wuhan Children’s Hospital has carried out the transfer of children and neonatal severe cases for the whole province and surrounding provinces and cities. The transfer of 1,640 critically ill children has brought hope for a new life to the children.
The transport team is on the way (file image). Photo by correspondent Zhang Zuozu
On May 26, the hospital announced that it would “upgrade” the previous neonatal transfer team to a transfer center of Wuhan Children’s Hospital, answering transfer calls online 24 hours a day, guaranteeing 30 Get out of the car within minutes, once again “speeding up” the transfer of critically ill children.
On May 24, the hospital just successfully completed a transfer work: a baby girl from Jingmen was diagnosed with lobar pneumonia and suspected of having low muscle strength. She applied for transfer to Wuhan for further precise diagnosis and treatment. Intensive medicine doctors Du Lan and Nurse Liu Hui of Wuhan Children’s Hospital set off quickly. After evaluating the condition at the local hospital and handing over in detail, the child was safely transferred back to the intensive care medicine department of Wuhan Children’s Hospital. At present, the child’s condition is stable and is waiting for the consultation of neurology experts. to further clarify the diagnosis.
In the past 6 years, there have been 1,640 critically ill children in the surrounding provinces and cities transported to Wuhan for treatment in this way, and 420 in 2021 alone; the total mileage of transport is 420,000 kilometers; 88% of which are newborns. %, the minimum weight of the transported children is only 550 grams, giving more critical and critical lives a new “life”.
In order to make the transfer more timely and effective, Wuhan Children’s Hospital set up a transfer center on the 26th, and recruited doctors and nurses with rich experience in critical care from the emergency department, critical care department and neonatal department to form a special transfer class. The command center answers the transfer calls 24 hours a day, guarantees to leave the car within 30 minutes, provides multidisciplinary collaborative diagnosis and treatment for the transferred children, and makes the diagnosis and treatment as accurate and complete as possible.
The transport team is on the way (file image). Photo by correspondent Zhang Guoguo
In the future, the transfer ambulance will gradually be networked with the hospital’s electronic medical record system to realize the functions of on-board registration, issuance of a hospital permit, payment, and record of the course of the disease. Admissions, video consultations, and remote guidance for critically ill patients in transit.
The hospital staff reminded that newborns and children between the ages of 0-18 who need to be referred to Wuhan Children’s Hospital for treatment, but who cannot go there on their own, can contact the “Lifeline” 027 -82433120. The hotline responds 24 hours a day and departs within 30 minutes. (Changjiang Daily reporter Wang Chunlan correspondent Wang Chen Gao Chenchen)
[Editor: Yu Lina]
[Source: Changjiang Daily-Changjiang Net]