Group photo of medical staff in the isolation ward.
Sun Youhui
The doctor takes a throat swab. Images in this edition are provided by respondents
Li Junfeng: Secretary of the Party Branch and Deputy Director of the Infection Department of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University
"As a doctor, you have to take the lead and rush ahead"
At 8:00 a.m. on Chinese New Year's Eve 2020 (January 24), I was stationed in the isolation ward as a member of the first echelon of the hospital and worked for 14 consecutive days.
This was the first major public health emergency level 1 response I I experienced in my career. Frankly speaking, when the first batch of people were stationed in the isolation ward, the earliest we did not know much about the epidemic, the disease, the risk of infection was not clear, I was worried, but still that sentence, I am the secretary of the party branch, but also a doctor, I must be more dangerous the more I have to rush to the front.
My biggest experience in this pandemic is that our healthcare workers and patients are warriors working side by side, and in fighting side by side, we and patients are like friends, and even now that they are discharged, we are still in constant contact with each other.
On March 4, I entered the isolation ward again and began a pattern of 14 days of continuous work and then 14 days of isolation. As a doctor, this is both a duty and a mission. If the epidemic is not over, it is not a time to rest.
The original plan for this year's Spring Festival was to return to his hometown with his children on the third day of the Chinese New Year, but the epidemic disrupted this plan. This experience in the isolation ward will be a special experience in my career, and this experience has made me more determined to protect my profession.
Remembering the moment when I walked out of the isolation ward for the first time and saw the sunshine, I truly felt the beauty of the world, and I hope that the epidemic will end as soon as possible, and everyone can go outdoors with their families to enjoy the beauty.
Pu Jiayuan: Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University
"Diapers, isn't that a necessity?"
Fever clinics are divided into three areas: cleaning areas, buffer zones, and contaminated areas. All our work is done in the contaminated area, and the core task is to screen out the confirmed and suspected patients with new crown pneumonia infection. When the first echelon enters the fever clinic, the longest time under the condition of protection is to work for 11 hours, which feels like suffocation, stuffiness, and tightness, which really tests a person's ability to bear.
Before the end of the first two-week medical isolation observation, considering that the number of doctors in the respiratory specialty of the hospital at that time was definitely tight, and I had accumulated considerable experience in fever diagnosis, I asked the hospital in advance to ask for a fever clinic work again after the isolation was over. After being taken back to the hospital on the day of the quarantine, I carried my suitcase straight to the fever clinic, and I haven't seen my family for almost two months.
After the second time I went to the fever clinic, my job was different from the first time, mainly to check medical behavior. This time to wear protective clothing time is less than the first time, protective clothing can only be worn and taken off once, in order to maximize the saving of protective equipment, play the maximum ability of medical staff, but also to ensure that medical staff are not infected, we try to control each shift up to no more than 12 hours, but sometimes special circumstances will also be appropriately extended time. Diapers, isn't that a necessity? The problem is that many medical staff can't urinate after putting on diapers, and it's quite uncomfortable to think about.
Sun Youhui: Head Nurse of the Department of Hematology, First Hospital of Lanzhou University
"This time will never be forgotten, and when I am old, I will tell my grandson about it"
I went to the fever clinic on January 22 and came out on February 5, and spent a total of 15 days in the fever clinic. I worked in the hematology department before the outbreak.
As the head nurse, my main job in the fever clinic is summed up in one word - guiding and assisting everyone to wear protective clothing and isolation clothing every day, supervising everyone to take off protective clothing and isolation clothing correctly, and ensuring that everyone is not infected; dealing with some problems in the work, such as which patient is in a bad mood and needs to be comforted, what is broken and needs to be contacted for maintenance; there is also an important task is to ensure everyone's materials, plan to receive protective clothing, masks, disinfectant, etc.; order meals for everyone every day; reuse items, It is necessary to contact disinfection and washing every day, and there can be no shortage to ensure normal operation every day.
We work 3 day shifts and 2 night shifts, each working 12 hours. The working procedure of each shift is: 1 person is responsible for pre-examination triage, 1 person is responsible for drawing blood for patients, and 1 person is responsible for the treatment and life care of patients.
In fact, in addition to the need for psychological care for patients, the same needs of medical staff in isolation wards, especially young nursing staff, have not experienced such an epidemic as this time, mental tension, nursing work pressure. How do we sort out the pressure? Talk about home, such as how the children are, how the husband is, etc., and listen to music, read books, and occasionally video with the family.
In the 16 years of nursing work, this period of time in the fever clinic will surely be an unforgettable memory for the rest of my life, I will treasure the logs of this time and the photos of my work during the epidemic, and when I am old, I will tell my grandchildren and grandchildren.
Hu Shasha: Head Nurse of the Infectious Diseases Section 1 of Lan university hospital
"Man should live as society and as people need it"
I worked in the infectious disease department before the outbreak. Our first echelon worked in the isolation ward closed for 14 days, day and night, from January 23 to February 5, 2020, and now as the fourth echelon, from March 4, the second time to enter the isolation ward, working until March 18.
I have never cried because of fear and tired work in so many days in the isolation ward, but I was moved to tears when I saw my team overcome difficulties without complaint or regret.
In total, my group is responsible for caring for about 20 patients (including suspected cases). There are 3 people per day, and the shift is 12 hours. I worked for nearly 20 hours at the longest time. This period of time in the isolation ward was a little bitter, a little tired, but I was happy inside, because I felt that people should live as if they were needed by society and people.
For our nursing staff, in addition to the patient's physical discomfort to do a good job of monitoring and nursing, psychological reassurance is also necessary, we explain the common sense of new crown pneumonia for patients, so that patients can correctly understand the occurrence, development and outcome of the disease, and will listen carefully to the patient's feelings, give them the opportunity to talk about bad emotions in time to get catharsis, reduce psychological pressure, and we will also use body language to communicate with patients, such as holding the patient's hand to pass trust.
On the day that our first echelon evacuated the ward, I went to say goodbye to the patients one by one, and the patient said, "I don't know what you look like, but I remember the bent eyebrows when you smile." My feeling at the time was: "I'd rather never see you and never know you, but the encounter made me desperate to take care of you and take care of you." ”
Li Jiawei: Post-90s nurse in the Infectious Disease Department of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University
"No time to be afraid, thinking that's what I should do"
We were the first to work after the outbreak, working for 14 consecutive days from January 24 to the fever clinic. I also signed up to go to Wuhan, but I wasn't selected.
Our main tasks are pre-examination triage, collection of blood samples, treatment of patients and life care. The most important thing is to do a good job of disinfection and isolation. Working 12 hours a day, 8 a.m. to take over at 8 p.m., the first thing to do every day is to wear protective clothing. Never worn before, after putting on the protective clothing is not very flexible, walking like a penguin, the goggles are full of fog for a long time, we can only put our faces close to the electric heater to bake to remove the fog.
Our class is 12 hours, and the happiest thing is when we take off our masks and breathe in the fresh air. The workload in the isolation ward has increased in all aspects compared to the previous one. We must not only do a good job in nursing, but also do a good job in cleaning, and the cleaning work is usually responsible for special personnel.
The most asked question in this outbreak is aren't you afraid? I didn't seem to have been scared, and I didn't have time to be afraid, and I felt that this was what I should do. "I want to go up" is the first thought that comes to mind. Whenever I see my haggard face, goggles and masks left on my face after work, I think it is a "military merit badge" engraved on our faces.
Chen Yao: Post-90s nurse in the Department of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital of Lanzhou University
"My work is mundane but meaningful"
I worked in the isolation ward on January 24 and ended on February 3, a total of 14 days. The members of the first echelon of our isolation ward were all previously infected with the infection department, and although some of us have experienced THE SARS virus and Merrys-East respiratory syndrome, it is still a difficult test to face this epidemic.
I was facing this epidemic for the first time and did not know its severity, so at first I was not afraid, but later I began to be afraid that due to my carelessness or lack of protection, let other personnel infect, but after the careful and patient guidance of colleagues, I did my own protection and did my job. The biggest gain I felt during my time in the isolation ward was that I felt that the work I was doing was very ordinary but meaningful.
When the first patient in our hospital was cured and discharged, all the hospitalized patients seemed to see the dawn of victory, and everyone was full of excitement, and then all the patients began to actively cooperate with our work, which made us very pleased.
In the 14 days of isolation wards, in addition to suffering and tiredness, there will be many moments that are touching and unforgettable. I remember once eating a hamburger for lunch, when I opened the lunch box, there were blessings on each meal, and I felt particularly warm at that time, feeling that my job was particularly worthwhile, and I had to insist on it no matter how tired I was.
Reporter Lei Yuan Tian Qi