"Welcome home!" The moment the passenger cabin door opened, all the applause and flowers belonged to the white-clothed warrior. On October 24, the Zhejiang Provincial Medical Team aid to Tibet successfully completed the aid mission and returned to Zhejiang after 61 consecutive days and nights.
Zhejiang Province Tibet medical team arrived at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport . Lai Xinping Photo
"We have no choice but to fight the epidemic, and we have to do our duty." Ma Yuefeng, leader of the Zhejiang Provincial Medical Team to Tibet and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, told reporters that during the Tibet aid, everyone fully exerted their spirit of not being afraid of hardship and fatigue, overcame difficulties, and do their best to build a solid wall to protect the safety of people's lives, demonstrating the mission and responsibility of Zhejiang medical staff.
The battle and the big test show its true nature, the more difficult it is, the more forward it is. With an order, on August 25, 261 medical teams from Zhejiang Province flew to Tibet to support local epidemic prevention and control work.
Many team members went to Tibet for the first time, and they experienced severe tests physically and mentally, but this did not affect their fighting spirit at all. "This time, the assistance is both a responsibility and mission, and also a personal experience." Ma Yuefeng said that during the aid to Tibet, difficulties such as altitude sickness and discomfort in the water and water did not repel the medical team's determination to overcome the epidemic. Everyone actively adjusted their status and met various challenges. After
was put into work, the medical team formulated a temporary cabin manual for plateau areas according to the characteristics of Tibet's location on the plateau and adapted to local conditions, implemented the "receive all receivables, treat all receivables, and treat all receivables", and intervened in early and precise prevention and control. The medical team also divided medical staff from different professional backgrounds into 8 groups, each group consisting of 6 doctors and 20 nurses.
Zhejiang Province’s medical team aided to Tibet arrived at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. Lai Xinping Photo by Shi Jinchuan, the leader of the 6th medical team of
and deputy director of the Department of Infection 2 of Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, has experience in room hospital . After each shift handover, he has to check the key patients one by one before he can rest assured. "We have established more than ten system processes such as the job responsibility system for the entry medical team, the entry screening process, and the rescue process."
"Doctor, when can I be discharged from the hospital?" "I have always been unable to sleep well these days, what should I do?" In the room, Shi Jinchuan will occasionally encounter some patients with nervousness and anxiety. In response to this "psychological anti-epidemic war", the medical team has specially formulated a plan to try every means to alleviate the patient's psychological anxiety through interviews, rounds, etc. Before leaving the cabin, a patient in his 20s who had undergone psychological counseling sent a banner and a letter of thanks to the medical team.
Some patients only speak Tibetan, and how to communicate smoothly also took a lot of effort from the team members. Fortunately, there are many volunteers in the cabin who often take the initiative to help translate, and some team members have come up with ways to communicate with each other.
"Your Zhejiang medical team is not only professional, but also patient." A retired cadre pulled Shi Jinchuan and said something in his heart for a long time before leaving the cabin, which made him feel warm and all his efforts were worth it.
Zhejiang Province’s medical team aided to Tibet arrived at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. Photo by Lai Xinping
In order to protect the safety and health of the team members, the medical team has integrated the concept of refined hospital infection management into their work; in the face of material support difficulties caused by the epidemic, they try their best to work together, and do their best to ensure the supply of materials.
Entered October, and the weather suddenly became cold at night, and the temperature became even lower when it rained. The team members who performed nucleic acid sampling at 4 a.m. every time they completed the sampling, they needed to disinfect their hands with alcohol. It was cold and biting, and it repeated over and over again, and finally they were so cold that they couldn't even bend their fingers. What moved Dai Xin, a member of the medical team and nurse of the emergency department of Ningbo First Hospital, was that the careful volunteers would fill the plastic bottles with hot water and send them to the hands of the team members to warm their hands even more heartwarming.
In an environment with hypoxia on the plateau, wearing N95 masks and protective clothing for a long time, many team members will experience dyspnea, chest tightness, palpitations and other discomforts. "Compared with the previous many assistance, this challenge is even more arduous." Dai Xin said that in addition to assisting doctors in doing a good job in patient medical work, the nursing team members also have to clean and disinfect the cabin environment, handle patient entry procedures, arrange rehabilitation personnel to leave the cabin, etc. They are all "all-rounders" with excellent skills.
Everything for the patient is the concept of every caregiver.The team members fully utilized their professional advantages and provided warm and meticulous services to special groups such as the elderly, young, women and children in a timely manner, such as conducting health monitoring for patients with chronic diseases and providing medical special medical protection for pregnant women.
Shi Jinchuan, deputy director of the Department of Infection 2 of Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, and his teammates were preparing to return at Lhasa Gongga Airport .
Under the meticulous care of the Zhejiang medical team, many patients and team members have formed deep friendships. "We can often feel sincere gratitude from the eyes of patients, which is the greatest support and encouragement to us," said Dai Xin. He still remembers that on Mid-Autumn Festival night, celebrating the festival, dancing swaying beside the bonfire, and even through the face screen and mask, he could feel the smile that could not be hidden on everyone's face.
For young players, this fight against the epidemic is also a training for growth.
"When I hand over shifts every day, the thing I worry most is whether my personal protection work is done well. Later, under the careful and meticulous supervision and guidance of my colleagues in the Infection Control Group, I quickly adapted to the working environment in the cabin and devoted myself to the work." He Wen, a medical team member born in 1998, and a cardiac surgery nurse at the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine, was the first time he entered the temporary cabin hospital to work. From her initial uneasiness to her calmness later, she was full of confidence in winning the fight against the epidemic. "When I saw the patients, there was only one idea left in my mind, that is, how to do my best to help them."
During the days of aiding Tibet, a group of young people born in the 1980s and 1990s who had the same goals as He Wen were tightly twisted together. "We support each other and encourage each other. In the face of heavy pressure, I felt unprecedented confidence and confidence." She still remembered that when she went out to war, her parents wiped their tears and cheered her up. "Today, I finally completed the task successfully. I believe they will be proud of me." He Wen said with a smile.
Dai Xin, a nurse in the emergency department of Ningbo First Hospital, and his teammates received flowers.
When returning, the team members saw the farewell banners on the roadside and heard the blessings of Tibetan compatriots, and were deeply moved; the sentences "Thank you" and "Safe all the way" are heartfelt and touching. "Looking forward to the epidemic going to come and spring to meet again." A team member wrote in his circle of friends.
