The expedition to Sanya, Hainan to "fight the epidemic" is already the 14th "retrograde" of Guan Xiangdong, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. Recently, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Comm

China Youth Daily Client (China Youth Daily·China Youth Network reporter Lin Jie) "If you don't see patients by the bed, everything is nonsense." Going to Sanya, Hainan to "fight the epidemic" is already the 14th "retrograde" of Guan Xiangdong , director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. What made him feel "specially meaningful" was that he was on Sanya on his 60th birthday. In 2020 and 2021, Guan Xiangdong also rushed to the front line to spend his unforgettable birthdays in Kashgar and Zhengzhou respectively.

Recently, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the National Health Commission released the advanced deeds of the top ten "most beautiful doctors" in 2022. Among them, Professor Guan Xiangdong, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, was awarded the title of "Most Beautiful Doctor" in the country. Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Guan Xiangdong has set out 14 "reverse" battles, "snatching" back the patient's lives from the God of Death again and again. He has also been rated as an outstanding Communist Party member in the country, an advanced individual in the fight against the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in the country, and an advanced individual in the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia in the national health system.

tube eastward. Photo provided by the interviewee

Guan Xiangdong is one of the founders of the Critical Care Medicine Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. He has been working in the critical care medicine department of in 1988. As a critically ill expert of the "national team", he was ordered to go to support the national fight against the epidemic 14 times, and has successively rushed to Hubei, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Liaoning, Yunnan, Hunan, Henan and other provinces. He entered the "red zone" with the highest risk every day, never taking a step back, and the cumulative anti-epidemic time exceeds 340 days.

In early 2020, Guan Xiangdong, as the chairman of the Critical Care Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, called on fellow critical care medical staff to go to Wuhan. According to National Health Commission statistics, among the 42,600 medical staff sent to Hubei nationwide, 19,000 were critical care medical workers, and the number of critical care medical workers sent to Hubei accounted for 10% of the total number of critical care medical workers in the country, and all the staff of the critical care department of Zhongshan Hospital where he is located is among them. On the evening of February 3, 2020, Guan Xiangdong came to Jinyintan Hospital. Many innovative explorations towards the east of

pipe have led the construction of critical care medicine in my country. He said, "The development of critical care medicine is not only about one or two patients I can help. Leading students well and improving our country's critical care major can benefit tens of millions of critically ill patients every year."

In ICU ward, Guan Xiangdong formulated a "TEA" system - T (Tell, inform), E (Evaluate, assessment), and A (Answer, response). He asked medical staff to take at least one hour a day to answer the questions of patients and their families and build a warm ICU. His point of view is, "ICU patients come in at a critical moment and trust you with their lives."

In order to enhance the patient's confidence, Guan Xiangdong embroidered the big words "Party member Guan Xiangdong" on his hat, because "the patient knows that you are a party member, he trusts you more." When rushing to help all over the country, his protective clothing had big words such as "Guaranteed OK" written on it, allowing critically ill patients to recognize him at a glance and feel at ease.

"Always insist on putting people first and life first is not just empty talk." Guan Xiangdong said that as a critically ill expert, 14 trips to the war are a matter of duty. If you fail to participate, it will become a regret.

In August 2022, Guan Xiangdong (first from right) rushed to Hainan. Photo provided by the interviewee

Under the leadership of Guan Xiangdong, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Department of Critical Care Medicine from Nothing to Some, From Small to Large, From Weak to Strong. Before 1991, the mortality rate of severe patients with circulatory, respiratory, renal and other organ failure in the General Surgery Department of Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital was more than 90%; in 1994, the success rate of treatment of critical patients in the General Surgery Department of the Hospital reached more than 90%.

Editor in charge: Jiang Lei

Source: China Youth Daily Client