A few days ago, the resident of the northern hospital was infected with the disease and was criticized by Yang Zhiliang, the former director of health. He believed that he should be expelled, which caused much discussion. Jason Qiu, an anesthesiologist who has intubated hundreds of confirmed patients, expressed his opinion on this. He also revealed that when he was intubated for a confirmed patient, he was not infected because of proper protective equipment and holding his breath throughout the process. However, the nurse showed symptoms one after another.
According to “ETtoday Health Cloud” report, Jason Qiu is an anesthesiologist in New York, USA. He also serves as the director of the hospital’s anesthesia and pain department. He and 20 medical staff form an “intubation team” to treat patients diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.
He revealed that in the past, when intubation was performed, it was only necessary to wear a mask, but after the outbreak, it took 2 to 3 minutes to wear heavy anti-epidemic clothing, and it was impossible to intubate quickly and accurately. In fact, it is very difficult for patients who count on every second. The language is quite unfavorable.
Jason Qiu said that after the outbreak in New York, up to 10 confirmed patients were intubated a day. At the beginning, they were intubated with only N95 masks. As a result, members of the team contracted the disease one after another and changed their equipment to orthopedic surgeons. There were still members who were diagnosed, and they were finally replaced with equipment used to defend against military chemical weapons.
He also recalled that one day when he was intubated for the confirmed patient, he was very nervous. With proper protective equipment and holding his breath, he almost fainted during the process, but he was fine because of this. However, the female nurse on the side began to show signs of infection.
Jason Qiu reluctantly said that even with perfect equipment, inadvertent small details may be infected. “Knowing that this virus is very lethal and will cause death, but I don’t know how to prevent it, and I don’t know how it spreads. Without information, it is the most terrifying.” In the more than a year of fighting the virus, half of the medical staff in the team have been diagnosed. Fortunately, all team members have recovered.
Regarding Taiwanese resident doctors who did not follow the SOP and contracted the epidemic, and even thought they should be expelled, Jason Qiu said that the resident doctors themselves are still in the learning stage and the training process is not easy. He also hopes that the outside world can encourage and replace blame in the face of medical staff. Learning from experience is more important.
Jason Qiu also revealed that he and his family had given the first dose of the vaccine as soon as possible, and there was no discomfort, and even if the vaccine was not given, the consequences of the infection were more serious than the side effects. Therefore, he urged Taiwanese people to consider vaccination protect yourself.
In the end, Jason revealed that his life has been “a bit paralyzed” from the initial period of fear and fear of catching the epidemic and bringing the virus home. He believes that wearing a mask, washing hands frequently, and maintaining social distancing have become an attitude to life. How to coexist peacefully with the new crown virus and change your lifestyle along with the epidemic is what everyone needs to think now.
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(Zhongshi News Network)
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