Hunan Daily, New Hunan Client, January 19 (Reporter Zhou Yangle Correspondent Zhao Xi He Yunwu Zhou Zhi Xie Jingjing Ling Zhenzhi) Reporter learned today from the 23rd batch of China (Hunan) medical team to aid Sierra Leone that on the evening of January 17, local time, the medical team successfully completed the first anesthesia operation carried out by local doctors after entering the Sino-Cypriot Friendship Hospital.
In the afternoon, a black guy with a blood-stained bandage on his right hand came to the hospital for treatment. His right hand was crushed by a machine, and there were multiple crushing open fractures of the phalanges of his right palm. Emergency surgery is imperative!
In the face of an emergency, a number of medical team members quickly assembled to form an emergency team. Orthopedic surgeons Tang Zhengwu and Liu Changrong are responsible for the operation and guide the Surgeon of the Cypriot side, anesthesiologist He Yunwu is responsible for surgical anesthesia and monitoring, and nurses Huang Wei, Wang Xiao and Deng Jingqi are responsible for intraoperative cooperation and postoperative nursing guidance.
(Anesthesiologist He Yunwu performs brachial plexus block anesthesia for patients)
After entering the operating room, although they faced many difficulties such as unfamiliar environment and lack of medical treatment, the good professional quality formed over a long period of time made the medical team members quickly calm down and start to operate. Preparation of disinfection kits, monitoring of oxygen inhalation, intravenous puncture infusion, use of preventive antibiotics, disinfection of cloth towels, pressure of tourniquets... Everything is orderly and cooperative. After the successful administration of brachial plexus block anesthesia, the pain of the injured person quickly decreased and the mood was stabilized.
During the operation, He Yunwu constantly comforted the injured person and repeatedly asked the patient's feelings to ensure that the anesthesia effect was foolproof and the vital signs were stable. At the same time, the head of the translation team maintained real-time contact with the operating room to understand the progress of the operation and from time to time to guide the communication and exchange work with the Cypriot personnel.
(Tang Zhengwu, Dr. Liu Changrong and Dr. Abdulai Bah, Director of Surgery of the Serbian side, performed the operation on the same stage)
After repeatedly and thoroughly rinsing and cleaning the patient's wound, the medical team began to perform a series of operations such as deformity correction, internal fixation of the Klein needle, tendon anastomosis, skin suture, compression bandaging, gypsum external fixation, and forearm suspension. When the last stitch was closed and the cast was fixed, the operating room resounded with warm applause, and both the Serbian doctors and patients gave a thumbs up to the medical team members.
It is reported that on December 24, 2021, the 23rd batch of China (Hunan) sierra leone medical team arrived in Sierra Leone, and after more than 10 days of isolation, began to carry out assistance work on January 12, 2022.
[Editor-in-Charge: Zhou Yangle]
[Source: Hunan Daily· New Hunan Client]