中國護士發信求救:醫護人員在武漢瀕臨崩潰
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在武漢,醫護人員每日面臨著巨大的身心壓力。截至26日,中國已有1716名醫護人員感染、 9人喪命。(Getty Images)
從廣東前去武漢支援的一位護士24日在醫學期刊柳葉刀上發文,講述在武漢的醫護人員身心受創,請求國際援助。
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求助信全文:
Chinese medical staff
request international
medical assistance in
fighting against
COVID-19
On Jan 24, 2020, we came to Wuhan,
China, to support the local nurses
in their fight against the COVID-19
infection. We entered the Wuhan
isolation ward as the first batch of
medical aid workers from Guangdong
Province, China. The daily work
we are doing is mainly focused on
provision of oxygen, electro cardio
–
gram (ECG) monitoring, tube care,
airway management, ventilator de
–
bugging, central venous intubation,
hemodialysis care, and basic nursing
care such as disposal and disinfection.
The conditions and environment
here in Wuhan are more difficult
and extreme than we could ever
have imagined. There is a severe
shortage of protective equipment,
such as N95 respirators, face shields,
goggles, gowns, and gloves. The
goggles are made of plastic that
must be repeatedly cleaned and
sterilised in the ward, making them
difficult to see through. Due to the
need for frequent hand washing,
several of our colleagues』 hands are
covered in painful rashes. As a result
of wearing an N95 respirator for
extended periods of time and layers
of protective equipment, some nurses
now have pressure ulcers on their
ears and forehead. When wearing
a mask to speak with patients, our
voices are muted, so we have to speak
very loudly. Wearing four layers of
gloves is abnormally clumsy and does
not work—we can』t even open the
packaging bags for medical devices,
so giving patients injections is a huge
challenge. In order to save energy
and the time it takes to put on and
take off protective clothing, we avoid
eating and drinking for 2 hours before
entering the isolation ward. Often,
nurses』 mouths are covered in blisters.
Some nurses have fainted due to
hypoglycaemia and hypoxia.
In addition to the physical
exhaustion, we are also suffering
psychologically. While we are
professional nurses, we are also
human. Like everyone else, we feel
helplessness, anxiety, and fear.
Experienced nurses occasionally find
the time to comfort colleagues and
try to relieve our anxiety. But even
experienced nurses may also cry,
possibly because we do not know how
long we need to stay here and we are
the highest-risk group for COVID-19
infection. So far 1716 Chinese staff
have been infected with COVID-19
and nine of them have unfortunately
passed away. Due to an extreme
shortage of health-care professionals
in Wuhan, 14 000 nurses from across
China have voluntarily come to Wuhan
to support local medical health-care
professionals. But we need much more
help. We are asking nurses and medical
staff from countries around the world
to come to China now, to help us in
this battle.
We hope the COVID-19 epidemic will
end soon, and that person worldwide
will remain in good health.
We declare no competing interests.
Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by
Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the
CC BY 4.0 license.
*Yingchun Zeng, Yan Zhen
[email protected]
Department of Nursing, Third Affiliated Hospital of
Guangzhou Medical Hospital, Guangzhou 510150,
China (YiZ); Department of Traditional Chinese
Medicine, Sun Yet-sen Memorial Hospital,
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