I want patients with COVID-19 to take some Chinese medicine: a doctor from Luoyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Wuhan anti-epidemic diary

Wow, the goggles were filled with fog in an instant, and I could only look at the outside world vaguely through the lenses while groping for work. Difficulty breathing, tightness in chest. In the Wuhan isolation ward, every medical staff is working in this way. Wang Rongbao, a doctor on the front line of the fight against COVID-19 at the Sino-French New City Campus of Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, is no exception.

"Wearing two layers of gloves, I feel I can still feel the patient's pulse." But Wang Rongbao continued, "90% of anti-epidemic hospitals are Western hospitals, and in Western hospitals there are at most Lian Huaqing. Wen capsules, and there are very few other Chinese patent medicines."

Dr. Wang Rongbao, who is about to work in the isolation ward

Wants patients with new coronavirus pneumonia to take some Chinese medicine

Wang Rongbao. He is the captain of the Luoyang team of the second batch of Henan medical aid teams to Hubei. He is also the deputy chief Chinese physician of the Respiratory Department of Luoyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has experience in cardiology and emergency departments.

"I have worked in the emergency department, but the working situation here is completely different." Wang Rongbao said with a frown. In the past, tracheal intubation was required to use a ventilator in the ward, which was completed quickly. But now, through the blurred goggles and the multiple layers of gloves on my hands, I have to fumble around 5 times on average before I can complete it.

The ward where Wang Rongbao is located has both severe and mild COVID-19 patients, some of whom have tested negative for nucleic acid and their fever cycle has ended. "They have turned into mild symptoms. At this time, some traditional Chinese medicines that clear away heat, detoxify, activate blood circulation and unblock meridians should be effective." However, traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment requires feeling for the pulse, and it will be difficult to feel it while wearing too many layers of gloves.

Members of the second batch of Henan’s medical aid team working in Hubei are working in the ward

“Wearing two layers of gloves, I feel that I can still feel the patient’s pulse.” But this move is far from the patient’s Being too close will put doctors at risk of being infected by the new coronavirus. Even so, Wang Rongbao believes that traditional Chinese medicines such as Qingkailing and Angong Niuhuang Pills are still very beneficial to patients. But the reality is that “90% of anti-epidemic hospitals are Western hospitals. In Western hospitals, there are at most Lianhua Qingwen capsules and no other traditional Chinese medicines.” Wang Rongbao described, “The medical environment has changed, which has brought many difficulties to clinical work. ."

Patients' anxiety, doctors' pressure

In the isolation ward, some patients are very anxious and will keep pressing the pager and actively request various treatments. We arrived in Wuhan on the evening of February 2, and on the afternoon of the next day, a group of 15 medical staff from Luoyang Medical Team entered the isolation ward of the ward.

Their daily work is divided into 4 shifts, each shift lasts 6 hours. This is done to reduce the consumption of isolation equipment, but it means that medical staff have to miss a meal.

The isolation suit is very tight. No one is allowed to be exposed in any way, including going to the toilet. The whole person is wrapped in a wet protective suit. "Now I eat half full every meal and drink less water every day." "The goggles weigh down my scalp to the point of numbness." Wang Rongbao doesn't know how to describe this uncomfortable feeling. "Nurses no longer feel comfortable when inserting needles." Similar daily care work, which is very easy, now requires several times the energy and physical effort.

Members of the second batch of Henan’s medical aid team to Hubei Province

They knew each other’s condition well, and the patient’s mood was very complicated. They all said nothing to each other and remained silent. The constant requests for medical treatment and the reality that some doctors are unable to do anything affect every medical staff.

"The work here is a test of vision, physical strength and psychology." Wang Rongbao said that although working in the ward was physically exhausting, under tremendous pressure, many medical staff had their biological clocks turned upside down and could not sleep. .

Although it is 6 hours of working time, with the preparation and completion of the work process at both ends, as well as the shift handover time, the actual working time of Wang Rongbao and these medical workers exceeds 10 hours.

Dr. Wang Rongbao before going to work the night shift

"When I come, I have to give 100% and work 100%." ??With the continuous efforts of this group of medical staff in Luoyang , now the ward on the 7th floor where they are located has gradually regained its popularity. Through isolation suits, patients and doctors are chatting and laughing more in a casual manner.

(Picture provided by the second batch of Henan medical aid team to Hubei)