January 20, 17:35, Xiamen Airlines, a Hangzhou - Sanya flight from Xiaoshan Airport took off 10 minutes later, a 7-year-old girl on board, A Bao sudden onset of convulsions, the aircraft immediately returned to the aircraft, Xiaoshan Airport Medical Emergency Center first time to arrive at the designated location waiting for rescue. 18:05, the plane landed, the door opened, the rescue team immediately boarded the plane, from observation and diagnosis to send the little girl to the ambulance, the total **** with less than 5 minutes.
Yesterday I came to Xiaoshan Airport to learn more about this medical emergency center.
16 doctors and 10 nurses
24-hour duty
Center under the airport group emergency security department, non-profit (non-government office), mainly responsible for the airport range and from the airport each runway center point within 8 kilometers within the scope of the emergency ambulance security work, including the classification of the injury detection, on-site treatment, casualty evacuation, etc.
This is the first time that the airport group has been in charge of the medical emergency center.
There are 36 staff members on board, 16 doctors (11 general practitioners, the rest being doctors of medicine, surgery and pediatrics). 10 nurses, 8 drivers and 2 pharmacists.
The doctors are very experienced, with a minimum of five years of clinical experience at a tertiary hospital. The oldest, Dr. Shen Tu (the first doctor to rush to the cabin that day to help the convulsing girl), is almost 60 years old, and has worked at the airport's emergency center for 11 years, with more than 20 years of clinical experience before that.
There are three medical stations and a rescue center at the airport, with one doctor at T1, one doctor, one nurse and one driver at T2 and T3 respectively (mainly based on passenger traffic), and medical staff on duty 24 hours a day.
6 cardiac arrests last year
Mostly middle-aged men
"Returns and preparations for landing like Bao, last year a **** there were 16 cases, of which 6 cardiac arrests, the rest have gastrointestinal hemorrhage, cerebrovascular accidents, febrile convulsions, epileptic seizures and so on." Center head Dr. Ni said. Six cardiac arrest travelers, mostly middle-aged men.
The most recent occurred in the early hours of Nov. 13 last year, when a male passenger flying back to Hangzhou from Lijiang suddenly collapsed at the baggage carousel and suffered a respiratory and cardiac arrest. The center's three medical staff emergency rescue, from the airport to the hospital in the process of doing 7,000 consecutive cardiac compression, the ambulance at the fastest speed to the nearest airport Dajiangdong Hospital, and later the traveler regained spontaneous heartbeat and respiration. The first professional and efficient rescue, only to help the patient to win back the life.
If someone in the airport has a sudden illness, the fastest way to find a doctor, one is to immediately ask the nearest staff for help, and the second is to immediately call 86662120 or 120.
Colds and flu, fever, headache and brain fever
Motion sickness and diarrhea ......
These minor ailments in the Airport can be treated
In 2018 Xiaoshan Airport annual passenger throughput of more than 30 million passengers, the medical emergency center received more than 12,000 cases of passengers throughout the year, of which more than 1,000 times in the emergency, boarding the plane out of 203 times.
Most of the emergencies are trauma, fainting, abdominal pain, chest tightness, etc. The first aid center mainly provides pre-hospital first aid, giving patients oxygen, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, electrocardiographic monitoring, bandaging and hemostasis, immobilization and transportation.
Dr. Ni said, "We usually see the most headaches and fever and stomach aches and other such common diseases, from this point of view, we are more like a community hospital."
Dr. Mao introduced, most travelers are because of minor ailments to buy medicines, some are cold and fever, some are motion sickness and airsickness ......
"As a medical emergency center, generally common diseases we are fully prepared, dizziness, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. ...... can come to us directly, or to the airport staff for help."
Last year, more than 100 travelers to see the ear
Mostly caused by colds
Dr. Mao said, "Many people may think that colds do not have much impact on air travel, in fact, not." Last year to the airport medical emergency center to see the ears of more than 100 cases. Most were caused by colds and fevers.
Dr. Ni said, travelers come to see the ear, we mainly ask a past history of otitis media, if so, we will remind them of the possible consequences of air travel, the aircraft due to high altitude and high pressure, which may lead to high pressure in the ears of the ear severe pain, serious cases will occur tympanic membrane perforation affecting hearing. After the reminder, we will suggest to change the flight, or change to high-speed rail and other means of travel.
Dr. Ni said that in case of ear pain in the high air, you can pinch your nose and puff or chew gum, which can reduce ear discomfort.
Why were there so many emergency room traumas last year?
Dr. Ni said, the scope of trauma is relatively wide, very shallow abrasions and bruises are also counted, most of which occurred outside the airport, some travelers because the trauma is not serious, to catch the plane and did not go to the hospital, to the airport just had time to see the medical point of view came in to ask to deal with it, such as small wounds disinfected, mild foot sprain, and so on.
(Original title "Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport has a medical center to 12,000 travelers have seen the disease", trainee reporter Liu resistance, editor Guo Jing)