Fever is the H1N1 that was too much panic
Posted on February 10, 2010
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The more cold weather, get a stream of more people, the fever has become the most easy for people worried about things. It is understood that starting from early November, the National major hospitals rise sharply in patients with fever out-patient clinic. In Beijing, a continuous increase in patients with fever for 96 days and nights fever clinics busy, overcrowded; Shenyang, the number of fever clinics actually reached its peak when the clinic about 20 times the usual; Xian, hundreds of people turned out contingent of fever in patients on the road outside the hospital; Nanchang, a light fever clinic doctor wrote a medical certificate every day, we should consume 4 Kandelia … … the heat built up during SARS patient once again played an important role, has also undergone a huge test.
Hundreds of people queued in the cold wind
At 10:00 on November 24, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University fever clinics had been waiting in a long queue, only 20 seats in a small corridor, van crammed with nearly 80 people. Is waiting Aunt Zhang told reporters that she started a fever last night, and the highest burn 38 ℃, “less than 8:00 on the morning arrived at the hospital, and had wanted to be able to quickly spotted as early as possible, did not expect front row of the more than 30 people, and so on and so on will continue for two hours. “Zhang mother said she had just measured the body temperature is 37.8 ℃, had been burned night, the morning has not eaten anything, and now find it very hard for me to stand up on a top-heavy .
1 Tingzhao bellied pregnant women is particularly prominent in the crowd. The fever, named Yang’s mother has been two days and nights, she went out early in the morning floor, four-layer obstetrical consultation, but was informed the triage nurse station: “This does not accept the heat Chaoguo 37.5 ℃ of pregnant women, you have to fever clinics to see. “In the fever clinic, more than five months pregnant, and did not let Ms. Yang received special care, she sat in a chair near the door, have to wait three hours, opened the door when you come in the cool breeze filling her sneeze constantly, anxious to accompany her to doctor’s mother kept complaining. “We have drawn a doctor came from somewhere else, but still busy, but come!” One doctor explained to reporters.
The same situation also appears in the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, faced with anxious patients and their families, fever, clinic director Liu took loudspeakers burst into the crowd, to patients with a 45-minute “flu treatment knowledge” popular science lectures. After his speech, the patient followed by a single laboratory carrying forward, listen to a brief doctor’s advice Liu This line from the pain.
In the northeast, Shanghai, Guangdong, Northwest and many other areas, heat surge outpatients were to allow hospitals overwhelmed. First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, November 21 to 1160 outpatients a single day, many patients have to wait six hours in order to get the results. “Peak, hundreds of patients queued in the cold wind, not loudspeakers, also hear themselves hoarse.” Zhejiang Chinese medicine hospital president Wang Xiaoming, said the hospital to seek treatment for patients with fever every day from early November to 100 times The current more than 800 times, for which the intestines had to be close to outpatient pediatric surgeries are also extended to fever clinics, but also from the Provincial Hospital of Chinese Part of emergency medical personnel deployed to more than 10, while mobilizing the hospital more than 30 volunteers to help blood’s temperature. Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, due to the manpower shortage in the hospital, has launched an emergency plan for the mechanism, you can always increase the medical staff posts, but also including doctors, nurses, logistics, radiology, pharmacy, etc. 15 alternates.
A stream of people are too panicked
Fever outpatient explosion, in the end why not? People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, director of fever clinics Liu told reporters pointed out: First, in November, our country most of the region into the flu season, flu-like fever in patients with this time of year will be increased. “This year because of strong cold air invasion of North-South general slowdown, the sudden arrival of cold resistance people down, more susceptible to flu or common cold, a fever.” Liu said that from this perspective, fever clinics Patients with an increase is inevitable.
Second, the influenza H1NI recent influenza spread in the population, over the number of patients are increasing. Although the vast majority of patients were mild, but can also cause fever, headache and other discomfort. These patients have come to the hospital, want to fever outpatient screening diagnosis and treatment, a significant increase in the workload of fever clinics.
Third, due to people’s fear of influenza H1NI flu, so it becomes very sensitive to fever. “In the past people are not serious fever will not go to the hospital, but because a stream of popular, now we only have a little fever, they will go to the hospital.” Capital Medical University Beijing Chaoyang Hospital infection and the clinical microbiology section (responsible for fever clinics) Director Bin Cao said that many patients do not need hospital treatment, but they still came to queue up. “This is mainly due to lack of knowledge of a stream of cold symptoms and concerns.” Liu said.
To enable patients to wait too long, many hospitals, said they also bear some responsibility. “Fever clinics are located in relatively poor areas, can accommodate very few, the hospital has not addressed the status quo to be adjusted, so that the waiting problem is getting worse.” Tongren Hospital, said a nurse for many years, every time patients in the cold waiting in line, she felt very distressed. “However, to solve the problem, certainly not enough major hospitals alone.” Liu pointed out that the community health service centers need to become the first consultation on more obligations. The health sector and the media should also be related to a flow of people promote knowledge and dispel unnecessary panic.
A high fever three days and then see the fever clinic
In fact, fever is not necessary to fever clinics are run. Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Beijing Union Medical College Hospital Respiratory Professor Wang Jing-lan told reporters, because most of the A stream is mild, and now the hospital outpatient fever is no longer a stream of patients screened. November 25, Ministry of Health November 16 to 22 outbreaks also pointed out that a stream has been accounted for 89.8% of the total number of influenza cases. Chinese Center for Disease Control Disease Control and Emergency Office director FENG Zi-jian that “All screening is not necessary first and second, we do not have such a large detection capabilities.” Once the fever, experts suggest, should learn to self-judgment and self-healing.
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