The main clinical manifestations of cholera patients are diarrhea and vomiting, so the field hospital is filled with foul odors, which most people cannot stand.
At this time, the patients were sitting on toilets with intravenous fluids in their hands, suffering from diarrhea while getting the fluids.
If you take a picture with a camera, you will see a sea of white butts, which is very spectacular.
Some seriously ill patients have already developed symptoms such as dehydration due to heavy diarrhea and vomiting. They are either listless or irritable, and some have even fallen into a coma.
If this dehydration cannot be corrected in a short period of time, the patient's mortality rate will be very high.
In ancient times, when there was no intravenous drip, the cause of death of cholera patients was basically dehydration leading to electrolyte imbalance and multiple organ failure.
Even now, in the 1970s and 1980s, the mortality rate was still high. Later, with the great development of medical industry and the good prevention work, cholera rarely occurred.
A person can survive for about a week without eating and only drinking water, and no more than two weeks at most.
But if you don’t drink water, it’s basically difficult to survive for three days. This shows how terrible dehydration is.
As for what’s reported in the news about politicians from some country going on hunger strike, practicing non-violent non-cooperation, and still being alive and kicking on stage giving speeches to their fans, they are basically all liars.
They brag about themselves as saints and saviors, but to be frank, it's just a means to fight for power and profit. Whoever believes in it will be cannon fodder.
Fortunately, no patient has died from the cholera epidemic in Yuezhou so far, which is a blessing in disguise.
After the doctors from the infectious disease department of the Fourth Hospital arrived, they immediately changed into their roles and got straight to work, doing rounds and asking patients questions, busy but not chaotic.
Chen Xia really couldn't stand the smell in the tent. As soon as he entered, he heard people vomiting and defecating. Even the people lying on the bed kept farting. It was so sour...
Doctors and nurses can only grit their teeth and carry on, as this is their duty.
Chen Xia stayed far away, doing odd jobs behind the General Affairs Department. Anyway, his reason was legitimate. He was not a doctor and he didn't know martial arts. Oh no, he had medical qualifications.
In fact, the treatment of cholera is very simple, it just involves rehydration and sterilization.
The principle of supplementing electrolytes and correcting acidosis is to supplement them early, quickly and in moderation, first with salt and then sugar, first quickly and then slowly, supplement calcium to correct acidosis, and supplement potassium when urine is seen.
Doctors will use some very complex formulas to calculate the amount of supplementation required based on the severity of the patient's dehydration and weight.
As for the application of antibacterial drugs, Ren Yuanfei has already said that there are only a few drugs such as sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol.
Rehydration is a temporary solution, while sterilization is a fundamental solution. The two complement each other and are indispensable.
In fact, the nurses are more tired than the doctors. After the doctors examine the patients and assess their conditions, they can immediately go to the tent that serves as a temporary office to prescribe medicine and write medical records.
But all the medical orders need to be carried out by nurses, and all the nurses are already very busy.
Because the amount of infusion was so high, the nurses had to constantly draw out the liquid, mix it intravenously, give injections, and change the dressings. To avoid mistakes, they had to be extremely vigilant and check everything carefully.
Nurses also have a frustrating job. Many patients are unable to sit on the toilet due to dehydration, so they just poop in their pants or on the bed, which requires nurses to do the cleaning work.
A caregiver? None.
When working, there are never enough people, and everyone is gritting their teeth and persevering.
The regional revolutionary committee demanded that no one should die. The on-site commander was Dean Gu Wei, who had been busy allocating supplies and manpower all day, and his voice had become hoarse from shouting.
Many residents under observation in the quarantine area began to develop symptoms after the incubation period, which made the already tense rescue work even more difficult.
What could Chen Xia do? Seeing that Old Ren didn’t even have time to drink a sip of water, how could he, a young apprentice, stay in the General Affairs Department with peace of mind?
So Chen Xia also went to the doctor's office honestly to help his colleagues convert the amount of fluid replacement, or help everyone record oral medical instructions.
Even after leaving the patient tent for a while, the stench still lingered. Chen Xia had to wear an N99 mask under the cotton gauze mask to feel better.
After a busy day, no one even has time to eat lunch.
In the evening, the medical team from the Fourth Hospital finally withdrew from the clinical front line. Everyone ran to the living area, and one by one they fell to the ground exhausted and couldn't even get up.
This also includes Gu Lin, who is a nurse. If she had a pedometer on her mobile phone while walking that day, she would definitely have exceeded the number of steps.
The little girl kept gritting her teeth and persevering, which made Chen Xia look at her with admiration. He didn't expect her to be so tenacious at the critical moment.
But when she returned to the base, her temper flared up again.
"Chen Laoer, come on, I need some water."
"I'm starving. What can I eat?"
"Ah, I don't want to eat. I want to eat chocolate. I want to replenish my energy."
Anyway, Chen Xia was like a little eunuch. Under Gu Lin's command, he kept serving her tea and water, and according to her requirements, he kept taking out various snacks and helped her massage her shoulders in a very servile manner.
The colleagues around me were so tired that they couldn't stand it anymore.
Ren Yuanfei: "Chen Xia, is there anything else to eat? The dinner just now was really terrible, it was hard to swallow."
Head Nurse Ding: "Oh, Xiaoxia, I feel like vomiting after smelling that smell. Can you help me get some food to comfort me?"
Several other young doctors and nurses were also complaining about how bad the food in the field hospital was. They also said that they had wrongly blamed the chefs in the canteen of the Fourth Hospital, as it turned out that the food they cooked was not that bad.
Chen Xia chuckled, "Wait, we've prepared it for you a long time ago, but don't tell other brother units, we'll eat it secretly."
After saying that, Chen Xia crawled out of the tent and came back ten minutes later, pulling two large aluminum barrels on a cart.
"Don't just stand there and watch. Help me carry it in quickly. Hurry up."
After two aluminum barrels were carried into the tent and opened, there was a pot of sauerkraut stewed with meat and a pot of meat buns, both still steaming hot.
Everyone howled and wanted to rush over to grab the food. Chen Xia quickly put the lid back on.
"Go, everyone, wash your hands and faces, and clean your lunch boxes. Hey, Guo Mutou, go get Old Gu. He hasn't eaten all day."
Everyone acted separately as quickly as possible.
Chen Xia didn't know that he was thinking about Dean Gu's actions and that a little girl was deeply moved.
After a while, Dean Gu also rushed over as fast as he could, snatched Gu Lin's lunch box as fast as he could, and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
He was eating a meat bun in one bite. Chen Xia was really afraid that he would choke to death, so she swallowed it without even seeing him chewing.
Quickly hand over a glass of water.
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