The protection of the "angel in white" on the Qinghai Tibet Railway
"Heart rate 93 times / min, breath 24 times / min, fetal heart rate 148 times / min The initial diagnosis was 37 weeks of gestation At 18:20 on October 25, 2019, when the z918 train from Lhasa to Xining was running between Tanggula Mountain and Tuotuohe, the pregnant women in the No. 20 lower floor of No. 6 carriage had abdominal pain, and the conductor immediately arranged for the pregnant women to go down to Tuotuohe medical emergency station in an emergency. At 18:35, the parturient gave birth to a baby boy smoothly, and the mother and child were safe.
"whenever we think of this scene, we are very happy and feel that all we have done is worth it." Zhang Weifang, doctor of Tuotuohe medical emergency station of the second people's Hospital of Golmud City, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province (hereinafter referred to as "the medical security department of Qinghai Tibet Railway"), recalled to the reporter that it was still fresh in his memory, because it was the third life forbidden area in the world - Tuotuohe medical emergency station, which received new life for the first time in 13 years.
Tuotuohe medical emergency station is located in Tanggulashan Town, Golmud City, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, the source of the Yangtze River at an altitude of 4533 meters. It is equipped with 5 medical staff for 24-hour duty. Its main task is to transport the patients with sudden diseases on the Qinghai Tibet railway to Golmud. Meanwhile, it also provides medical services for the Tibetan people, railway maintenance workers and drivers living in the surrounding areas Health services.
"due to the limited environmental conditions, the medical equipment in the first aid station is simple and the medical environment is bad. It is a psychological and spiritual test for doctors to treat patients, which requires a strong sense of responsibility and professional medical literacy." Zhang Weifang said. A 6031 a 6031 Qinghai Tibet railway is 1142 kilometers in length, including 960 kilometers passing through the section with an altitude of more than 4000 meters and 5072 meters crossing the highest part of Tanggula Mountain. During the operation of this section, due to the long-term lack of oxygen and geographical environment factors, the passenger train will cause certain degree of physical and mental damage. Therefore, the second people's Hospital of Golmud City in Qinghai Province established the medical security department of Qinghai Tibet Railway in July 2006, and selected business backbones to start the "guard" of life on the Qinghai Tibet railway and ensure the life safety of passengers entering Tibet. All the passenger trains entering Tibet on the
Qinghai Tibet railway are equipped with a doctor and a nurse. Doctors and nurses on the train are required to carry more than ten kilograms of medical oxygen bottles and more than 50 kinds of medicine boxes for on-board service.
"on the passenger train to Tibet, the medical equipment is very limited, and unexpected diseases can be encountered. All depend on the doctor's own clinical experience." Rong Sizhu is one of the few male doctors in the Department. With 13 years of on-board medical knowledge and solid clinical experience, he has participated in many "urgent, difficult, dangerous and serious" first-aid tasks on the train, saving the lives of many passengers entering Tibet. Zhu Xinxiang, director of the medical security department of the Qinghai Tibet railway, said that since the establishment of the medical security department of the Qinghai Tibet railway, the "angel in white" team on the "Heaven Road" has also created the first record of the medical security of the high-altitude railway, which has made the high-altitude disease medicine obtain the theoretical certification in the human experimental research, accumulated the most precious medical experience in the anti high-altitude hypoxia, and has been in the world In the history of railway, the pioneer of on-board medical treatment was founded. As of December 31, 2019, the medical security department of Qinghai Tibet railway has completed 27000 passenger train medical services and received 1445600 passenger train patients, including 5556 patients in Tuotuohe medical emergency station and 100% of the patients in plateau disease rescue, without any medical accidents. (end)