Critical patient was transferred with helicopterfrom Yichang to Wuhan in 93 minutes
At 4:18 pm on the 7th March, a patient with acute aortic dissection was successfully transferred to Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from Yichang within 93 minutes. It would take 5 hours of driving if the transfer was done with an ambulance. Thanks to the land-air integrated firstaid system forged by Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, which consisted of three accesses, four connections and two centers.
An emergency call from Yichang was received at 11:00 am on the day by a staff in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University with a request of transferring an acute aortic dissection and acute abdomen patient. This patient was going to be treated in Department of Cardiovascular Surgery after being transferred by helicopter.
Aortic dissection, which is known as vascular bomb in human body, may result in death several minutes after its initiation. Aortic intima tear and flush of blood into the wall of aorta would cause excessive hemorrhage and the patient would die of hemorrhagic shock if such a patient was left untreated. Ambulance transfer from Yichang to Wuhan would take 5 hours, which was unbearable by an aortic dissection patient because of the risk related to aortic rupture. Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University initiated the land-air integrated first-aid system immediately and a helicopter was deployed by the headquarter of Jinhui General Aviation after a thoroughly evaluation of the patient’s condition. At 2:10 pm the patient boarded the medical helicopter escorted by two medics. 93 minutes later, the helicopter landed in Wuhan and the patients arrived Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University at 4:18 pm with the escort of Wuhan traffic police officers. After emergency treatment, the patient’s condition is stable at present.
Inrecent years, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University has been dedicated to forge a first aid system which called “three accesses,four connections and two centers ”. “Three accesses” refers to that the critical patients havegreen channel directed to catheter lab, operation room and Department of Critical Care Medicine. With these accesses, Critical patients can reach hospital and receive immediate intervention without time-consuming routine test. “Four connections” means making Department of Emergency as a medical hub, which is connected to the units of hospital consortium, united hospitals for air rescue, first aid stations and community service centers. The four connections provide one-stop, full process medical service for critical patients by using green channel for transferring and land-air integrated first aid system. “Two centers”refers to the referral service center and first aid and transferring center in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University. The two centers are in charge of unified allocation of all resources in first aid platforms and make the emergency case referral and transfer more smoothly.
Besides, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University attached great importance to the construction of air rescue service center. Several green channels were established for patients with acute cardiac diseases, cerebralvascular diseases, organ failure and so on. Parking apron was set in its GuangguBranch for air rescue. Meanwhile, two parking aprons were set in ShouyiBranch.A child, who was the youngest patient transferred by airplane in Hubei, was transferred to Shouyi Branch with helicopter last year in April. In September 2018, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University led the formation of trans-provincial air rescue medical union between Hubei and Henan province. The hospital made an agreement with air company implements air rescue service that a hangar for helicopter，which would be the first in-hospital hangarage in Wuhan, was going to be built in Guanggu Branch. Helicopter in this hangar will provide air rescue service for critical patients within 400 kilometers from Wuhan.
“Three accesses,four connections and two centers”first aid system is a hallmark represents that Renmin Hospital of Wuhan Universityis always trying to save every single second for patient’s life.
(Transferred by Li Luocheng)
