(Baonghean.vn) - Every day, the Emergency Department of Nghe An General Hospital receives about 150-180 patients. At night, the doctors and nurses here still work tirelessly to save every life.
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| The Emergency Department of Nghe An General Hospital never stops working, because every two to thirty minutes an ambulance appears. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| Each shift has 3 doctors and 5 nurses. The night shift usually starts from 4pm to 8am the next day. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| At night, doctors, nurses, and staff must work at full capacity because at night they often receive many traffic accident cases as well as many serious illnesses. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| Normally, patients entering the emergency department will be arranged in the triage assessment area. Here, the patient will be examined by an experienced doctor or nurse for about 20 - 60 seconds to assess and classify their health condition. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| After examination, critically ill patients who need immediate surgical intervention to ensure their survival will be transferred to the 'Red Zone' or 'Emergency Zone'; seriously ill patients who do not need surgical intervention will be transferred to the 'Yellow Zone'; 'Green Zone' is the area for mild patients who need monitoring. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| Most of the people brought in were in critical condition. In many cases, just a few seconds later, they would have stopped breathing, so emergency care always had to be urgent. In many cases, patients were hot-tempered or in too much pain, unable to control their behavior, making the examination extremely difficult for doctors. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| This is where the lives of patients are saved. 'In severe, critical cases, if we are not alert, make mistakes in diagnosis or miss the 'golden hour' to save the patient, unfortunate things can easily happen.' - said Dr. Nguyen Huu Tan, head of a shift. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| The scenes of bloodstained bodies or deformed victims are no longer a fear or obsession for doctors. 'If we choose this profession, we have to accept it. If we are afraid of those images, how can we save the patient' - Doctor Dao Thi Huong shared. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| As the morning approached, the number of patients transferred to the emergency department gradually decreased, and the doctors actively went around asking about one patient and then resolving the requests of another patient. The work lasted until 8 a.m. the next morning when the shift ended. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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