Health: "a once-in-a-century blackout" highlights the hospital emergency

Wu Shuai (doctor)

Source: health

        Patients are doing heart surgery, suddenly stopped electricity, operating room was in complete darkness. "Standby power outage for 20 minutes, the hospital?" Yesterday, ms Meng Jinxian Korea reflect the father in a hospital in henan province during surgery. To this, the hospital said: this kind of situation is the worst. (April 24, the river signs up for ")

        One is the worst blackout situation; Second, patients have not been affected. This is the hospital to give explanations. However, this explanation does not convince people.

        "Worst" is emphasized that this accident is a low probability event, whether it is true it is difficult. But even so, it is difficult to accept this kind of helpless and panic. Although this time I'm glad, not due to power outage affected the patients outcome, but not every time can have such good luck. I don't want to blame the hospital, in fact, this is a good software and hardware condition of tertiary hospitals. In the face of such "blackout" once-in-a-century, a hospital is likely to be just short of a contingency plan, or although have contingency plans, but targeted exercise at ordinary times is too little, so will appear this kind of embarrassment. Recently, media reports, in view of the medical emergency drill H7N9 bird flu, found some medical institutions of panic, it exposed the exercise at ordinary times is too lack of this kind of crisis.

        Some unexpected, it may really has been a once-in-a-century. But in a medical emergency on this matter, should not ignore such a small probability event, with any luck. Because once it happens, it is one hundred percent of the danger and disaster, the high cost of scary. The inadequacy of ability of medical emergency, actually is the disregard for life. A precaution is the best choice. The key is whether the crisis consciousness enough? Both make contingency plans and emergency drills, need additional costs. In current, many medical institutions on the lack of this kind of crisis consciousness, stingy on investment in this area.

        Hope that this "once-in-a-lifetime", can let more hospitals alert, perfect the emergency plan, through the daily exercise more, to improve the ability of emergency. Protect the patient's safety, is set up the good word of mouth, let people believe that the hospital is trustworthy.

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