A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door.
Xie Changrong, who is proficient in auto repair, is interested in equipment. Looking at the equipment removed from the ambulance, he will inevitably be curious and ask his daughter: "What kind of machines are these?"
There are ECG monitors, emergency vehicle-mounted ventilators, infusion pumps, etc. As an insider, I am no stranger to the names of these medical devices. Just like her father, who pays more attention to lubricants and more on the cost-effectiveness of lubricant brands, Xie Wanying's focus falls on the deeper luxury brands of medical equipment.
It is said that medical treatment costs money, and medical equipment costs the most. In this era, products such as ECG monitors and vehicle-mounted ventilators cannot be made in China for the time being. There are many good hospitals that are rich and not afraid to spend money on this, and all they use are imported goods.
As mentioned before, the southern provincial capital of her hometown is the capital of a major province in import and export. It has a lot of money and convenient imports, and its equipment advantages are fully demonstrated. The equipment brought out by Grandma Zheng’s unit today proves this point.
Such as the vehicle-mounted emergency ventilators that she and others can now see. She had never seen this kind of equipment during her internship in the capital for more than a year. It stands to reason that she has been on a number of well-known third-class ambulances in the capital, such as the National Association of Beidu Third Class Guozhi, and participated in the first aid and transport of many emergency patients. If these hospitals really have this equipment, it is unlikely that she will not see it.
She couldn't see it, so she couldn't make a generalization and conclude that all hospitals in the capital did not have such ventilator equipment. It cannot be ruled out that some hospitals have precious equipment that is hidden away. Under normal conditions, if it is not used by patients, it will be damaged. The localization of medical equipment is imperative to benefit domestic people who cannot afford high medical expenses.
What are the benefits of a vehicle-mounted emergency ventilator? Think about that time when the patient was transferred from the plane. With this equipment instead of human hands, Dr. Shi Lei no longer had to squeeze the patient all the way until he was sweating.
Advanced medical equipment does not simply reduce the workload of medical staff. More importantly, it is difficult for human hands to match the fatigue resistance of machines. People get tired, machines don't. For this reason alone, machines have a huge advantage in medical treatments that require precision over a long period of time.
At the current surgical site, the reason for using an emergency ventilator can also be based on this, to provide the patient with maximum respiratory support instead of human hands.
When it comes to amputation surgery, general anesthesia is required. Patients under general anesthesia require respiratory function support due to respiratory depression caused by the anesthetic. For this reason, the anesthesiologist usually puts the patient on an anesthesia machine in the hospital.
The biggest difference between an anesthesia machine and a ventilator is that the anesthesia machine has parts that can be put into inhalation anesthetics, which are specially designed for patients to receive inhalation anesthesia without numbing the people around them. The ventilator does not have this component and is not a sealed circuit of the anesthesia machine. Inhaled anesthetics used in ventilators will volatilize into the surrounding air when exchanging with outside air, endangering others.
In terms of respiratory support for patients, ventilators are more comprehensive. A good anesthesia machine that has all the functions of a ventilator is very expensive. Most hospitals can’t afford it and there’s no need for it.
It is theoretically feasible to exclude inhalation anesthesia, use only intravenous anesthesia for general anesthesia, and use a ventilator instead of an anesthesia machine to support the patient's breathing. In practice, when there was a shortage of anesthesia machines in China, many veteran anesthesia doctors managed to survive using ventilators.
Since there is currently no portable anesthesia machine, this emergency transport ventilator can only be used at the emergency site. If it is no longer possible, if you want to save costs, let medical staff pinch the breathing bag manually.
Since other hospitals use rare equipment, it shows that they want to show off the strength of their hospital's software and hardware.
