Qiu Haibo, member of the expert team sent to Hubei for the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic or COVID-19 by the central government, has been honored a model of the times by the publicity department of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee. Qiu is also a critical care specialist with Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University.
Qiu Haibo, member of the central steering group, critical care specialist with Southeast University Zhongda Hospital
ICU doctors are born for critically ill patients
I have so many patients here in Wuhan
and this is where I should be staying
When arriving in Wuhan more than 50 days ago, Qiu Haibo found that the number of severe cases increased rapidly every day, but the doctors had met with the severe shortage of beds in the critically care wards.
Zheng Ruiqiang, head of the Jiangsu expert medical team in Wuhan and member of the NHC’s expert team
Qiu has said expert should be the first
to respond to emergencies
He always considers himself a clinician
before being a clinical medical expert
Qiu Haibo suggested that there should be an increase in the number of designated hospitals for the centralized treatment of critically ill patients and hospital beds for critically ill patients. His suggestion was soon adopted by the special work group sent to Hubei by the central government.
During his stay in Wuhan, Qiu Haibo would visit three or four hospitals in one day to inspect the treatment of the critically ill patients and give targeted diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
In the intensive care unit, Qiu Haibo is not only an expert with the expert team but also a clinical doctor. He and his colleagues have tried their best to look for breakthroughs in treatment and diagnosis of the critically ill patients.
Qiu Haibo, member of the central steering group, critical care specialist with Southeast University Zhongda Hospital
We turned the entire hospital
into an intensive hospital
and the government has dispatched 10%
of the intensive medical staff
across the country to Wuhan and Hubei
I think this is the responsibility of the patients
whether it is from the perspective
of the doctor, health and the country
Every day, Qiu Haibo would run around among the intensive care hospitals. In the extreme case, he stayed in the "red zone" of the intensive care hospital for five hours without eating or drinking.
Qiu Haibo is hailed by the society as he said ICU doctors are born for critically ill patients.
When interviewed in Wuhan, he said he is pleased to see that many critically ill patients have taken a turn for the better with their symptoms mitigated and more ICU beds are vacant.
Prone ventilation is a respiratory therapy that is summarized by Qiu Haibo and colleagues and has obvious effect for patients in severe conditions. It has been incorporated into the program for the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia patients.
Pan Chun, member of the NHC's expert team and chief physician of Critical Care Medicine, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital
He has been working very hard
and we have found that
the fatality rate has been dropping
with the revision of the treatment program.
Qiu Haibo, member of the central steering group, critical care specialist with Southeast University Zhongda Hospital
We should admit
as many patients as possible
so as to give them standardized treatment
we have been summarizing experiences
and practice them in the treatment process
which is actually unprecedented in history
As China’s first doctor of critical care medicine, Qiu Haibo took the lead in creating and developing the discipline of "critical care medicine". He has trained a 100-member national elite medical staff of critical care medicine for Zhongda Hospital affiliated to Southeast University. Today, Qiu Haibo's team has sent six batches of doctors and nurses to Hubei to fight against the epidemic.
