Management highlights for patients with orthopedic trauma during the epidemic of Corona Virus Disease 2019
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7600.2020.02.006
- VernacularTitle: 新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间创伤骨科患者的处理要点
- Author:
Yingchao YIN
1
;
Zhiyong HOU
1
;
Yanbin ZHU
1
;
Shuhong YANG
1
;
Wei CHEN
1
;
Xiuli WANG
1
;
Xiuting LI
1
;
Qi ZHANG
1
;
Yingze ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. Emergency Center of Trauma, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Key Laboratory of Biomechanics of Hebei Province,Shijiazhuang 050051, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Corona Virus Disease 2019;
Orthopaedics;
Wound and injuries;
Medical staff
- From:
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2020;22(2):E003-E003
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Although the epidemic outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) restricted freecoming and going of people, it was inevitable that fracture patients, elderly ones with low-energy fracture in part ICU lar, sought medical attention. In this special situation, itwas crucial for trauma orthopaedists to do well in prevention and control of COVID-19 infection and in perioperative management of their patients as well while they went on with routine diagnosis and treatment. It was also of great significance for prognosis of the patients and prevention and control of the epidemic that orthopaedic surgeons chose proper surgical and anesthesia methods. In the process of diagnosis, treatment, nursing and rehabilitation, medical staff too was challenged by how to prevent themselves from infection and how to eliminate cluster COVID-19 transmission. This paper, from the perspectives of orthopedic surgeons, nurses and patients, expounds briefly on the management of patients with orthopedic trauma during the epidemic period of COVID-19 in a mode of multidisciplinary comprehensive interventions.
