1July, 1939, the continuous rainstorm for more than ten days caused the water level of Tanghe River to skyrocket, and the flooding affected Shenbei Village, Wanxian County, Hebei Province. Several fellow villagers clung to him and wouldn't let him take risks. Bethune sighed helplessly. The flood threatened the safety of the health school, and the superior decided to move the school to Hexi Rock.
Bethune immediately found the school and asked to join the commando. There is no ferry, so people use carrots to tie ladders as transportation. Bethune and the boys of the commando team jumped into the water, and ten people were in a row, arm in arm, carrying materials back and forth from trip to trip.
2. People's blood bank
From June 65438 to June 0938, Bethune taught blood transfusion technology in the rear hospital of Songyankou Military Region in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. "Blood transfusion" was a relatively new technology at that time, and only a few hospitals in big cities in China could carry it out.
Bethune first described in detail the basic knowledge of blood collection operation, standard blood type making, blood type identification, blood matching test, storage, transportation and custody, and then recommended Ye Qingshan, a 32-year-old minister of health, as the first blood donor.
After testing the blood type, Bethune let Ye Qingshan lie on the bed, let the patient's head and feet face each other, and took out a simple blood transfusion device. Catheters with needles are connected to the veins of their left and right arms, and there is a three-way valve in the middle of the catheter, which is connected to a syringe.
Bethune opened the valve for Minister Ye, pulled out the needle, and red blood flowed into the syringe. Then open the valve and blood will flow into the patient. Everyone applauded warmly, and the field blood transfusion was successful for the first time in the history of Chinese army field surgery.
When the second patient arrived, Bethune took the initiative to lie next to the patient and refused to say, "I am type O blood, take mine." Bethune was praised by the masses as "the blood bank of the masses".
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1890 was born in gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada. 1935 joined the Canadian * * * production party, and 1938 came to China to participate in the anti-Japanese revolution.
1937, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China, broke out, and Bethune led a medical team composed of Canadians and Americans to China Liberated Area.
1April, 938, transferred to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region via Yan 'an, and worked there for nearly two years. His spirit of sacrifice, enthusiasm and sense of responsibility were exemplary until he died in the line of duty. His deeds were widely praised by the people of China.
During his one and a half years working in China, he devoted himself to the anti-Japanese revolution in China. Mao Zedong called him a noble man, a pure man, a moral man, a man who broke away from vulgar tastes and benefited the people.
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