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.
Blood transfusion under field medical conditions is something that people dare not think about. 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 beside him and refused to say, "I am type O blood, so you can take mine." Bethune was praised by the masses as "the blood bank of the masses".
Extended information 1924, Bethune was suffering from tuberculosis, but he still struggled hard and invented the "artificial pneumothorax therapy", and the experiment on himself was a great success. His original thoracic surgery technique is well-known in the medical field.
193 1 in the summer of, Bethune signed a franchise patent agreement with Pilling & Sons Company in Philadelphia, USA, which was responsible for all the manufacturing and sales of surgical instruments invented by Bethune and named after "Bethune Instruments"-there were 22 kinds of instruments, which were in an extremely leading position at that time.
From 1936 to 1937, Bethune went to Spain to participate in the Spanish civil war as a volunteer to support the international anti-fascism. During this period, he created a mobile first aid system for the wounded, which became the prototype of the mobile military surgical hospital widely used in the future. He invented the world's first method of transporting blood in order to save the wounded who lost too much blood, which is of great significance in medicine.
1937, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in China. Bethune led a medical team composed of Canadians and Americans to China Liberated Area. 1April, 938, went to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region via Yan 'an, and worked 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.
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