Close-up of thermal shock-resistant clothes for medical staff to fight epidemics

Facing the complicated situation of the epidemic and the hot and hot summer weather, the Hospital of Traditional Medicine – Ministry of Public Security has created and launched a thermal shockproof shirt for medical staff who are working. COVID-19 prevention and control work.

With the criteria of low cost, efficiency and ease of use, the Hospital of Traditional Medicine, the Ministry of Public Security has created a thermal shockproof shirt for medical staff who are carrying out the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in medical conditions. extreme hot weather. Senior Lieutenant Le Thi Hoa, Medical Officer of Infection Control Department, Traditional Medicine Hospital of the Ministry of Public Security, the creator of the thermal shock jacket said: ‘This shirt is simply designed with a mesh body. three holes, cool material”. Mesh shirts have a relatively cheap cost of only 50,000 VND, so they can be produced in large quantities to serve the frontline health ministries involved in the prevention and control of COVID-19. The highlight of this thermal shock jacket is the dry ice bags weighing 500g wrapped by a layer of insulation foam with a thickness of 1cm to prevent the ice from directly contacting the human skin and placed in a zip bag to prevent water, Fast cooling effect. Each net shirt is arranged with 4 ice bags in front and back to keep the net shirt balance. 1 set of thermal shockproof vest complete with materials made of mesh cotton fabric to make the process of heat diffusion between the body and the air inside the frame easier, 4 elasticated front and back pockets, each bag for 1 extra piece of insulation 1cm thick and 1 bag of dry ice 500mg. The weight is not too heavy to help doctors manipulate and move conveniently. After acceptance, the Traditional Medicine Hospital of the Ministry of Public Security evaluated the thermal shock jacket to be effective in 6-8 hours, enough for one shift for doctors and nurses, the hospital will quickly coordinate with units to produce large quantities, promptly serve health workers who are performing frontline anti-epidemic tasks. Major General Pham Ba Tuyen, Director of the Hospital of Traditional Medicine under the Ministry of Public Security, who directly experienced the thermal shock jacket, said: “After only a few days from ideation and product testing, the hospital’s leaders instructed to urgently check and accept to quickly put into production and distribute to health workers who are on duty of epidemic prevention in the provinces, especially Bac Giang and Bac Ninh”. On the afternoon of June 3, the Traditional Medicine Hospital of the Ministry of Public Security sent reinforcements to the field hospital in the Bac Giang epidemic center with more than 60 anti-heat shock shirts and many drugs to support epidemic prevention and control.