Abstract:

Beijing has a permanent population of 21.536 million, among which immigrated workers account for as high as 34.6%, in addition to many returners and relatively dense immigrants to Beijing on a daily basis. Therefore, the prevention and control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Beijing is more severe than in other regions outside Hubei province, and clinical front-line protection is very important. In accordance with relevant guidelines on prevention and control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and combination with the specificity of Beijing as well as the characteristics of burn specialty, such as exposed burn wounds, multiple companies for immobile patients, pediatric burns complicated with fever and frequent attendance for dressing changes, Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Fourth Medical Center of Chinese People′s Liberation Army General Hospital took measures including online appointment and registration, pre-examination triage, diagnosis and treatment partition, waiting in the car and telephone cue, guiding patients to change dressings at home by WeChat, screen for admission, transitive and isolated wards for newly admitted patients, suspending family visits, graded surgery management, strengthening ventilation and disinfection. Medical staff have been guided to correctly understand the special nature of prevention and control work in Beijing, attached importance to the mutual protection of medical staff, and required the staff to have meals at different places and times, thus forming the recommendations on prevention and control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 of burns specialty in Beijing.

Key words: Burns, Coronavirus Disease 2019, Prevention and control, Beijing