The doctor reminded that if you want to charge in the hospital, you must not unplug the plug on the red socket, otherwise it may endanger the patient in the next bed; schematic diagram.

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[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] The sockets in the hospital have two colors, be careful to insert the wrong one, which may cause danger!

In this regard, emergency physician Weng Zihua said that the 110-volt sockets in the hospital are divided into two colors: red and white. The former is the main socket of the "permanent uninterruptible power supply system";

Therefore, if you want to charge in the hospital, remember not to pull the plug on the red socket, which may endanger the patient in the adjacent bed.

Weng Zihua posted on the Facebook page "Emergency Conan Dr. Weng Zihua" that hospitals are extremely power-hungry organizations. According to statistical research by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the annual electricity consumption of Taiwan's medical institutions is at least 10 billion Taiwan dollars, which is quite considerable.

However, the power consumption in the hospital is very important, including patient registration, physical examination, imaging examination, surgical hemostasis, intravenous infusion, ventilator, etc., each of which requires electricity. Once the power is cut off, the consequences cannot be underestimated.

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Power outages affect adults and human negligence should be avoided

Weng Zihua said that in the past when he was an intern in the surgical intensive care unit of the Mayo Clinic in the United States, there was a power outage during the shift, and the on-site respirator was shut down. In an instant, half of the patients in the ward needed first aid.

In addition, there was an oolong incident. There was an unidentified hospital bed in the hospital, so the patients were particularly prone to death. It was later found that when the cleaning staff cleaned in the morning, they would unplug the plug of the respirator and connect the plug of the vacuum cleaner.

In addition, Weng Zihua mentioned that there were also emergency patients who went to unplug the respirator plug on the next bed because their mobile phone was out of battery, but instead asked the next bed to give first aid.

Therefore, in order to avoid the recurrence of such regrets, the sockets in hospitals are now divided into two colors: red and white.

The doctor explained that the red ones are the main sockets, which are used for the life support and treatment system of the hospital, and will be connected to the "permanent uninterruptible power supply system".

When the hospital loses power, the hospital's generator takes over; schematic diagram.

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Red for life support and therapeutic systems White for general electrical appliances

●Red:

the main socket, used for electrical appliances used in hospital life support and treatment systems.

The "permanent uninterruptible power supply system" will be connected. When the hospital loses power, the generator in the hospital will take over to ensure that the power supply is uninterrupted.

●White:

general socket, for general electrical appliances.

Temporary power outages can be allowed, such as some lighting equipment, personal computers, business mobile phones, etc., so as not to cause medical safety.

In addition, Weng Zihua added that the power distribution system in the hospital is extremely complex, such as intensive care units, emergency rooms or emergency and critical care units often have other separately strengthened power distribution systems.

However, with the prevalence of 3C products, more and more patients will bring mobile phones and computers to the emergency department. He also appealed to remember that if you want to charge in the hospital, you must not unplug the plug from the red socket, otherwise it may cause serious injury. to the next bed patient.

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