Health Service Department, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Department of neurology, Changhai hospital, shanghai, China.
BMJ Mil Health. 2023 May;169(e1):e44-e50. doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001659. Epub 2021 Feb 5.
The Chinese Naval ship Peace Ark provided humanitarian medical services to people in eight low-income countries in Africa and Asia during the 2017 "'. The expedition lasted 155 days. Our study aimed to analyse the details of the medical services provided including outpatient care, medical patrol, operations, examinations and medications.
The patient demographic data and medical information were extracted from electronic medical records. The diagnoses and procedures aboard were coded by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The sociodemographic data of the medical staff aboard were collected via questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and statistical software (SAS, V.9.4) were used to analyse the data.
In total, 115 Chinese military medical personnel participated in the mission, completing a total of 50 758 outpatient visits, 10 232 medical patrols and 252 operations. The five most frequently used outpatient departments were ophthalmology, general surgery, general internal medicine, orthopaedics and traditional Chinese medicine. The five most common operations were lipoma excision, cataract extraction, skin tissue removal (such as warts and cysts), pterygium transposition and herniorrhaphy.
Our study revealed the medical services in demand during the ''. It is essential to report their experiences so that future ventures can provide medical services more effectively.
2017 年，中国海军“和平方舟”号医疗船为非洲和亚洲 8 个低收入国家的人民提供了人道主义医疗服务。这次远征持续了 155 天。我们的研究旨在分析所提供的医疗服务的细节，包括门诊护理、医疗巡诊、手术、检查和药物治疗。
从电子病历中提取患者人口统计学数据和医疗信息。船上的诊断和程序按国际疾病分类，第九修订版，临床修正（ICD-9-CM）进行编码。通过问卷调查收集船上医务人员的社会人口统计学数据。使用描述性统计和统计软件（SAS，V.9.4）对数据进行分析。
共有 115 名中国军医参加了这次任务，共完成了 50758 次门诊、10232 次医疗巡诊和 252 次手术。最常去的五个门诊科室是眼科、普通外科、普通内科、骨科和中医。最常见的五种手术是脂肪瘤切除术、白内障摘除术、皮肤组织切除术（如疣和囊肿）、翼状胬肉转移术和疝修补术。
我们的研究揭示了“和平方舟”号在 2017 年提供的医疗服务需求。报告他们的经验是很重要的，以便未来的行动能够更有效地提供医疗服务。
