ICU nurse devoted to saving lives

For Xu Furong, time runs in mere seconds in the Intensive Care Unit, as decisions made in just one or two seconds can mean life or death for a patient.

Xu, who is a delegate to the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which is expected to convene in Beijing on Sunday, has been an ICU nurse at People's Hospital of Hunan Province for 13 years. She compares ICU nurses to scouts, always keeping an eye on the situation and even predicting patients' conditions.

"ICU nurses are always on high alert. When a patient's condition changes, we cannot wait for doctors but need to start working right away," she said.