Chapter 459: Sneaking Out to Drink

"My palms are covered in sweat."

"Me too, my legs are still trembling right now."

"I... I bumped my head."

Only then did the guests in the Review Room notice that someone had just taken a tumble.

The Guangtou Zhuchiren looked at the female guest apologetically, "Mei, are you alright? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"No need." The female guest covered her head with her hand, looking disheveled and aggrieved, "I just saw Doctor Ji Xiang use a pen barrel to stab someone in the neck, I thought he was killing someone..."

The Guangtou Zhuchiren didn't speak; he had thought the same thing, and he reckoned everyone in the Review Room had thought so too.

It was normal for the female guest to be startled; that scene was simply too inconceivable.

"Professor Shen, would you like to say a few words?" Seeing that the female guest was fine, the Guangtou Zhuchiren began to smooth over the "accident" in the Review Room once again.

This program had so many accidents that even a gold-medal host with his super-fast reactions couldn't keep up.

Professor Shen was silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "The emergency rescue just now was a measure of last resort. If it had been any later, by the time the 120 Emergency Vehicle arrived, the Patient would likely have suffered a certain degree of Brain Death."

He understood Ji Xiang's intent, and regardless of whether there would be trouble later, Professor Shen was willing to put in a good word for Ji Xiang.

Inserting a pen barrel into the main airway on the spot, while solving the immediate crisis, still carried potential complications—whether the Patient would face a secondary infection.

If it were a normal person, speaking reasonably, they certainly wouldn't nitpick.

But what if?

So Professor Shen still left a caveat, just in case problems arose. Although he knew it might not be of much use, Ji Xiang's move just now had already won Professor Shen's infinite favor.

"Brain Death?"

"A Vegetative State?"

"How terrifying."

The guests spoke one after another, each of them wearing an expression of lingering fear.

"I once encountered a case where the patient was a young woman with a stab wound to the chest," Professor Shen began to lay out the facts and reason. "By the time she was sent to the hospital, she was already in Respiratory and Circulatory Arrest; in other words, she was already dead."

"At that time, our doctors performed an emergency Thoracotomy, inserting a hand between the ribs to perform cardiac massage."

"The person was resuscitated, but the duration of the Respiratory and Circulatory Arrest was a bit long, leading to Brain Death, and she became a Vegetative State. Later on, the Family Member refused further rescue, and then..."

"Sigh."

The Guangtou Zhuchiren sighed.

"Doctor Ji Xiang's operation just now, although it carried a certain amount of risk, was necessary. Can we understand it this way, Professor Shen?" The Guangtou Zhuchiren steered the topic back.

His logical thinking was extremely clear; he was truly a gold-medal host.

"Yes," Professor Shen said. "I didn't personally examine the patient, but looking at the situation, I suspect the patient had Laryngeal edema. What that means is, it's like someone is gripping your throat, making it impossible to breathe."

"In such a moment, the standard method is a Tracheotomy, but on the Commercial Street, the incident happened suddenly, and we didn't know when the 120 Emergency Vehicle would arrive. If it were me, I wouldn't know what to do."

"Reflecting on Doctor Ji Xiang's actions, it was likely the only feasible option. However, one must also say that Doctor Ji Xiang's decision was swift and decisive; if it had been someone else, regardless of whether they could do it or not, just hesitating for a moment would have cost the Patient their life."

"Professor Shen, would doing this lead to an infection for the Patient?" the Guangtou Zhuchiren asked.

"Weighing infection against immediate death, I still think doing this was better," Professor Shen said. "As for infection, Antibiotic can be used, and if all goes as expected, it will be very mild."

The Guangtou Zhuchiren remarked with emotion, "It really is quite a coincidence that both Yang Zhuren and Ji Xiang were there."

"This is the Commercial Street closest to the Affiliated Hospital, so it's convenient for them to come out for meals," one guest said.

"Professor Shen, what illness do you think the Patient has?" The Guangtou Zhuchiren glanced at the screen; the Camera Crew was still running, and he continued to ask.

"I don't know," Professor Shen replied. "It could be an allergy, or it could be... one would have to go to the hospital to check carefully."

The Guangtou Zhuchiren smiled; doctors are unwilling to make definitive statements, not because they are afraid of being proven wrong, but because they are afraid of being unable to explain if the patient suddenly dies.

This had already become a habit, deeply carved into their bones.

If it were a few days ago, he wouldn't have understood.

But now, having just witnessed a patient vomiting one second and then spitting up red foam and collapsing on the ground on the verge of death the next.

Anyone would be startled, and would, to some extent, understand the doctor's actions.

In the Review Room, everyone chatted idly.

A few minutes later, the camera team arrived at the Emergency Department of the Affiliated Hospital.

Outside the Emergency Rescue Room, doctors and nurses were scurrying about, busy at work.

The cameraman shouldered the camera and took a look, only to be shooed away by Ji Xiang, but that one look was enough.

The Patient was on an Anesthesia Machine, and the values on the Cardiac Monitor were stable; it was clear they had already passed the most difficult moment.

"The rescue was successful," Professor Shen said, seeing the Patient's vital signs were stable, providing an answer.

Everyone let out a long sigh of relief.

A successful rescue is a joyous thing.

In front of the camera lens, Fan Dao was communicating with Ji Xiang, Yang Zhuren, and the Emergency Department doctor, but no one was accepting an interview.

Even though Ji Xiang was fine now, he didn't want to face the camera.

A few minutes later, doctors from other departments arrived one after another.

Fan Dao wouldn't give up; after the Patient was wheeled away, one of the doctors was cursing and swearing, which made him feel even more curious.

Wasn't it said the rescue was successful? Why were they still cursing?

Besides, cursing just for receiving a patient? That shouldn't be the case, right?

After Yang Zhuren and Ji Xiang left, Fan Dao found a young nurse and asked, "Miss Nurse, may I ask what the situation is with the patient just now?"

The nurse cautiously glanced at the camera.

Fan Dao introduced himself and said with a smile, "We are going to edit this, if you don't agree, it won't be broadcast."

"There's no situation," the nurse was deceived by Fan Dao and sighed, "The patient is an inpatient with a hand abscess, having undergone incision and drainage. Bored with staying in the hospital, they snuck out to drink."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The Camera Crew on the front lines and the guests in the Review Room were all dumbfounded.

So that was what happened; no wonder that Doctor was cursing.

"They received an intravenous drip of cephalosporin Antibiotic during their hospital stay, then had a Disulfiram reaction after drinking alcohol, leading to edema and Respiratory and Circulatory Arrest."

"Was the resuscitation successful?"

"It was successful for now; they have already been transferred to the intensive care unit." The young Nurse was still quite cautious; she glanced at the camera, "Fan Dao, I must see the finished footage. I'm afraid I might have said something wrong and get scolded by our director."

"Don't worry." Fan Dao continued to hoodwink the naive young girl, looking exactly like a scumbag.

"How long do you estimate it will take for them to recover?"

"If there are no accidents, they should be able to transfer out in 1-2 days. It's a Disulfiram reaction; once treated, they can come out. But honestly, that was really thrilling just now. Is that tall young man the Doctor Ji Xiang from your show?"

(End of chapter)