Chapter 140: 137 Never knowing whether tomorrow or an accident will come first

137 Never knowing whether tomorrow or an accident will come first.

Drawing blood is mainly to determine the blood type, in order to prepare blood for the patient.

Blood transfusion is the best method for treating hemorrhagic shock, with no alternative.

「There is a large amount of fluid in the liver area, fluid can be seen in the hepatorenal recess, considering liver rupture and bleeding. 」The doctor in the ultrasound room gave his test results.

「What Shou Bing? 」Director Pan asked.

「Intervention, hemostasis. 」Zheng Ren said: 「Notify the Operating Room, prepare for Interventional surgery. 」

While speaking, the nurse had already connected the IV, and threw a bag of dextran onto the ambulance, also throwing the ECG monitor onto the vehicle; Zheng Ren escorted, running quickly to the Operating Room.

「Director, please handle the preoperative signature matter. 」Zheng Ren turned the corner like a gust of wind and disappeared.

Director Pan had a solemn expression; he understood how serious the patient's condition was.

The diastolic pressure could no longer be measured, indicating the patient's blood volume was very low and bleeding was rapid. Even with Shou Bing, the chance of survival was not high.

Zheng Ren ran to the 120 Emergency and Shou Bing, while Director Pan began directing the Emergency Department medical staff to preserve the patient's clothing, marking each item, and to do these things under video surveillance, preserving evidence.

These things are not meaningless.

Every year, unnamed patients admitted and successfully rescued are later found…… Regardless of truth, it's said that they discover lost belongings and demand compensation from doctors, with not a hundred cases but eighty or so.

Therefore, during emergency and rescue time, there are always a few moments delayed by these trivial matters; as for whether anyone loses their life because of this, it is unknown.

Fortunately, this patient's condition is critical and requires immediate Shou Bing. Since it's not yet off-shift, Director Pan can help Zheng Ren handle these matters. If it were delayed until the dead of night, just the legal procedure of preoperative explanation would likely result in the patient's death.

Sometimes, whether one lives or not depends not only on the doctor's skill but also on fate.

They found the patient's mobile phone; since the patient was elderly, no password had been set.

Director Pan found the phone number labeled Baobeier in the recent call log and dialed it.

「I am the Emergency Department of City First Hospital. 」

「You are Tang Guoqing's family member, please rush to City First Hospital Emergency immediately; your father has massive intra-abdominal bleeding and needs emergency Shou Bing. 」

「The patient is already on the Operating table; some procedures need to be completed. 」

「The condition is very serious; there is no guarantee that 120 Emergency will succeed. 」

Director Pan calmly and objectively quickly explained the situation to the family, then placed the phone into a clean yellow garbage bag, which the nurse sealed.

Although the family has been found, we still cannot wait for them to arrive before doing the preoperative signature.

Soon, a staff member from the Medical Department had already arrived at the Emergency Department; Director Pan pulled him to begin recording the condition and preoperative explanation, with the hospital granting the Emergency Department permission for Shou Bing.

Although Director Pan estimated that the Shou Bing had already begun at this moment, there were some minor violations, but in the face of life, such violations are nothing.

Several minutes later, a woman in her mid‑twenties wearing rimless glasses hurried over.

She had no shoes on her feet; likely because she couldn't run fast in high heels, so she didn't know where she had thrown them.

「Doctor, I am Tang Guoqing's family; where is my father? How is he now? What illness does he have? 」 the woman said anxiously.

Tears had streaked her fair face, her makeup was smudged, but she didn't care about that, grabbing a nurse and asking.

Her voice was loud, urgent, and impolite.

Having worked in the Emergency Department for a long time, they understood the family's current feelings; the nurse didn't take offense, saying: 「The Director is in the office; go find him. 」

Following the nurse's guidance, the woman hurried to Director Pan's office, knocked on the door, and without waiting for a reply, pushed the door open.

She was too anxious; her left shoulder hit the door frame, making a clang.

She didn't even notice the pain in her shoulder; the woman hurriedly asked: 「Director, my father……」

She was almost voiceless; the words she managed to squeeze out were sharp and cold, the last few characters disappearing into the air, leaving only half a sentence.

「You are Tang Guoqing's family, right? 」 Director Pan asked.

The woman tried to speak but was unable, so she could only nod. Tears slid down with the motion of her nodding, her light makeup a mess.

「Your father was brought to our hospital by the 120 Emergency ambulance; according to the caller, he was walking in Center Park, struck a tree with his back, and then collapsed immediately. 」 Director Pan had already grasped all available information in a short time, at the very least making the family understand that this was self‑inflicted, not a traffic accident or other injury.

「When he arrived at our hospital, his blood pressure was low—systolic 50 mmHg, diastolic unmeasurable. Therefore we have already sent your father to Shou Bing; he is now undergoing emergency rescue in the Emergency Department. 」

Seeing Director Pan's righteous and solemn expression, the woman's heart sank, and a series of tears pattered down.

「It's not time to cry yet. 」 Director Pan immediately stopped her, saying: 「Now I need to go over the preoperative explanation with you; although our hospital has authorized the Shou Bing, I still need to tell you what must be said. 」

The woman nodded.

「Are you the patient's daughter? Please show your identification. 」 Director Pan asked.

The woman took out a delicate card case from her handbag, containing an ID card, work permit, and press pass; the name Tangxiu entered Director Pan's view.

「The chief editor of the newspaper, ah. 」 Director Pan nodded and began the preoperative explanation.

Tangxiu arrived, feeling afraid, with everything before her eyes in a blur.

When Director Pan began the explanation, Tangxiu felt the whole world turn dark.

The condition is extremely critical; the chance of successful rescue is only ten percent, perhaps even this low possibility cannot be reached.

Even if rescued, the likelihood of recovery in the ICU is not high.

Originally, upon seeing Wei Feng's report, she had been somewhat in agreement, believing that the hospital should not commence Shou Bing without family present.

If not for certain pressures changing her mind, Tangxiu would definitely have posted Wei Feng's article to correct this "unethical practice" in the medical industry.

At this moment, Tangxiu, present on the scene, wore a bewildered expression, her eyes full of despair.

「Because the rescue is still relatively timely, there is hope; now I will take you outside the Operating Room to wait, and you notify other family members to come. 」 Director Pan finally comforted Tangxiu with a sentence.

Timely rescue? Tangxiu realized that the kind passerby had not indifferently passed by; although he hadn't helped her father up, he had dialed the 120 Emergency call.

The doctors at City First Hospital began rescue without family present.

This undoubtedly shortened the bleeding time, increasing the probability of her father's survival.

Reason told her that if she waited until she arrived at the hospital, the person might already be gone.

Although this contradicted her own understanding, ……

At this moment, she completely forgot the idea that patient's families had the right to choose and the right to be informed.

People, until they reach that point, simply cannot empathize.

The disparity between the onlookers' view and the patient's family's view exceeded Tangxiu's imagination—it was as if they were two completely different things from two worlds.

Soon she lost all ability to think, closely following Director Pan.

He was fine while at work, but then out of the blue he ended up being rushed to City First Hospital for emergency care.

You never know whether tomorrow or an accident will arrive first.

She was terrified, afraid to enter the operating room, where the surgeon would come out with an apologetic face and say he had done all he could.

She was terrified, afraid to see the operating table draped in white, beneath which lay her father's pale, cold face.

She was terrified, afraid to see her father die suddenly, without even having a chance to say his last words.

She was terrified, afraid of fate's strange malice, afraid that her nightmare would become real.

She was terrified…