Chapter 383: 376 Successful Rescue (Six More Chapters, Seeking Subscriptions)

"Boss, you're very skilled at emergency resuscitation." After suturing the heart, Su Yun glanced at the ECG monitor, saw the rhythm was sinus, knew the patient had been revived, felt reassured, and started joking.

"If you insert your finger, you can feel the pericardium, the pressure is high, you can't touch the myocardium, the diagnosis is clear." Zheng Ren took the warm saline from Xiao Yi Ren, poured it into the chest cavity, withdrew it, and continued.

"Opening the chest in the emergency resuscitation room and directly compressing the heart sounds simple, but ordinary people don't have the guts for it." Su Yun said.

That statement is true.

At that time, strictly speaking, the patient was indeed already dead.

To revive a dead person, it's not just a few minutes of external cardiac compression; it's directly opening the chest, cutting open the tamponade, blood spraying onto the ceiling—such a shocking procedure that ordinary doctors would have backed down then.

Why?

Because after resuscitation, the patient's chest cavity is in a contaminated environment; postoperative lung collapse and pulmonary infection are minor issues. Myocardial infection, etc., are also commonly seen.

After surgery, there are a bunch of troublesome matters.

And if resuscitation fails…

Hehe, then congratulations—there's a 50% chance of running into a major medical dispute. Doctors who dare to intervene will likely see their careers end here.

"I didn't think about all that at the time." Zheng Ren answered honestly and simply.

Didn't think about it, just focused on saving lives.

As for success or failure, do one's best.

Whatever the final result, we can't let this white coat down.

"But Boss, you usually seem listless and have no temper. How come you turn into a different person during resuscitation?" Su Yun asked.

"No, I'm calm and composed, definitely not flustered. Yanran, open the double-lumen tube." While talking to Su Yun, Zheng Ren had Chu Yanran open the double-lumen tube to check for any lung lacerations.

"Still saying you didn't? In Di Du, when rescuing Fang Lin, you kicked a doctor. Today you actually dare to kick the patient's family."

"Time is pressing; she's holding the stretcher and won't let it move. If someone dies, who's to blame?" Zheng Ren answered flatly.

At this moment, the tension and excitement of resuscitation are gone.

But looking back, if it happened again, Zheng Ren would definitely kick them away, clearing the family members delaying resuscitation.

The family, overcome with grief, thought the patient was dead. Their well‑intentioned interference is roughly like this.

"Aren't you worried about medical disturbances?" Su Yun asked while using the suction device to draw out the saline overflowing from the chest cavity.

Carefully observing the saline in the chest cavity, no bubbles appeared.

"I used to worry, but didn't Xiao Liu say he'd already driven away the medical troublemakers at City First Hospital? Ordinary patients' families still listen to reason. Besides, with Fan Tian Shui here, there shouldn't be a problem." Zheng Ren carefully examined, glanced at the bright red system panel in the upper right of his field of view—no diagnosis of lung rupture—and said, "Close the chest."

At the same time, Zheng Ren heard a "ding‑dong~" sound signaling task completion.

【Emergency task: Revive the dead, heal the white bones completed.

Task content: Rescue the emergency patient with cardiac arrest due to a chest stab wound.

Task reward: Master‑level skill book for emergency resuscitation, one golden treasure chest.

Task time: 45 minutes, remaining time 2 hours 15 minutes.】

There's a reward, not bad. Master‑level emergency resuscitation…… Zheng Ren pondered a bit, but he still wanted to do surgery.

"This surgery basically has no technical content." Su Yun tasted it, then complained, "Boss, I thought today would be my turn to shine. Do you want to snatch even thoracic surgery from me?"

"Huh? Wasn't the heart sutured by you?"

"Nobody saw it anyway." Su Yun said, "When I saw the wound, I knew it was pericardial tamponade, already prepared to cut open and directly compress the heart. I didn't expect you to steal even thoracic work from me—can't you just be an honest general surgeon or interventionalist?"

"Too rushed, no time to think. Since I can do it, I just went ahead." Zheng Ren laughed, saw Su Yun suction the saline from the chest cavity clean, then said, "Prepare antibiotics—cefoperazone‑sulbactam, eight vials, do a skin test first."

Having already performed an exposed procedure, infection is inevitable; next we just try to keep it as light as possible.

Warm saline gauze covered the chest cavity; seeing the numbers and waveforms on the monitor steady, Zheng Ren completely relaxed.

"Boss, you should first figure out how to explain things to the patient's family." Su Yun teased.

"What's there to explain? We revived the dead—what more do they want? Go to heaven?" Zheng Ren laughed.

The surgery succeeded, everyone's mood relaxed, and the atmosphere in the operating room became cheerful.

The circulating nurse began the skin test on the patient; need to wait fifteen minutes, so this period is truly a time with nothing to do.

Chatting and laughing, the fifteen minutes passed.

Skin test negative, the circulating nurse opened eight vials of cefoperazone‑sulbactam, poured them into a basin, and Xie Yiren handed the basin to Zheng Ren.

The white antibiotics were scattered, and Zheng Ren and Su Yun began closing the chest.

The procedure was extremely simple, the operative field wide and bright; Zheng Ren also envied it—the thoracic surgery view is really nice.

Just looking at it is handsome!

Place closed chest drainage, pericardial drainage, suture layer by layer, close the chest.

Chu Yanran inflated the lungs, and countless gases bubbled out of the chest bottle.

General anesthesia continued; post‑op the patient is to be sent to the ICU for one night. If stable, extubate the next day and transfer back to the emergency ward.

"I'll go see the patient's family; there are many formalities to handle." Zheng Ren stepped down from the platform and removed his gloves.

"Boss, show some humanity." Su Yun wailed, "Just the two of us—if you leave, do I have to lift the patient together with Yanran‑jie?"

"I'll have Fugui'er come." Zheng Ren walked out of the operating room.

It's not that Zheng Ren is lazy; because this is the most urgent type of surgery, too many steps were omitted beforehand.

Just as Su Yun's jinxed mouth said, the troubles lie ahead.

First find the phone, call Professor Rudolf Wagner to come help in the operating room, then Zheng Ren left through the door.

Opening the door, a towering shadow like a mountain appeared before his eyes.

Zheng Ren froze for a moment, then saw Fan Tian Shui's honest smile.

"Chief Zheng, how did the surgery go?" Fan Tian Shui asked.

"Quite well, the patient is to be sent to the ICU." Zheng Ren said, "Patient's family, who are the immediate relatives?"

A crowd surged forward.

「Those who can sign, those who can pay money, if there's nothing wrong don't join the fun, where is the patient's loved one? 」 Zheng Ren shouted loudly.

「Make way, who are you, onlookers get to the side. 」 Several women supporting the patient's loved one came up to Zheng Ren.

Her whole body was limp, she couldn't walk at all. Those few women, using all their strength, half-carried her to Zheng Ren.

Zheng Ren gave a bitter laugh, quickly said: "Go, help her onto the chair."

After several Minute, the patient's loved one sat on the red hard plastic chair, eyes empty and blank, waiting for Zheng Ren to finally announce the news of death.

"Are you the patient's loved one?" Zheng Ren asked.

The woman had no awareness, as if she hadn't heard Zheng Ren's words.

"Yes, she is. Doctor, how is Old Hai?" Someone nearby asked hurriedly.

"The rescue was successful, need to stay in ICU for a period of time. If all goes well, tomorrow can be transferred out to a regular ward."

One sentence, like a thunderbolt, fell down.