Chapter 470: 462 Where is the patient?

462 Where is the patient?

While reading a book and chatting with Xie Yiren, such days seemed to have long since drifted away from Zheng Ren.

Xie Yiren was also very relaxed in the operating room; there were no emergency surgeries for the time being, and she was chatting with Chu Yan zhi.

Time trickled by, and the sharp 120 alarm sounded several times, for both internal and external medicine.

When the alarm sounded, a nurse would pick up the 120 emergency rescue center phone, ask about the patient's basic condition, and decide whether internal or external medicine should go out.

For internal medicine outcall, they press the bell once.

For external medicine outcall, they press the bell twice.

Every time the bell rang, Zheng Ren and the internal medicine doctor in the opposite room would wait eagerly, a few seconds, to confirm who should go out.

Generally, in summer the number of external medicine outcalls is a bit higher, but overall it is still less than the number of internal medicine 120 outcalls.

Zheng Ren's luck seemed not bad either; by evening past eight, he had only gone out once for a 120 rescue. The patient wasn't serious either, having slipped while taking a bath at home, fracturing the sacrococcygeal vertebra.

Past nine in the evening, the sharp, piercing rescue bell rang again.

Zheng Ren hurriedly put on his shoes and appeared at the door almost at the same time as the internal medicine doctor.

The two waited expectantly; a few seconds later, the second bell did not ring. The internal medicine doctor sighed, put on his military coat, and hurried out for the call.

The military coat was issued by the hospital, and that was many years ago. Most of them are now torn, exposing the cotton.

The clothes looked ragged; if it weren't for the white coat underneath, one might believe they were a beggar.

Zheng Ren heard the 120 rescue vehicle's siren fade away as it drove off, just as he sat down on the simple bed, the piercing bell rang again.

Uh…… Zheng Ren tilted his ear to listen; it was another ring.

Because there is only one internal medicine doctor assigned to 120 rescues, when this happens, the doctor on duty in the front clinic must immediately go out.

Emergency patients will be handed over to the Inpatient Chief for handling.

Such situations don't happen often; Zheng Ren has also come down to handle them once or twice.

This time Zheng Ren went straight to the front clinic.

But before he could begin the consultation, the 120 rescue bell rang for the third time.

This time there was no luck; no matter how many bells rang, Zheng Ren had to immediately get on the vehicle and go to emergency rescue.

At this moment, matters of the Emergency Department will be handed over to the on-duty Hospital Chief for handling.

Every day, a senior deputy chief physician or above comes to take charge of the Hospital Chief's duty, responsible for occasional major rescues that require mobilizing hospital resources.

Normally, a double strike occurs occasionally; a triple strike of 120 rescues might happen only three to five times a year.

Zheng Ren had just thought his luck was not bad, but the facts immediately told him silently, leaving him with a sense of apprehension.

Luck +8 would not be reflected in this.

Zheng Ren put on a military coat and jumped directly onto the 120 rescue vehicle.

City First Hospital only has three rescue vehicles, so there would be no quadruple strike. If a patient needs a 120 rescue, the City 120 Emergency Rescue Center will arrange ambulances from other hospitals to join the rescue work.

The 120 rescue vehicle isn't especially cold; when one vehicle goes out on call, another is driven out from the underground garage to wait. Zheng Ren, wearing his military coat, felt warm and thought this was not bad either.

People, one must console oneself, otherwise life would be even harder.

"What illness? Where to?"

"Hypertension, Building 3, Sunshine Community." The nurse glanced at the slip in her hand and passed it to the stretcher bearer ahead.

Sunshine Community is a residential area in the city center, not too far from City First Hospital.

The patient has hypertension, and Zheng Ren immediately thought of serious complications such as hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage.

If the patient also has aspiration, endotracheal intubation is needed.

After considering the possible complications, Zheng Ren began to check all the equipment on the 120 rescue vehicle.

It was like preparing for battle; Zheng Ren carefully and cautiously thought through every possibility he could anticipate, so as not to be caught off guard.

The 120 rescue vehicle was slowly driving along the road.

Because of the snow, the road surface hadn't been cleared yet. Along the way, Zheng Ren saw many large snowplows and sanitation workers working through the night.

When the snow stops, it must be cleared immediately; otherwise, who knows how many traffic accidents there will be tomorrow morning.

Soon, the 120 rescue vehicle arrived at Sunshine Community.

Two stretcher bearers carried the stretcher, Zheng Ren held the rescue kit, the nurse followed closely behind, and the four of them entered the residential building.

He glanced at the elevator; they were on the 22nd floor.

But the patient was on the 5th floor.

Zheng Ren hesitated not, taking the nurse up the stairs directly. The stretcher bearers, finding it inconvenient to carry the stretcher up the stairs and not being in a hurry, could wait for the elevator.

Climbing as fast as possible to the 5th floor, Zheng Ren felt fine, while the nurse was panting from exhaustion.

"Zheng... Chief Zheng, your physique is really good." The nurse, hands on hips, took big breaths.

You know, Zheng Ren was also carrying a rescue kit weighing over ten catties.

Zheng Ren also felt that his physical condition seemed to have changed somewhat, and of course it was changing for the better.

Perhaps it's a benefit from the System Space? Zheng Ren pondered while knocking on the door.

"I'm coming." The person inside said slowly.

Zheng Ren's heart sank.

The family members weren't in a hurry, indicating the patient's condition was probably not serious.

As long as the patient is fine, that's good; Zheng Ren didn't want to show off his emergency rescue skills to the emergency nurse—what a pain.

Everyone being fine is better than anything.

The door opened, and a man in his seventies stepped out. Zheng Ren first glanced at the system panel in the upper right of his view; he was not the patient.

The system diagnosis showed only primary hypertension, which could be considered sub‑healthy; blood pressure was not high now, and the system background color was light green.

"You've come." The old man said leisurely.

"Well, where's the patient?" Zheng Ren asked immediately.

"It's just me, wait a moment for me." The old man said leisurely.

"" Zheng Ren looked at the old man in surprise, seeing him walk to the bathroom and leave the door ajar.

What's going on?

He glanced around the room; there was no one else.

Zheng Ren was completely bewildered.

After working for several years, Zheng Ren had also done one emergency shift, handling the 120 Emergency Rescue Service for six months.

But Zheng Ren had never encountered such a situation before.

It's utterly bizarre.

If this were a horror movie, he'd probably have transformed by now. Zheng Ren felt a bit creeped out, but he forced himself to hold on.

The nurse also felt something was off, looking around, she whispered to Zheng Ren: "Chief Zheng, what's going on?"

Zheng Ren shook his head slightly.

After a few minutes, the old man was still in the bathroom. The stretcher worker had already taken the elevator up, seeing Zheng Ren and the nurse standing dazedly in the room, also finding it incomprehensible.

Every few minutes, Zheng Ren would say something to the old man.

The old man sat in the bathroom, answering Zheng Ren's questions with full vigor.

As time passed, Zheng Ren grew increasingly confused.