Surgery Godfather

It's not fixed yet!

As soon as he saw Professor Yang, Xiong Sihai wasn't going to let him go easily. There happened to be a patient in rescue, and Xiong Sihai wanted to ask Professor Yang to take a look.

Xiong Sihai brought Yang Ping through another small door into the rescue room, because the main door was still being pounded by that big lady. He was worried that once the main door opened, the lady would dash in recklessly. He absolutely believed in her fighting strength because she had been banging on the door for a long time without showing any signs of exhaustion.

The female reporter obviously didn't want to let Director Xiong go. After having suffered a setback, she was always looking for an opportunity to regain her ground, so she followed Director Xiong, hoping to catch something incriminating. She had overheard Director Xiong asking Professor Yang to see a patient and was certain that this patient must have some special connections, calling in Professor Yang for special care.

Her husband had drunk himself into a stupor and was now lying in the observation room. The doctors and nurses just glanced at him, but there were no medical staff standing by him. She felt the hospital didn't give her the attention she deserved. She had just made some demands, which would have been met with special attention at any other hospital. But here, the staff didn't even give her a second look.

"This is how chaotic our emergency department is," Director Xiong explained to Yang Ping. "Just now, that woman's husband was merely drunk, yet she insisted that we have medical staff watch over him continuously. We're so busy and don't have time to watch him. We've already given him a bed in the observation room, which is quite good enough. But she's not satisfied and threatened to expose us. What nonsense."

The woman following behind heard Director Xiong's explanation and grew more furious. She had always been domineering, and now she was humiliated here. How could she stand it?

This so-called professor went in to see a patient, while ignoring her husband. It infuriated her.

"Professor!" she shouted from behind.

Director Xiong turned his head. It was indeed the reporter shouting, and Yang Ping turned with him.

The female reporter immediately rushed up, as if she had found some evidence: "All patients are treated the same. I now demand you look at my husband. He is in a life-threatening condition."

Yang Ping frowned. An adult getting so riled up, couldn't she see how busy everyone was? Yet she insisted on causing a scene, endlessly so. Yang Ping didn't want to deal with her.

Most patients are reasonable, but a few unreasonable ones and their families do get under your skin. But Yang Ping's approach was to ignore them, not bothering to argue.

Pillar and Director Xiong had reached the door, ready to go in. "Let's go have a look," he said.

The female reporter couldn't tolerate this snub. Being ignored, she charged like a tigress, ready to grab one of the two.

But out of nowhere, Ershun appeared and blocked her, grabbing her hand: "Please mind your conduct." Ershun firmly held onto her hand.

"Escort her out," he said.

Ershun followed Yang Ping and Director Xiong into the rescue room, handing over the female reporter to a colleague.

The female reporter's fighting spirit was intense. This thoroughly ignited her inner fury, but the other party simply ignored her, which made her feel humiliated. Unable to find an outlet, she returned to the observation ward. Her husband was sleeping soundly, hooked up to an IV drip, which was merely used for opening a vein for easy rescue.

A nurse came in for a routine check, glanced at the electrocardiogram monitor, then measured his blood pressure, checked his pupils, and found everything normal, then completed the records.

"Press the bell if anything comes up," the nurse instructed.

The female reporter, with no outlet for her anger, lashed out at the nurse, "What kind of hospital is this? He's severely ill and there's no one to care for him; he could die here unnoticed."

The nurse ignored her. Having seen all kinds of family members, they gave the necessary instructions and let the curses roll off.

The emergency rescue room now was divided into surgical and medical sections, which were actually adjacent, connected by a wide door that was usually open so that some of the room's emergency equipment was shared.

Whether it was the surgical or medical section, both were fully occupied. Only a curtain separated the emergency beds, and the circular nurses' station at the center of the hall had phones ringing nonstop.

"This patient's various tests have shown no abnormalities—no hypoglycemia, no myocardial infarction, no pulmonary embolism, no thyroid dysfunction... nothing. Yet the blood pressure keeps dropping and can only be maintained with dopamine," said Xiong Sihai.

Xiong Sihai was well-suited for emergency work, straightforward and direct, quick to handle chaotic situations, and had a good memory. With these emergency patients, he could basically remember their conditions after going through them once. This made him an effective Director, able to manage the entire situation, dealing with matters rank and filed, with clear priorities.

Blood pressure drop primarily falls into a few categories: hypovolemic, cardiogenic, distributive, and obstructive, much like the reasons for shock, which is essentially a severe drop in blood pressure.

Hypovolemia includes blood loss and fluid loss. Inspections for bleeding caused by trauma, gastrointestinal bleeding, ectopic pregnancy rupture, spontaneous internal vascular rupture, etc., all came back negative. Additionally, there were no gastrointestinal infections or diarrhea.

Cardiogenic, such as myocardium damage, arrhythmia, etc.

Distributive shock, such as from allergies, infection, etc.

Obstructive, such as cardiac tamponade, pulmonary embolism, etc.

The attending doctor had already reviewed everything and found no problems, yet the blood pressure was still plummeting. How could this be? Relying solely on dopamine wasn't feasible in the long run. The attending doctor had already contacted the ICU, prepared to admit him for intensive treatment. Keeping him in the rescue room was just a temporary measure.