Check-in at the Hospital: The First Surgery Shocked the Nation!-Chapter 218 - 144: The Coronary Artery Is Pierced, Emergency Transfer

Chapter 218: Chapter 144: The Coronary Artery Is Pierced, Emergency Transfer

Guoyuan Town Hospital,

Bam!

Qin Feng pushed open the door of the emergency room and saw Chai Zhongjun lying on the bed.

A branch, some twenty to thirty centimeters long, was vertically lodged in his chest, looking quite terrifying.

Around him stood villagers, doctors, and nurses, their faces full of sadness and anxiety.

"Director Qin from City Hospital No. 1 is here, everyone make way quickly!"

The man following him shouted, pushing the people in front aside.

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at Qin Feng and immediately made way.

Qin Feng walked to Chai Zhongjun’s side, took the spotlight from a doctor, and opened his eyes to find the pupils significantly constricted.

Things are not looking good!

"How did this injury happen?"

Qin Feng looked up and asked.

"Tonight there was a storm, and a small reservoir upstream from our village broke its bank, flooding the village. Secretary Chai found out and quickly notified everyone to move to the old school.

But by then it was already the early morning, many people were asleep, and some elders didn’t hear, so Secretary Chai led a few of us to knock on doors house by house."

A young man, probably in his early twenties, said while wiping away tears,

"But everyone in the village knows that if the reservoir floods, all the chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs we raised would be swept away and drowned, so we had to drive them to the school as well.

Secretary Chai led us to take away the elderly from each house, and then took the chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep with us.

In the end, he managed to get everyone to the school before the water came, but a lamb at Aunt Zhang’s home was startled by the thunder and ran off, falling into the field below."

"To help Aunt Zhang retrieve the lamb, Secretary Chai wouldn’t let us go and went down by himself.

In the end... in the end... while carrying the lamb back, he accidentally took a misstep, fell into a water pit, and got pierced by the branch.

Woo woo woo..."

After saying this, the young man couldn’t help but burst into tears, covering his face.

The villagers who followed also wiped away tears, and low sobs could be heard.

Hearing this, Qin Feng didn’t know what to say, even his hand paused during the examination.

For the sake of a lamb, he almost lost his life. Is this guy foolish or just stupid?

"Everyone except medical staff, leave!"

As soon as Qin Feng finished speaking, two nurses immediately started to escort people out.

Reluctantly, people left the emergency room, crying and looking back with every step.

"Director Qin, you are the expert. How is Secretary Chai’s condition now?"

The only middle-aged doctor, sweating profusely, asked nervously.

Though he was the attending doctor at the town hospital, a situation like this was beyond what a small rural hospital could handle!

The most critical part is that Chai Zhongjun was pierced by the branch right above the heart, precisely at the location of the right ventricular aorta.

Whether the aorta has been pierced requires detailed examination and imaging.

Qin Feng didn’t speak, quickly performing a physical examination to understand the current situation.

The heartbeat had murmurs and disturbances, breath was rapid and weakening.

Pupils constricting, consciousness weak, pulse faint with some throbbing.

The heart artery is damaged!

By examining both radial and carotid arteries, it seemed the branch really injured an artery, otherwise, so many abnormal symptoms wouldn’t show up so soon.

This is dangerous!

"Do you have a CT here?"

Qin Feng looked up at the middle-aged doctor and asked.

"No, in this small place, how could we have something like that?"

The doctor shook his head, smiling bitterly. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Indeed, how would a rural hospital afford such expensive equipment?

Without precise CT images, there was no way to accurately determine what parts the branch had injured in Chai Zhongjun.

Based on his experience and preliminary examination, the main heart artery might really be damaged.

If so, there were only four words to describe it.

A slim chance of survival!

This injury required at least a third-level surgery, and this rural hospital simply didn’t have the means to perform such a difficult operation.

Bam!

Just as he was frowning, the emergency room door was pushed open again.

"Director Qin, we’ve arrived!"

Yu Biao and three nurses rushed in carrying medical boxes, wiping the water from their faces.

Several town government leaders followed behind them.

"Director Qin, how’s little Chai doing?"

A man in glasses, wearing a white shirt, stepped forward and asked quickly,

"Is his injury severe? Is he alright?"

This was Secretary Chen of Guoyuan Town, whom he had met the day before.

His face was filled with anxiety as he stepped forward and grasped Qin Feng’s hand tightly, completely drenched.

"The situation isn’t good, it might have injured the aorta."

Qin Feng shook his head, the tone solemn.

"Then... can you save him?"

Hearing this, Secretary Chen’s body trembled, his voice wavering, and he swallowed hard before asking,

"Little Chai is our town’s best village secretary and the only college graduate cadre, he can’t have anything happen to him!"

Upon this,

The people behind couldn’t help but look at the young man on the hospital bed, covered in mud as if he had just been pulled out of a mud pit.

The black-framed glasses were nowhere to be found, and his face was ashen.

"I know, I’ll figure something out and do everything I can to save him."

Qin Feng nodded and immediately looked towards Yu Biao,

"Dr. Yu, contact City Hospital No. 1 immediately to prepare all the surgical instruments for heart and aortic surgery, and the extracorporeal circulation system.

Arrange for an ambulance to head over right away!"

"Okay!"

Yu Biao nodded heavily and quickly took out his phone to call the city hospital.

"Secretary Chen, I want to ask where is the nearest grade II or III hospital to our town? He must be transferred immediately!"

Qin Feng immediately looked at the man in front of him and asked seriously,

"There must be a CT machine! I need to see the images to assess his injuries."

"Grade II hospital? CT machine?"

Secretary Chen was taken aback by this and then furrowed his brows in thought.

"The nearest to our town is a grade II hospital in Honghu District, but I don’t know if they have CT equipment."

At this moment, someone behind Secretary Chen quickly spoke up.

"Yes, yes, Honghu Hospital!"

Secretary Chen instantly reacted, his eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly,

"I’ll contact them right away!"

After saying that, he hurriedly took out his phone and dialed the number.

"Hello, is Director Shi there? This is Chen Gang from Guoyuan Town, yes, yes!"

"I want to ask if Honghu Hospital in our district has a CT machine?"

"What? No? Then do you know which hospital is the nearest that has one?"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s hearts sank.

No one expected that even the nearest Honghu Hospital didn’t have a CT machine!

This was indeed quite troublesome.

Qin Feng looked at Chai Zhongjun on the bed, his brow furrowed into a line.

His condition was getting worse, and he had to be taken to a hospital with relatively better facilities as soon as possible, preferably one equipped for surgery.

"Alright, alright, I understand, I’ll make contact."

Secretary Chen hung up the phone and looked at Qin Feng,

"Director Qin, Honghu Hospital doesn’t have a CT machine. I’ll contact Lianyang District now; they should have one."

After speaking, he dialed the number for Lianyang District once more.

This time the result finally allowed everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

They have a CT machine!

And they also have the capacity to perform level 3 surgeries, as Lianyang Hospital was already preparing to apply for grade III status, except some requirements were not met yet.

Upon receiving this news, Qin Feng was somewhat relieved.

It would take about an hour by car from Guoyuan Town to Lianyang Hospital, while from the city’s first hospital to Lianyang Hospital would take about two hours.

The task now was to immediately send Chai Zhongjun for a chest scan to assess his injuries.

Find a way to stabilize his vital signs and buy time for the surgery!

"By the way, Secretary Chen, can you ask them if they have an extracorporeal circulation system?"

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Qin Feng’s mind, and he immediately asked.

"Alright!

Hello, does your hospital have an extracorporeal circulation system? No? Okay, I understand, thank you!"

After asking, Secretary Chen glanced at Qin Feng,

"Here’s the thing, I’m sending a patient over immediately; it’s a university graduate village official from our town, severely injured, needing surgery at your place.

Alright, alright! Which department? Cardiothoracic! Right! Cardiothoracic!

Thank you! We’re heading over now!"

After hanging up the phone, Qin Feng immediately looked at Yu Biao, who had walked in.

"Director Qin, City First Hospital has been informed and Director Zhang Fan is on duty tonight, he will personally come!"

Yu Biao said upon seeing the situation.

"Tell Director Zhang we’re transferring to Lianyang Hospital right away, have them head to Lianyang Hospital and meet us there.

Secretary Chen, please find a good driver who can handle the Coaster; we need to take Chai Zhongjun to Lianyang District now."

"Alright! You can use my driver; he’s reliable!"

Secretary Chen nodded immediately in agreement and called his driver over.

Eventually,

the entire hospital started buzzing with nervous activity, while the branch lodged in Chai Zhongjun’s chest was the most critical.

Every inadvertent bump could be a matter of life and death, so for safety’s sake, he could only be moved little by little to minimize any movement of the branch.

Finally, after considerable effort, they managed to move Chai Zhongjun onto the Coaster, with all the equipment securely in place.

Just as Qin Feng was about to get into the vehicle, he suddenly stopped.

"Excuse me, do you have an acupuncture kit in your hospital?"

"Acupuncture kit? Yes, yes, yes! I’ll get it for you."

The doctor from the town hospital was initially taken aback but quickly reacted and turned to run to the pharmacy,

"Director Qin, is this sufficient?"

When he returned, he held two brand-new acupuncture kits in his hands.

In addition to basic medications, acupuncture kits were considered essential at town hospitals.

"Great, thank you!"

Qin Feng took the acupuncture kits, nodded, and got into the car.

He sat down beside Chai Zhongjun and then took a deep breath, reaching out his hand to grasp the finger-thick branch, slowly securing its end against the chest.

Among everyone present, only his hand could precisely control and ensure perfect balance and subtlety in operation.

This prevented the branch from moving and causing further injury as the vehicle jostled down the road.

The situation was unclear, and even the slightest misstep could result in a life-threatening situation!

At this moment,

in the vehicle besides him, Yu Biao, three nurses, two local leaders including Secretary Chen and the office director were also there.

Qin Feng nodded gravely facing everyone’s eyes on him and said in a deep voice,

"Let’s go."

Rumble~

The vehicle started, and under the pouring rain, a Coaster drove into the night.