Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 351 - 348: Even Barefoot Doctors Have Medical Ethics

Chapter 351: Chapter 348: Even Barefoot Doctors Have Medical Ethics

"Ah, he’s fainted, quickly perform CPR on him!" someone shouted nearby.

Lin Wanwan was taking the old man’s pulse at the moment and immediately said, "He’s just rigid, not unconscious. He still has breathing and a heartbeat, why perform CPR?"

The big guy sitting in the makeshift tent heard the commotion and ran over, but when he saw the old man half-slumped on Lu Shouyue’s arm, he was also at a loss.

In this situation, he could only quickly arrange a vehicle, get the necessary permits, and send the person to the hospital for treatment. Under these crude outdoor conditions, without equipment or medicine, there’s nothing much a Western doctor can do.

The beautiful woman taking the pulse was right, the patient had a typical hemorrhagic stroke, and since he still had autonomous breathing and heartbeat, CPR wasn’t needed.

Lu Shouyue was now virtually holding the patient. He looked at Lin Wanwan, who was calmly taking the pulse, with a surprised expression but didn’t interrupt.

Five minutes later, Lin Wanwan looked up and asked, "Who is his family? Are any family members here?"

A middle-aged woman in a wine-red short-sleeved shirt stepped forward: "I-I’m their live-in maid. The community suddenly closed, and his family went on a business trip and couldn’t make it back. These days, we’ve been staying at a hotel, and it’s just the two of us left at home."

With someone to take care of him, Lin Wanwan couldn’t be bothered to hear about their detailed relationship and quickly said, "His condition is very critical right now. He needs to take the Life-extending Decoction created by Mr. Sun immediately. Where is his home? Send him back home first, and get someone to bring the medicine in to brew and treat him. If taken in time, four doses of the medicine can cure him."

"Ah! Are you studying traditional Chinese medicine? What are you talking about? With such a severe condition, if he’s not quickly sent to the hospital, what can traditional Chinese medicine do, just nurture the body?"

"Even if you’ve studied Western medicine, you shouldn’t just belittle Chinese medicine. When Chinese medicine is correctly diagnosed, a single dose can work like magic and quickly raise the patient from a severe illness."

As Lin Wanwan spoke, she rolled her eyes. Ever since she studied with Mr. Sun for a month, she was most annoyed by the notion that Chinese medicine could only maintain health and not treat acute conditions.

The life-prolonging decoctions of Chinese medicine are very effective for treating strokes, especially right after the onset. Correctly diagnosed and medicated, if luck is on their side, the patient can recover without sequelae.

However, modern pharmacological research cites concerns that certain ingredients like Aconite, Ephedra, and Cinnamon Twig can raise blood pressure, leading to these effective decoctions being disregarded and unused.

Using Western medicine to analyze Chinese medicine is the dumbest thing ever, yet those in power are all Westernized now.

Lu Shouyue then asked the big guys who came running to help, "Did you call an ambulance? Are the permits secured? Time can’t be delayed, you need to act swiftly and not miss the rescue window."

Lin Wanwan caught on to the underlying meaning in Lu Shouyue’s words; he was telling her not to meddle or get into trouble.

But Lin Wanwan felt she could indeed save the person in front of her. If the rescue process was dragged out, who knows how many sequelae might be left due to missed timing.

The old man looked to be only fifty or sixty. Not truly old by modern life expectancy. Failing to save a life, Lin Wanwan couldn’t bear it.

Though she was just a barefoot doctor, she had at least studied for a month under the great doctor Mr. Sun, imbibing his knowledge for a month. She had memorized many times the Great Doctor’s Sincerity articles written by Mr. Sun.

For any great doctor treating illness, they must first ensure peace of mind, with no desires or demands, cultivating great compassion and a hidden heart, wishing to rescue all living things from suffering. If someone seeks help due to illness, they must not inquire about wealth, status, age, looks, relations, or wisdom, but treat all equally as if they were close kin.

This is the basic medical ethics of a Chinese medicine practitioner.

At this thought, Lin Wanwan suddenly stood up, saying to Lu Shouyue, "Professor Lu, I’m going up to grab something and use the restroom; could you please take care of the patient for a bit?"

After speaking, Lin Wanwan quickly ran towards the building, opened the door to the elevator lobby on the first floor with the phone app downloaded by Lu Shouyue, then rushed into the elevator and took it to the top floor. At the moment she pushed open the door, she traversed through time and space back to the Great Tang.

Having stayed in the present for eight days, only two days had passed since she left the Great Tang.

Lin Wanwan retrieved clothes from the tree hollow where she hid them before leaving and quickly donned the outer garments before sprinting towards the mountaintop.

Daoist Temples in the Great Tang often had medical facilities, and there must be a pharmacy in one!

She ran without delay into the temple, grabbed a young Daoist to ask for the location of the medical clinic, and went to grab and prepare the medicine.

Actually, Lin Wanwan was betting on time now, and also gambling with the fate of the old man.

If, before she finished making the An Gong Niu Huang pills specifically for hemorrhagic stroke, he was taken by ambulance to the hospital, it meant that his fate was to be treated with Western medicine.

Then Lin Wanwan would have merely wasted her efforts, though the prepared pill wouldn’t go to waste; she could keep it for future use if needed.

The ingredients required for An Gong Niu Huang pills include many extremely precious materials both ancient and modern, like Rhinoceros Horn, Musk, Pearl, Borneol, and more.

It was only due to Lin Wanwan decisively pressing a golden jade tassel hairpin adorned with pearls that the young caretaker of the pharmacy at the temple allowed her to take the medicine, and agreed to lend the Alchemy Room of the Daoist to her.

The young Daoist was momentarily softhearted and ended up involved, being taken by Lin Wanwan to assist her.

After gathering the ingredients, Lin Wanwan skipped the preparatory steps like washing, cutting, and drying, and directly used a mortar to grind the various medicinal materials into fine powder with the young Daoist.

Then, Lin Wanwan mixed the ground powders evenly, took the pre-made refined honey from the Alchemy Room, added it to the powder, kneaded on a pill board, and shaped it into rather unattractive large honey pills.

The young Daoist followed in a daze, protesting softly during the unasked taking of refined honey by Lin Wanwan, but to little effect.

After half an hour, Lin Wanwan finally wrapped the honey pills in gold foil, completing them.

This is a rough version of the An Gong Niu Huang pills, with slightly reduced efficacy, but everything is high-quality natural ingredients, definitely better than the modern emasculated version of the An Gong Niu Huang pills.

Lin Wanwan was lucky; the pharmacy had many ready-to-use items, allowing her to make the honey pills quickly.

To make honey pills with a meticulous process, starting from processing the ingredients, could take up to a month.

Once completed, Lin Wanwan took the pills and left without a word. The young Daoist couldn’t stop her; he still had many questions he wanted Lin Wanwan to answer!

But in her rush to save someone, Lin Wanwan couldn’t care about him. She exited the Alchemy Room, hid her outer clothes in a temple grove, and activated the Space-Time Gate to return to the present.

After working for nearly an hour in the Great Tang, only half an hour had passed in the present.

Going downstairs with the pills, Lin Wanwan saw that the man had already been moved under the tent to rest. He was half-paralyzed, with one dilated pupil, unable to speak, and limbs slack.

The vomitus he had produced was efficiently cleaned by the property management, but the ambulance still hadn’t arrived!

With only a bewildered maid left at home unable to make any decisions, they could only wait helplessly.

Lu Shouyue stood nearby, hand in pocket, with an indifferent look, waiting for Lin Wanwan and the ambulance.

If it weren’t for Lin Wanwan asking him to take care before leaving, trying to show some concern, he would have already completed the inspection upstairs.