Chapter 2364: Never Let Your Guard Down
Old Liu hurriedly dialed the 110 emergency hotline, and while he detailed the suspicious situation at the scene, he also had to call other company leaders regarding President Qi’s safety.
Student Wei communicated with the 120 command center: "It’s electrocution. One of the adults has completely stopped breathing and their heartbeat has ceased. We’ve been performing CPR for about ten minutes now, but there’s no sign of them regaining a heartbeat or breathing." After describing the adult’s condition, he walked over to Student Xie and the child and asked, "Yingying, how are things on your side?"
The child’s electrocution time was shorter, and the doctor’s examination showed that since their breathing hadn’t completely stopped, there was more hope of saving them compared to the adult. This might be why Student Wei asked her to save the child.
After an effortful session of chest compressions, the child’s heart rate had lately been restored to sixty-plus beats per minute. Xie Wanying stopped the CPR, felt the child’s neck, sensed the faint pulse of life, and frowned with concern: this child was not out of danger yet and could suddenly die again at any moment.
The most terrifying aspect of electrical injuries is the potential for delayed death. Some people don’t die immediately after electrocution but instead die suddenly after some time.
Bringing someone back from the brink is no guarantee their heart will return to beating healthily right away. Doctors need to be extremely vigilant in monitoring the condition.
The child’s consciousness, too, will not soon return.
Xie Wanying made a swift decision and told Student Wei: "Notify 120 that this child needs to be taken to Shou’er and advise the Shou’er Emergency Department to prepare for the transfer."
Shou’er and Tianfu No.1 are in the same district, making the journey to Shou’er shorter than to Guo Zhi Hospital.
"This—" Student Wei and the person from the 120 command center had major doubts about her decision.
Is it necessary to take the child to Shou’er because they are a child? In truth, electrocution doesn’t distinguish between adults and children, and it’s not a disease specific to pediatrics. Logically, any top-tier Class Three A hospital could handle the rescue similarly.
"No," Xie Wanying said, "It’s very likely that the patient has myocardial damage. The best place to go would be a hospital with a pediatric cardiology specialist because immediate open-heart surgery might be necessary."
"What’s that?"
"The fundamental reason for delayed death from electrical injuries is that after initially saving the patient, the heart actually sustains great damage inside, which general doctors cannot detect, meaning they haven’t been truly saved."
Student Wei Shangquan suddenly understood, recalling something from the textbooks, and quickly told the 120 command center: "We’re medical students from Guoxie, currently interning at Shou’er. Please inform Shou’er’s emergency department and Guo Zhi Hospital’s emergency department to prepare to receive the patients."
Student Xie blinked at Student Wei’s statement. They were all top students in their class, and Student Wei’s initiative demonstrated the ability to apply knowledge to new situations, knowing the severely injured adult would also need to be sent to a cardiac specialty hospital.
Having the patients taken to two separate hospitals is also beneficial, as it ensures sufficient rescue personnel and prevents doctors from having to divide their efforts between two patients.
After receiving their report, 120 dispatched the nearest ambulance to the scene to transport the injured.
The police station was closer than the hospital, so after Old Liu called in, a police car from the nearby station set off like lightning, arriving at Tianfu No.1 Residential District in under five minutes.
The arrival of the police car alerted the residential property management to the seriousness of the situation.
The piercing sound of the police siren alarmed all the residents of Tianfu No.1 Residential District.
Residents of the district, many of whom were influential figures, called property management to inquire about the situation as long as they were home.