Special Forces Medic-Chapter 858 - 831: Surgery (Part 2)

Xiao Lin extended his hand into Hua Muyun's chest cavity and discovered that the steel rod had pierced his liver. He looked up at Mu Rongyun and said, "The patient is the current city party secretary Mu Rongyun, fifty-one years old, with severe liver damage."

"Cut!" Mu Rongyun returned with a cold laugh. "No need to explain who he is. Since I'm here, I will do what I have to do."

"Very well! Due to the extensive damage to the liver, we can't afford to strip it. Let's first restore the heartbeat!"

As he spoke, Xiao Lin reached out to the Instrument Master for the scalpel, quickly cut open the pericardium, and placed his right hand on the patient's heart. Seeing the circulating nurse had already injected the patient with the 'heart trio', Xiao Lin asked the recording nurse, "How long has the heart been stopped?"

"It's been two minutes," the circulating nurse replied calmly after a glance at the records.

The human brain is an organ that requires a lot of oxygen, and if oxygen supply to the brain is cut off for more than 5-8 minutes, it could lead to brain death, rendering further treatment useless. Even if the heartbeat is restored post-brain death, the patient would become a vegetative state.

Usually, cardiac resuscitation employs intracardiac compressions and electrical shock. Now that the patient's chest cavity is open and the heart is exposed, to save time, Xiao Lin decided to employ a simple, quick, and effective method by applying manual compressions directly to the exposed heart, hoping to stimulate it to contract and expand normally through external force.

At 2:31 AM, the heart has been stopped for 3 minutes.

By 2:32 AM, the heart has been stopped for 4 minutes.

Xiao Lin's right hand continued pressing the patient's heart without pause, but the heart showed no sign of revival. Time ticked away, seemingly taking hope along with it. Xiao Lin kept a tense eye on the readings of the monitor. In his philosophy of life, he would never give up until the very end. His compressions maintained a rhythm and force, engaging in a tug-of-war with the Grim Reaper.

The needle moved forward another notch; the heart has been stopped for five minutes.

Everyone in the operating room held their breath, only the sound of machines beeped and the urgent breathing echoed in the room. Mu Rongyun occasionally glanced up at Xiao Lin across, as if he had never seen the man up close like this. Accustomed to Xiao Lin's indifferent calmness, Mu Rongyun had never witnessed such a serious and persistent demeanor from him before.

In a fleeting moment of distraction, the heart in Xiao Lin's right hand began to show slight tremors, this tremor allowed Mu Rongyun to gain a new understanding of Xiao Lin. He saw the childlike gleam of joy in Xiao Lin's eyes, a satisfaction Mu Rongyun himself understood as a fellow surgeon.

The tremors in his right hand brought Xiao Lin immense joy. It was this minute tremor that allowed everyone in the operating room to breathe a sigh of relief, almost jumping for joy!

Xiao Lin observed Hua Muyun's heart, the myocardial tension gradually increased, the soft, enlarged heart became firm and contracted, and the myocardial color turned from dark red to bright red. When the heart entered ventricular fibrillation, he instructed the circulating nurse, "Prepare 1MG of adrenaline for intravenous injection and open another venous line. Be quick!"

After giving two consecutive orders, seeing the heart cannot restart itself due to ventricular fibrillation, Xiao Lin issued two more orders, "Defibrillator, internal defibrillation!"

The Instrument Master quickly handed two electrode paddles moistened with saline to Xiao Lin. "Prepare 30 joules!"

"Ready!" The circulating nurse called out after adjusting the instrument.

"Step away from the table." Xiao Lin placed the electrode paddles securely on the left and right ventricular walls and shocked them with 30 joules of direct current.

With a jolt of electricity, everyone's gaze fell on the monitor screen. The circulating nurse anxiously reported, "Stuck in varicose fiber, no reaction."

"Saline! 2% lidocaine 1MG IV injection!" Xiao Lin turned the electrode paddles over to the Instrument Master, who moistened them with saline, while another nurse quickly prepared and administered the medication into the catheter.

"Prepare 50 joules!"

"Ready!"

"Clear!" Xiao Lin again placed the electrode paddles securely on the left and right ventricular walls and shocked them with 50 joules of direct current. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"It's working, the heart is beating again, and the blood pressure is gradually rising," the anesthetist exclaimed with delight from beside the monitor.

Mu Rongyun nodded at Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin, exhaling deeply, nodded in gratitude to everyone, yet the real surgery was just beginning. Although life signs had returned, whether they could sustain till the end remained unknown.

Looking at the unconscious Hua Muyun, Xiao Lin knew this man had always been strong, bearing a willpower beyond ordinary people just like his cold-hearted father. Uncle Hua, please do not disappoint Qing Yi, do not let us down!

Faced with a patient on the brink of death, a doctor's duty is to eliminate all potential harmful factors. Without a will to survive, it's difficult for a doctor to pull the patient back from the brink of death.

Hua Muyun's situation is not optimistic now. Although the heart has resumed beating, there's no immediate danger to life, but it could stop at any time, and the severe damage to the internal organs might cause sudden changes or emergencies. Secretary Luo, standing outside, watched the proceedings anxiously through the display screen, phone in hand, sweaty droplets trickling onto the screen.

"What's the situation inside now?" Unaware that someone had been standing behind him, Secretary Luo was startled, dropping his phone in surprise at the sudden voice.

"Mr. Xiao!"

The newcomer wasn't anyone else but Xiao Zhenfeng. He peered at those preparing inside through the video. "Is Xiao Lin in there?"

"Yes, but there's someone else too." Secretary Luo felt a sense of relief upon seeing Xiao Zhenfeng.

"What do you mean by someone else?"

"Mu Rongyun!" Weighing the situation, Secretary Luo decided to inform Xiao Zhenfeng of the circumstances truthfully to prepare for the worst.

"That forensic scientist?" Xiao Zhenfeng narrowed his eyes dangerously. Since when did Xiao Lin get so close to this person?

"Yes, he's someone appointed by Young Master Xiao. Just now, Secretary Hua's heart has resumed beating temporarily..."

"Do you know who did it?"

"Young Master Hua forbade us from intervening. He's already on-site and ordered the news blockade. I've already released the information that Secretary Hua is out inspecting other provinces from the municipal side, to temporarily hold off any inquiries."（To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.）