26: Chapter 26: The Yellow Zone's immunity to handsome men is clearly zero.

Fang Ying left.

After returning to the Nurse Station, two young Nurses immediately crowded around her.

"Sister Fang, Sister Fang, did you ask?"

"I did."

"What did he say?"

"He said there'll be a chance in the future."

The two Nurses let out a soft exclamation in unison.

Then they simultaneously glanced in Lu Chen's direction.

Fang Ying rubbed her temples.

She suddenly understood the question Zhao Yaqin had asked earlier.

What resistance?

Immunity.

Immunity to handsome guys.

The immunity in the Yellow Zone was clearly zero.

...

1:30 PM.

Zhao Yaqin returned after finishing her meal.

The number of patients in the Yellow Zone continued to increase; eighteen observation beds were already in use.

Only two empty beds remained.

"This rain today is really killing us." Zhao Yaqin frowned as she looked out the window.

The rain outside showed no sign of letting up; instead, it was falling harder and harder.

The curtain of rain was so thick that the buildings opposite were almost invisible.

"The Green Zone side is also about to collapse; there are too many patients."

Head Nurse Fang Ying walked over from the Nurse Station to report.

"Of the eighteen patients currently under observation, three have relatively complex situations and need close attention."

"Which three?"

"The old man with a concussion in Bed 9. His frequency of vomiting has increased, and I'm afraid there might be an intracranial issue."

Lu Chen took over the conversation.

"I checked him with, uh, a physical exam half an hour ago. His pupils are equal and round, and his light reflex is normal. There shouldn't be intracranial hemorrhaging, but to be safe, we can add a CT scan."

Zhao Yaqin nodded.

"Then add the CT. Better to check one more than to miss something."

"And that old lady with abdominal pain in Bed 12. I suspect it's not ordinary gastroenteritis."

Lu Chen paused for a moment at this point.

"When I was doing the physical exam just now, I found tenderness in her upper right quadrant. Murphy's sign is suspiciously positive; it might be a gallbladder issue."

Zhao Yaqin glanced at him.

"What's your basis?"

"Her pain mainly worsens after eating. It started this morning after she ate some fried dough sticks, accompanied by nausea. This trigger is more consistent with the characteristics of cholecystitis."

"Hmm, add an abdominal ultrasound."

"I've already ordered it; we're waiting for the results."

The corners of Zhao Yaqin's mouth twitched slightly.

This newcomer's thinking was indeed clear.

Not only was his technique good, but his clinical reasoning also kept up.

...

2:00 PM.

The ultrasound results came back.

The old lady in Bed 12 indeed had acute cholecystitis.

The gallbladder wall was thickened, and stone echoes were visible within the cavity.

After Zhao Yaqin looked at the report, she turned to look at Lu Chen.

"Your judgment was very accurate."

"Thank you, Teacher Zhao."

"Contact the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery department and arrange for admission."

"Okay."

Lu Chen contacted Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, and they indicated they had a bed available this afternoon and could take her.

After the old lady was transferred, Bed 12 became empty.

But in less than ten minutes, it was filled again by a new patient.

In the Emergency Department on a stormy day, there are no empty beds.

3:00 PM.

The rain still hadn't weakened.

Lu Chen had already handled more than twenty cases in a row.

All twenty beds in the Yellow Zone were full, and three temporary beds had been added in the corridor.

Zhao Yaqin was so busy she didn't even have time to drink water.

Zhou Ze was also called out from the break room to support the Yellow Zone.

When he saw Lu Chen, he nodded.

"Hard work today, kid."

"You've worked hard too, Teacher Zhou."

"What hard work for me? I slept all morning. You're the one who's worked hard; you haven't stopped since morning, right?"

"It's alright, I'm used to it."

Zhou Ze glanced at him, patted his shoulder, and said nothing more.

Ever since the myocardial infarction incident last time, Zhou Ze's attitude toward Lu Chen had been very polite.

Although he wouldn't say it too explicitly for the sake of appearances, he was truly impressed with Lu Chen in private.

...

4:00 PM.

Patients were still coming in a continuous stream.

Lu Chen could no longer remember how many cases he had taken today.

The experience points on the system panel were growing steadily.

[Internal Medicine Diagnostics: Entry Level (Progress: 15/100→21/100)]

[Suturing: Perfect Level (Progress: 15/100→19/100)]

[Basic Surgical Operations: Mastery Level (Progress: 25/100→31/100)]

One day's progress equaled a week in the Green Zone.

The Yellow Zone was indeed a treasure trove for experience points.

But Lu Chen didn't have time to be happy for long.

4:20 PM.

He had just finished treating a patient with a broken arm and was writing the medical record.

Suddenly, he heard a sound.

Coming from the distance.

It wasn't the sound of rain.

It was the sound of sirens.

The sirens of ambulances.

And it wasn't just one.

It was several.

Lu Chen raised his head and looked out the window.

Through the curtain of rain, he could vaguely see flashing red and blue lights.

One, two, three.

More than that.

Fang Ying heard it too; she stood up from the Nurse Station, her expression changing slightly.

"So many ambulances?"

Zhao Yaqin walked quickly to the window.

Her expression became solemn when she saw that row of red and blue lights.

"Something big has happened."

Just as she finished speaking, the phone at the Nurse Station rang.

Fang Ying picked it up.

"Hello? Emergency Department Yellow Zone."

The voice on the other end was very urgent; Fang Ying's face looked worse by the second.

When she put down the phone, even her voice had changed.

"Teacher Zhao!"

Zhao Yaqin turned her head.

"What is it?"

"The 120 Dispatch Center just notified us. At the South City Highway entrance, heavy rain caused water to accumulate on the road. A long-distance bus and two passenger cars had a multi-vehicle collision. The preliminary estimate is over a hundred casualties."

"What?!"

"The first batch of casualties will arrive in five minutes. 120 has dispatched all available ambulances."

A hundred people.

Zhao Yaqin's pupils contracted sharply.

A mass casualty event on the scale of a hundred people was an extremely rare major incident in the history of the Emergency Department.

"I'm going to notify Director Li!" Zhao Yaqin said, then turned and ran.

Lu Chen stood in place, watching the increasing number of red and blue lights outside the window.

He could hear even more sirens now.

Coming from the distance, one after another, rising and falling amidst the roar of the heavy rain.

At this moment, a prompt popped up from the system.

[Detected that a large-scale medical event is about to occur]

[Estimated casualty scale: 100+]

[Host's current location: Emergency Department Yellow Zone]

[Suggestion: Make emergency preparations; a large amount of experience points is about to arrive]

Lu Chen looked at this prompt and took a deep breath.

It's coming.

The real test is coming.

In less than three minutes, Director Li Sen's voice came through the Emergency Department's broadcast system.

"Emergency notice for the whole department! A major traffic accident has occurred on the South City Highway. A bus and passenger cars have had a multi-vehicle collision. It is expected that over a hundred casualties will arrive at our hospital successively. We are now activating the Emergency Department Level 3 Emergency Plan!"

"All off-duty personnel report to your posts immediately!"

"The Red Zone is to clear all currently transferable patients to vacate maximum receiving space!"

"The Yellow Zone is to prepare for triage; those with minor injuries are to be transferred to the Green Zone for treatment!"

"On-duty directors of all departments—Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Thoracic Surgery, and the ICU—report to the Emergency Department within five minutes!"

"Repeat, report to the Emergency Department within five minutes!"

After the broadcast ended, the entire Emergency Department instantly entered a wartime state.

Everyone began to run.

Nurses were pushing gurneys, moving equipment, and clearing aisles.

Doctors emerged from every corner—some running back from the Cafeteria, some rushing out of the Duty Room, and some coming out of the restroom while pulling up their pants.

Lu Chen stood in the corridor of the Yellow Zone, watching all of this.

His heart rate was accelerating.

It wasn't nervousness; it was excitement.

No, there was also a bit of nervousness.

But more than that, it was an unprecedented sense of mission.

Over a hundred casualties.

This wasn't something one person could handle.

But he wanted to be the most useful person.

Zhao Yaqin ran back from Director Li Sen's office. Her face no longer had its usual calm expression; instead, it was replaced by an extreme, taut seriousness.

"Lu Chen!"

"Here!"

"For the current observation patients in the Yellow Zone, transfer all who can be moved to the Green Zone. For those who can't, arrange monitoring, then follow me to the Triage Desk."

"Okay!"

Lu Chen immediately took action.

He quickly went through the conditions of all the patients in the Yellow Zone in his mind.

Among the twenty-three observation patients, fourteen were stable and could be transferred to the Green Zone for continued observation.

The remaining nine needed to stay in the Yellow Zone.

He quickly did a handover with Fang Ying.

"Sister Fang, beds 1 to 5, 8 to 11, 15 to 18, and 20 to 22—these fourteen can be transferred. Arrange for Nurses to assist with the move."

"Beds 6, 7, 9, 12 to 14, 19, and 23—these eight cannot be moved; continue monitoring."

"For that old man with the concussion in Bed 9, check his pupils every half hour. Call me immediately if there's any change."

Fang Ying quickly noted it down.

"Okay, I'll arrange it!"

Lu Chen finished speaking and ran toward the Triage Desk.

The Triage Desk was set up at the main entrance of the Emergency Department hall; it was the first stop for all casualties after being brought in.

When he reached the Triage Desk, Zhao Yaqin was already there.

Zhou Ze was there too.

Director Li Sen walked over from the Red Zone side, his expression more serious than ever.

"Is everyone here?"

"We're here."

"Listen to my arrangements."

Director Li Sen's voice was very steady, but his speaking speed was much faster than usual.

"Zhou Ze and I will be responsible for triage. Once the casualties arrive, I will judge the severity. Red tags to the Red Zone, yellow tags to the Yellow Zone, green tags to the Green Zone."

"Zhao Yaqin, you take Lu Chen and guard the Yellow Zone. All moderately injured casualties go to you."

"For the Red Zone, I've already notified Director Zhang of Thoracic Surgery and Director Liu of Neurosurgery to come and support; they'll be here in five minutes."

"Orthopedics has also transferred two people over."

"The ICU is on standby, ready to receive at any time."

After Director Li Sen finished, he looked at everyone.

"Today is a tough battle. Stay sharp."

Everyone responded in unison.