197: Take back the right to be the surgeon, the golden 4 minutes!
Chapter 197: Reclaiming the Chief Surgeon Role, the Golden 4 Minutes!
"This is outrageous, has the world turned upside down..."
Director Bai was so angry his liver hurt. He clutched his backside, cursing and struggling to get up from the floor.
To have thisKid inexplicably take over his surgery – if this got out, how could Director Bai continue to operate in the Hospital?
The authority he had painstakingly built up was, in a single day, completely lost at Lin Yi's hands.
"Uh... it really stopped bleeding..."
But just as he stood up, he heard Zhuang Shu's exclamation and looked at the patient's chest cavity.
He immediately shut his mouth and stood behind the crowd, quietly observing Lin Yi's next moves.
The patient's aorta was ruptured, and his Heart had stopped beating – this was already a certainty.
The doctors now had only the golden 4 minutes. If the patient's Heart could not be restarted and blood flow to the brain restored within four minutes,
He could basically be declared dead, and this surgery would undoubtedly be classified as a medical accident.
Bai Ji and Zhuang Shu, as the chief surgeons, would have to bear the relevant responsibilities... and Bai Ji knew well that with his and Zhuang Shu's surgical skills, this was a completely unsolvable problem.
Now that Lin Yi had taken over, it was indeed the best option.
In such an intractable situation, the probability of the patient being saved was minuscule. Since Lin Yi wanted to be this 'savior,' why would Director Bai have any reason to refuse?
Although he and Zhuang Shu still couldn't escape relevant responsibilities, at least with Lin Yi taking the lead, it could significantly reduce their pressure... If... if Lin Yi really managed to save the patient in some unexpected way, then Bai Ji would, of course, be even happier.
After all, not having to bear any responsibility would be the best outcome for his career advancement.
Although he knew this was merely his wishful thinking, he couldn't help but be full of anticipation... Given these reasons,
Bai Ji certainly wouldn't stop Lin Yi from proceeding. The aortic hemostasis had already gotten things off to a very good start... "Teacher Lu, within the next 4 minutes,"
"You must cooperate with me to complete all procedures, including thrombectomy, vascular suturing, and finally, Heart restart."
"I hope you focus and aren't affected by external factors..."
When Lu Chenxi arrived by his side, Lin Yi didn't rush to treat the patient. Instead, he instructed Lu Chenxi on some important points to note.
And he indirectly announced to all the medical staff in the operating room that he had completely taken over this surgery, and everyone had to follow Lin Yi's commands... "Understood, Dr. Lin. We'll proceed according to the plan we discussed before the surgery!"
Lu Chenxi gave a very affirmative answer.
In this situation, relying on any other doctor would not save the patient on the operating table.
Only Lin Yi in front of her still offered that sole possibility.
Regardless of the outcome, with an attitude of responsibility for the patient's life, Lu Chenxi had to cast aside distractions and cooperate with Lin Yi for this final effort... "Dr. Lin, don't worry. If you say go east, we wouldn't dare go west..."
The medical staff in the operating room very promptly expressed their stance.
They were already medical staff from the Emergency Department operating room and were accustomed to the surgical miracles Lin Yi had created time and again.
As long as Lin Yi was in the chief surgeon's position, everyone felt like they had a backbone and were full of confidence for the upcoming surgery... "Director Bai..."
Zhuang Shu looked at Bai Ji next to him and asked doubtfully.
After all, in this operating room, Bai Ji was the true chief surgeon...
"Let's observe Lin Yi's performance first before we say anything."
Bai Ji understood perfectly and gave an affirmative reply and look.
Lin Yi seemed to be giving instructions to Lu Chenxi, but he was also telling the two of them that this surgery had been taken over by him.
Director Bai, who was happy to see this happen, certainly wouldn't give a negative answer.
And from this, it could also be seen that if Zhuang Shu had confidence, he wouldn't have asked him this way... "Round needle, absorbable suture."
Taking the suturing tools handed to him by Lu Chenxi, Lin Yi used his right hand alone to skillfully thread and suture between the fingers of his left hand.
Due to the angle of vision and the blood in the chest cavity, even the camera above and the surrounding medical staff couldn't figure out exactly which part of the patient Lin Yi was suturing.
"Forceps!"
30 seconds later, Lin Yi began to change surgical instruments again.
Still from the gap in his left hand, he removed strips of flesh that resembled earthworms.
Although the tissue Lin Yi placed in the tray looked very much like thrombi inside human blood vessels, in the surgical field almost submerged in blood, no one dared to conclude whether this was thrombus or other human tissue.
Especially the medical staff in the operating room, including Bai Ji and Zhuang Shu, everyone held their breath, staring intently at Lin Yi's movements, not daring to breathe loudly.
No matter how many doubts they had, now was not the best time to question the chief surgeon...
"Can anyone tell me if the tissue removed is indeed a thrombus from inside a blood vessel?"
"At such a critical rescue moment, with only 4 minutes, he still has the mind to remove thrombi. Doctor Lin is really bold!"
"Even if time is tight, shouldn't he perform suction first? If he can't see anything, wouldn't everything go wrong!"
"Treat a dead horse as if it's alive. It was an impossible task to begin with. It's already remarkable that Lin Yi stepped forward..."
The Expert Professors in the observation room were also very nervous, but at least their discussions couldn't reach the operating room, so they dared to speak in hushed tones, expressing their opinions.
Lin Yi's actions were indeed admirable, but as time passed minute by minute, everyone was still not very optimistic about the final outcome.
As for what Lin Yi was suturing and what tissue he was removing, it made everyone even more anxious.
But with the abdomen full of blood and Lin Yi's left hand obstructing the view, no matter what, no one could understand what Lin Yi was doing. They could only guess based on experience.
What even more puzzled everyone was!
In such a nearly blind surgical field, could a doctor really perform surgery on a patient purely by feel?
That would require how many surgeries' worth of training to reach such a level, it was completely unimaginable... "Round needle, absorbable suture."
After removing the artificial blood vessel that Zhuang Shu had installed, Lin Yi spent about another minute on suturing.
This time, unlike before, he gradually switched from using one hand to both hands.
What made everyone even more terrified was that as Lin Yi's hands left the patient's chest cavity, no new blood was seen oozing from it.
Based on past experience, the patient's ruptured aorta might have been completely and successfully sutured...
"Within 30 seconds, complete the suction of blood from the patient's chest cavity."
As the blood in the patient's chest cavity was quickly suctioned out, and the entire situation inside the chest cavity was fully revealed,
"Hiss..."
A collective gasp was heard in both the operating room and the observation room...