36: All the problems were caused by Lin Yi!
Chapter 036 The problematic areas were all Lin Yi's doing!
“Get the color Doppler ultrasound machine.”
“Perform a thoracic color Doppler ultrasound immediately!”
Lu Chenxi gave the latest order without hesitation.
The sudden drop in blood pressure, accompanied by a decrease in Heart rate and other obvious symptoms, combined with the results of the comprehensive examination before the surgery.
The greatest possibility was that the rebar penetrating the chest had already compressed the Heart or pulmonary artery, or even caused a rupture and hemorrhage.
This was also the possibility Lu Chenxi was most reluctant to face.
This already meant that the choice of surgical plan for this operation had completely failed.
If the rebar in the chest had been dealt with first, such a critical situation would not have occurred, placing the patient in the most dangerous position.
But Lu Chenxi also knew that now was not the time to shirk responsibility or complain.
Since a choice had been made, no matter the outcome, she had to bear the corresponding consequences.
The most crucial thing at the moment was to quickly find the cause.
Minimize the risks to the injured person… After the Nurse had the color Doppler ultrasound machine in the operating room in place and prepared it.
Lu Chenxi immediately began a thoracic examination.
“Hmm?”
Seeing the images on the color Doppler ultrasound machine, Lu Chenxi let out an incredulous hum.
“Heart is normal, pulmonary artery is normal.”
“And there’s no large area of fluid accumulation in the chest cavity?”
“How is this possible!” Lu Chenxi’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
She checked several times, but the results were still normal.
There was almost no difference from the images during the pre-operative examination.
Such normal examination results could not cause such a large fluctuation in the injured person's vital signs.
“Beep beep beep… Beep beep beep…” But the life monitor still emitted a piercing alarm.
The injured person’s blood pressure and Heart rate were still slowly and continuously decreasing.
If this continued, shock and cardiac arrest could easily occur.
“Could it be that the two rebars penetrating the collarbone have developed problems?”
Lu Chenxi moved the probe of the color Doppler ultrasound machine to the injured person’s back.
After ruling out the rebar in the chest, the problem could only be in the wounds where the other two rebars were located.
“Impossible!”
“There’s still nothing unusual here!”
Lu Chenxi exclaimed, no longer able to remain calm.
The rebars in the chest and collarbone showed no abnormalities.
This simply could not explain the sudden drop in the injured person’s vital signs.
She didn't even consider whether the problem occurred during the spleen suturing process.
Lin Yi’s entire procedure never left her sight.
If such a perfect spleen suture could still have problems, then doctors like them wouldn't need to perform surgery.
“What should I do?” Lu Chenxi was burning with anxiety.
Before determining the specific cause, rashly using vasopressors could lead to more serious surgical risks.
With no other choice, she could only look to Lin Yi for help.
However, his shake of the head made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar… “What the hell is going on?”
“System, give me some hints!”
At this moment, Lin Yi also had a solemn expression, his gaze sweeping back and forth over Zhu Zi.
In his mind, he was frantically outputting to the System.
The System prompts, usually so timely, suddenly seemed to have crashed.
No matter how much he cursed, there was not a single hint.
Seeing Zhu Zi’s blood pressure and Heart rate about to reach life-threatening critical values.
If measures were not taken soon, danger could arrive at any moment… “This is bad!”
“If this continues, something big is bound to happen!”
Director Zhong in the observation room, seeing Lu Chenxi complete one examination after another without being able to find the cause, stomped his foot in anxiety.
“All you immortals, all you masters.”
“I, Old Zhong, bow to you all.”
“Don’t hold back, hurry up and go take a look…”
As soon as Director Zhong finished speaking, there was no one left in the observation room.
With such a sudden situation, the Department Directors had long been unable to sit still, just waiting for the highest leader of the Emergency Department to speak.
With so many Department Directors consulting together, if the patient still ended up in danger.
If word got out, no one would look good.
“Get out of the way, stand back!”
The moment he entered the operating room, Bai Ji snatched the color Doppler ultrasound machine from Lu Chenxi’s hand and ordered her to retreat to the back.
He couldn't even find such a simple cause, yet he dared to claim responsibility for the patient's life.
At the same time, the Department Directors also gathered around.
As Bai Ji moved his arm, they stared at the images appearing on the color Doppler ultrasound machine for analysis.
“Something’s not right! The injured person’s chest condition is well maintained, and the injury hasn’t worsened at all.”
Director Bai was a little exasperated.
“It’s illogical, I must have overlooked something…”
Coming to the same diagnostic conclusion as Lu Chenxi made him unable to accept it.
Based on countless previous surgical experiences, when a patient’s blood pressure and Heart rate both drop.
There’s a 99% probability that it’s a problem with the Heart and pulmonary artery.
In other situations, blood pressure wouldn't drop so quickly!
“What does Director Liang think? In terms of imaging, you are an expert.”
Having no other choice, Bai Ji had to shamelessly ask Director Liang, the Department Director of the Imaging Department, for help.
“Based on my judgment, the cause of the patient’s condition is definitely not in the cardiopulmonary region.”
Director Liang’s expression was solemn, and after repeatedly comparing the various data on the color Doppler ultrasound machine, he finally gave a definitive answer.
Logically speaking, when the injured person experiences such a situation, the probability of a problem in the cardiopulmonary region is very high.
However, the data provided by the instrument forced Director Liang to make the opposite judgment.
“This is truly baffling!”
“This is the first time I’ve encountered such a strange phenomenon.”
Director Bai feigned nonchalance, wiping the sweat from his forehead, feeling truly bewildered.
He had driven Lu Chenxi away, and if he couldn't find anything wrong himself, he would lose face completely.
“Let me take a look.”
“Could it be that the two rebars in the collarbone have already developed symptoms of infection and inflammation?”
Seeing that Director Bai of the Thoracic Surgery Department was unreliable, the Department Director of the Orthopedics Department took the color Doppler ultrasound machine from his hand and began to probe the injured person’s back.
“Phew…” Bai Ji let out a long breath, stepping back with a sense of relief.
If Orthopedics Department hadn't taken over, he wouldn't have known how to get out of the situation.
Even now, he still leaned towards the greater probability of a problem in the patient's chest cavity.
Even if the two rebars in the injured person's collarbone became infected, the condition wouldn't progress so rapidly.
“These two rebars also show no abnormalities, and there’s no change compared to the previous examination.”
“I estimate the problem is still in Internal Medicine, you guys should continue to study it.”
In less than a minute, the Department Director of the Orthopedics Department also retreated unhappily.
The only damaged bones in the injured person were the left and right collarbones.
If there were no problems in these two areas, then the remaining problems were beyond his capabilities.
“Could it be that the recently sutured spleen has developed complications? But it wouldn’t be this fast!”
“The injured person’s thigh underwent emergency suturing, could it be that the debridement wasn’t thorough, leading to infection?”
“Was the speed of spleen suturing and abdominal closure too fast, and were there any materials left inside?”
“Reopening the abdomen will drastically increase the risk of secondary infection…”
Time passed minute by minute, and the trend of the injured person’s blood pressure dropping showed no signs of easing.
Within five minutes, if a treatment plan couldn't be produced, the injured person would face life-threatening danger at any time.
The Department Directors looked tense, engaging in an urgent discussion of plans.
After ruling out all existing possibilities, they finally pointed their fingers at the thigh and abdomen areas.
Coincidentally.
The suturing of both areas was completed solely by Lin Yi.
This made everyone wonder.
While this General Practitioner pursued speed.
Did he pay attention to the quality of the sutures…