Chapter 402
Chapter 400: Chapter 186: Frequent Accidents, Numerous Difficulties. The Director Suffers a Heart Attack
Surgical procedures can be nerve-wracking when they are at their most tense.
“This part is too close to the major blood vessels of the heart; the adhesions are very severe, and I’m worried about rupturing it.”
During surgeries, doctors tend to subconsciously avoid words like “accident” or “mishap.”
Rupturing a major blood vessel of the heart would immediately cause massive bleeding.
A blood vessel has already been ruptured.
Rupturing another one would make this the worst surgery in history.
“Director Hu, Director Hu!”
Zhou Can occasionally glanced at Director Hu Kan, who was sitting against the wall.
He noticed Director Hu’s body leaning to one side.
He called out while rushing over to support him.
“I… feel some chest pain and tightness!”
Director Hu was breathing rapidly, his forehead covered in sweat, shaking violently.
“Does Director Hu have any heart conditions?”
Zhou Can asked Director Le and others.
They had been assisting Director Hu with surgeries for many years and might have some insight.
“Director Hu never reveals his own health issues. We really don’t know.” At this point, Director Le had already stopped the surgery, and all medical staff were looking towards Director Hu.
“His symptoms look a bit like a myocardial infarction. His emotions were stimulated just now, which may have exacerbated the condition. I’ll take Director Hu for a check-up first. Director Le, would that be okay?”
With Hu Kan down, the highest authority in the operating room was Director Le.
“Go now!”
Director Le urged him.
“Director Hu, rest assured, we will properly complete this surgery.”
After urging Zhou Can, he reassured Hu Kan.
All present were doctors from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Director Le was an expert in the vascular field. After Zhou Can’s prompt, he also noticed the severity of Director Hu’s situation.
Zhou Can immediately carried him out of the operating room.
Not changing his clothes, he rushed to the Cardiothoracic Surgery outpatient clinic still in his surgical attire.
Along the way, many families and medical staff stared.
They didn’t understand what was happening.
Director Hu was performing surgery on a patient, but somehow ended up needing emergency treatment himself.
“Where is Director Xue’s clinic?”
Zhou Can asked the guiding nurse.
“Over there!”
The guiding nurse recognized the person Zhou Can was carrying and quickly led the way.
Zhou Can carried him into the clinic, and by now, Director Hu’s condition had worsened.
He was already delirious and looked frightening.
“Dr. Zhou!”
Director Xue Yan was diagnosing a patient when she saw Zhou Can carrying someone in, which startled her.
“Director Hu was in surgery when he suddenly fell ill; it seems like a myocardial infarction, please check him!”
Zhou Can quickly explained and then apologized to the patient and family currently being seen, “Sorry, our doctor is in a particularly critical condition and needs to go first.”
“No problem, no problem. After all, we are just dealing with a chronic disease, not in a rush.”
The family expressed understanding.
Trying to curry favor with the doctor can sometimes receive extra attention in subsequent treatments.
At least that’s what the family and patient believed.
“It does seem like a myocardial infarction. Hurry and register Director Hu, while I perform a physical examination and prepare the test orders. Given his condition, he might need emergency treatment.”
Without registration, there can be no entry into the system; thus, no orders for diagnostics can be made.
An acute myocardial infarction means at least one artery has suddenly become acutely blocked or severely narrowed, leading to acute ischemia of the myocardium, resulting in damage, and potentially necrosis.
The deterioration of a myocardial infarction is measured in minutes.
Immediate emergency intervention can significantly reduce the risk of death for the patient.
The primary goal of resuscitation is to maximize preservation of the myocardium and cardiac function, which also preserves the quality of life in the patient’s latter years.
“I don’t have Director Hu’s ID!”
Zhou Can said.
“Just write down his name. Hurry up, I’ll add a number for you.”
Director Xue, already an expert-level doctor, naturally had no available appointments left.
Having connections can help squeeze in an urgent appointment.
Zhou Can ran to the manual registration desk. The receptionist there, knowing that Director Hu Kan had an incident during surgery, expressed sympathy. Without hesitation, she helped Zhou Can.
Holding the registration, Zhou Can returned to Director Xue’s clinic.
By then, the physical examination had already been completed.
She was already writing out the test orders.
“First, go to the Chest Pain Center to urgently get an ECG done, then get a chest X-ray.”
“Okay!”
When Zhou Can carried Hu Kan for the chest X-ray, he again used ‘privilege’ to cut the line.
Human life is paramount; other patients and their families, even if discontented, have no recourse.
In fact, patients attending this specialty clinic generally have chronic diseases.
If it were a real emergency, they wouldn’t be slowly queuing here; they’d have registered at the Emergency Department and followed emergency procedures.
Zhou Can didn’t take Director Hu to the Emergency Department primarily considering time efficiency.
Moreover, such myocardial infarction patients ultimately need to return to the Cardiothoracic Surgery for surgery, or have a surgeon from that department come to the Emergency Department to perform the operation.
Instead of going back and forth, it’s better to use familiar connections to expedite the process and save Director Hu’s life.
Following the examination, it was confirmed that Hu Kan had an acute myocardial infarction.
After seeing the test results, Director Xue immediately arranged for a hospital bed, consulted other chief physicians in the department, and developed a surgery plan.
While Zhou Can notified Director Hu’s family, he ran back and forth, acting as a temporary family member.
After consulting, it was decided to perform interventional surgery on Director Hu.
This is a common surgical procedure for acute myocardial infarction.
Opening the blocked artery as quickly as possible is crucial for treating the myocardial infarction.
When Director Hu’s family arrived, Zhou Can discreetly left and returned to the operating room.
At that moment, the thymoma surgery was still ongoing intensely.
“Xiao Zhou, how is Director Hu?”
They asked about Director Hu’s condition upon seeing Zhou Can return.
“The diagnosis is acute myocardial infarction, and an interventional treatment plan has already been made. Emergency surgery will soon be performed on Director Hu.”
This kind of interventional surgery, for the highly skilled doctors of the Cardiothoracic Surgery, is not considered particularly challenging.
One can believe that Director Hu will soon be out of danger, as long as luck is not completely against him.