Ling Ran breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the cries of the newborn.
He was prepared to perform prolonged CPR. One or two hours of CPR could always increase the survival rate of some newborns.
However, this mental preparation was heavy. It was more like a person who had mastered survival skills in the wild looking for water in the desert. It would be a blessing if he could find water before he ran out of strength and hope.
"Send him to the NICU as soon as possible." Ling Ran only did a simple examination and handed the newborn to the doctor in the neonatal intensive care unit next to him.
Similar to the intensive care unit in the Emergency Department, the NICU was also an affiliated treatment group in the neonatal department. It specialized in treating newborns below twenty-eight days old.
The director of the neonatal intensive care unit who was called over nodded with a grave expression. It was easy to imagine the difficulty of nursing a newborn who had to undergo CPR right after birth.
However, he was not afraid of difficulties. The ICU of the neonatal department was responsible for this. However, this young patient was destined to receive a lot of attention. After all, he was saved by Ling Ran.
"The neonatal department will definitely do our best." The director in charge of the neonatal intensive care unit narrowed his eyes. He first expressed his determination before he instructed the young doctors under him to carefully prepare to send the newborn away.
Ling Ran gently touched the position of the newborn's heart. The little guy, who only weighed six to seven pounds, felt limp all over. His eyes were closed, and he did not know that he had been lingering on the edge of death for a long time.
"Doctor Ling, you've worked hard." Huo Congjun sighed.
He was in the emergency department, and he could completely imagine how much pressure and expectation Ling Ran had endured in the past fifteen minutes.
From the possibility of two lives to the safe ending of the mother and child, countless decisions had to be made in between. If any of the decisions were wrong, he might not be able to achieve the near-perfect state he was currently in.
"Doctor Ling, you've worked hard!" The doctors who were watching just now came to their senses and flattered him.
"Performing CPR every day, I've really seen something amazing today."
"In the past, I only heard about chest hammering. I didn't expect it to be so useful."
"It's a miracle!"
The doctors at the scene were very lively as they talked, but the hospital's WeChat group had long since exploded.
Earlier, some meddlesome doctors had posted the situation in the group chat, and it had attracted the attention of all the medical staff in the hospital. Human nature was similar, and social events that could become a hot topic were not necessarily because they were special. More often than not, they could arouse the sympathy of the audience.
It was the same in the hospital. Although they experienced cruel things like birth, aging, sickness, and death every day, the medical case today was still unbearable.
By the time Ling Ran calmly completed two resuscitation attempts, the hospital's WeChat group was flooded with hundreds of messages!
Amidst the bustling noise, Zuo Cidian waved his hand with the green water ghost and called Zheng Pei over. He said with a serious expression, "Doctor Zheng, the surgery is done. I'll leave the matter of notifying the patient's family to you."
"Ah?" Zheng Pei could not help but be stunned. He quickly said, "Doctor Ling was the one who successfully performed CPR. I didn't do anything. I shouldn't have gone … No, I don't have any opinions about inviting Doctor Ling over. Don't worry!"
"Who cares about your opinion?" Zuo Cidian lowered his voice, but he did not hold back. He said, "You should know what kind of ending and what kind of possibilities there will be if you ask Doctor Ling to come over."
Zheng Pei hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "I don't quite understand what you mean."
"What we got now is a happy ending for everyone. Thank God. " Zuo Cidian snorted and said, "If there's even the slightest mistake, there are too many possibilities of mistakes in today's incident. If there's a problem, Doctor Ling will be the one to take the blame."
"How can that be? If there's a need, I'll take the responsibility. "Zheng Pei said something nice.
Zuo Cidian shook his head. "Whatever you say. In short, you should take the responsibility of talking to the patient's family first."
After a few sentences, Zheng Pei understood a little, and he nodded slowly. "I understand. If there's a need later, I can sign the papers."
"You don't need to sign the papers. The CPR was still performed by Doctor Ling, so the credit should go to Doctor Ling. This should be Doctor Ling's achievement. You only need to deal with the patient's family. "Zuo Cidian pursed his lips.
He knew that Zheng Pei had made the right medical decision by asking Ling Ran to come over, but he was too rash, and he let Ling Ran take a completely unnecessary risk. Zuo Cidian did not have the right to punish such an attending physician, but he would definitely not be nice to him either.
Moreover, talking to the patient's family was not an easy task. Zuo Cidian sent Zheng Pei to settle this matter for the time being.
The prerequisite was that Zheng Pei handled this matter properly.
Zheng Pei hurriedly left with his attendant doctor.
When they reached the corridor, the attendant doctor looked at Zheng Pei's expression and said in a puzzled manner, "It's a good thing that both mother and child are safe. Besides, CPR is so difficult, and the probability of survival is so low … Why does it sound like we're being punished when we talk to the patient's family?"
"Because everyone looks at things from a different perspective." Zheng Pei had figured it out just now, and his mind was even clearer now. He said, "We think that we saved the mother and child with great difficulty, but think about it from the patient's perspective. She's a healthy, full-term pregnant woman, but she suddenly became critically ill. Her heart stopped for twenty to thirty minutes, and the child was deprived of oxygen for dozens of minutes. There are a lot of possible complications … This conversation is not an easy one."
"We've already given the patient a notice of critical illness."
"What's the point?" Zheng Pei pursed his lips and said, "The mother's family should be quite rich. She might come with a big family and make a lot of noise. If she says something wrong, she'll be done for."
"No wonder." The attendant doctor, who was a little excited, sighed.
"It's nothing. It's our turn to speak up. Try not to say anything wrong. If it really doesn't work, just don't fight back or scold them. "Zheng Pei shook his head, straightened his clothes, and opened the door to the corridor.
A group of the patient's family members immediately surrounded them.
"Ge Huiyu's family members?" Zheng Pei shouted and stood by the side.
"We are." A few family members quickly raised their hands.
"Yes, who are you to Ge Huiyu?" Zheng Pei asked the man at the front.
"I'm her husband."
"Then come with me to the meeting room." Zheng Pei nodded and called the man over.
Ge Huiyu's husband immediately followed. The other relatives looked at each other, but they split into two groups. Three or four people stayed on the spot, and the other three or four people followed.
Zheng Pei did not bother to stop them. He entered the meeting room, sat down, and adjusted his breathing. Zheng Pei faced Ge Huiyu's husband and said, "Let me briefly explain the situation. During the rescue, Madam Ge Huiyu had a cardiac arrest. In other words, her heart suddenly stopped beating normally. In order to restore her heartbeat, we gave her some medicine, performed CPR, and performed defibrillation many times. During this period, we should have sent you a notice of critical illness … "
When the middle-aged, slightly bald husband heard this, he had already held onto the sofa. His lips trembled slightly. "Doctor, my wife, Little Hui …"
When Zheng Pei saw this, he quickly said, "The patient's life is temporarily out of danger. We invited many experts to come over for a consultation and performed high-quality CPR. The patient's heartbeat is now returning to normal, but overall, she is still very weak. She still needs to be observed …"
"What about the child?"
"Your daughter also had a long period of hypoxia. After a C-section, her heart also stopped beating. We also performed CPR. Currently, she has been sent to the neonatal intensive care unit …"
"Out of danger?" The patient's family seemed to have been waiting for this word.
Zheng Pei nodded. "For the time being, it can be said that her life is out of danger. However, the child is similar to the adult. They were both rescued after their hearts stopped beating. It's hard to say what problems will occur and what sequelae there will be …"
"They all survived?" The slightly bald husband raised his head and confirmed again.
"For the time being, yes."
"That's great." The slightly bald husband's lips trembled. He was so excited that his knees gave way, and he knelt on the ground.
"Ah … this … I can't." Zheng Pei immediately panicked and quickly bent down to help him up.
"Thank you! Thank you! " The slightly bald husband grabbed Zheng Pei's hand while he was at it. He cried so much that he wiped off his secretions.
The doctor stood behind them as if he was facing a formidable enemy. At this moment, when he saw the patient's family crying together, he could not help but be confused. 'This is different from what I said just now.'
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