It was a call from the first-aid doctor in the ambulance.
Zheng Ren suddenly stood up and asked hurriedly, "Does the patient still have blood pressure?"
"Blood pressure … 110/65 mmHg," the first-aid doctor said hesitantly.
"…" Zheng Ren was stunned.
Did he hear wrongly? He should have said the carotid artery just now.
That was the carotid artery! After it was cut, the blood could circle around the roof of the aorta.
The blood pressure could still remain normal after the carotid artery was cut? Was it because he was still asleep or was the first-aid doctor still asleep?
"Check the blood pressure again and repeat the condition," Zheng Ren said in a low voice as he opened the door of the demonstration room and walked out.
Su Yun made a gesture. After some simple arrangements, he followed Zheng Ren to the emergency department to wait for the patient.
"Chief Zheng, the blood pressure is confirmed. The patient's family said that 15 minutes ago, because of an argument, the patient smashed a glass against the wall. A glass shard flew out and scratched the patient's carotid artery. "
The first-aid doctor reported in a hurry.
"I've repeatedly confirmed with the patient's family. They did see blood spurt out of the neck with their own eyes. But there was only one stream, and then it was gone. "
"What about the wound?" Zheng Ren asked.
"There's a towel wrapped around the wound at home. I didn't dare to open it. The patient's blood pressure is stable. I'm worried that something will go wrong if I open it. "
"Okay, you did the right thing," Zheng Ren said. "Come back quickly."
After saying that, Zheng Ren hung up the phone.
Strange … Zheng Ren pondered.
"Boss, let's talk about it when we're here," Su Yun said. "We need to see if the family has been drinking."
Yes, Su Yun was right.
It could also be drunk … It was not even lunchtime, so the possibility of drinking was not high.
However, this possibility was not ruled out.
The two of them did not go to the emergency room. They stood inside the door and waited.
The emergency department's stretcher trolley was already waiting there. When the escort saw Zheng Ren, he greeted him with a smile.
"Chief Zheng, your shift is quite busy," the escort said.
"…" Even the escort knew about it? Zheng Ren was speechless.
"I've been in Sea City General Hospital for more than five years. The night before yesterday was the busiest. I didn't even sleep. I ran all night, "the escort said.
"Then what should we do?" Su Yun snickered. "This is our fate. There's nothing we can do."
As they chatted, the sharp sound of the first-aid ambulance came. The sound was getting closer and closer, and the few of them fell silent.
As the ambulance steadily stopped in front of the emergency building, the door opened, and the emergency surgeon jumped out.
"Chief Zheng." He immediately looked at Zheng Ren and said, "The patient's condition is stable."
Zheng Ren nodded.
It didn't matter if the family was talking nonsense after drinking, or if there was a reason to cover up the illness and the course of the illness. As long as the condition was stable, everything was fine.
The patient was wheeled down. Zheng Ren was shocked to see the System panel at the top right corner of his vision — carotid artery laceration.
It matched the description of the family, but the carotid artery was ruptured, so how could the blood pressure be fine?
Zheng Ren did not believe that the towel could stop the blood from gushing out of the carotid artery.
He took two steps forward and glanced at the patient.
His complexion was normal, and there was no paleness caused by excessive blood loss. Seeing Zheng Ren come up, she smiled and was about to speak when Zheng Ren stopped her.
"Don't move. Don't move. Do you hear me?" Zheng Ren shouted.
"I'm fine, doctor," the patient said with some dissatisfaction as he lay on the stretcher trolley.
There was a yellow towel covering the left side of her neck. There was no blood on the towel.
What was going on? Zheng Ren became more and more confused.
He pushed the patient to the emergency resuscitation room and first pressed on the ECG monitor. Zheng Ren took a look.
Blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and oxygen saturation were all normal.
Seeing Zheng Ren being careful, Su Yun was also a little puzzled.
He observed the patient's family. Their behavior was normal, and there were no signs of alcohol abuse.
"Tell me what happened." Zheng Ren stood in front of the patient's injury. As he asked the family, he carefully removed the yellow towel.
There was no blood spurting out, and there was no obvious wound on the neck. There was only a scratch about 4mm above the left sternocleidomastoid muscle.
If it were not for Zheng Ren's good eyesight, this small scratch would have been easily ignored.
There was no bleeding, no bleeding, no subcutaneous hematoma!
Was this the manifestation of carotid artery injury? Zheng Ren once again suspected the System.
Not only had this guy not given a mission for a long time, but he had also given such an unreliable diagnosis this time.
"Doctor, I saw a stream of blood spurt out. I was scared silly," a middle-aged man said.
"Are you sure it was a stream of blood?"
"Yes, it was sprayed on the ground at home."
The first-aid doctor said, "Chief Zheng, I saw it. The amount was about 20ml."
That was strange.
The System's diagnosis matched the family's statement. Zheng Ren did not ignore the various possibilities with small probability.
"Are you feeling unwell?" Zheng Ren began to ask the patient. "Answer slowly. Speak slowly too. Don't worry."
"Doctor, I'm fine." The patient saw Zheng Ren's serious face and carefully felt it. Then, he said, "It's just that when I'm panting, the left side of my neck is a little uncomfortable."
There was no clear abnormality.
Zheng Ren changed the patient's gauze and said, "Prepare for neck CTA."
Su Yun nodded. He knew why Zheng Ren was nervous.
Surgeons were not afraid of blood and flesh splattering everywhere. They were afraid of this kind of patient who looked normal but died in the blink of an eye.
When he was sent over, he was fine. He could even speak. If there was really something wrong with the carotid artery and it was ignored, the patient would suddenly die. It would be strange if the family did not cause trouble.
At this time, he could only do the most detailed examination. He would rather kill the wrong person than let it go.
To determine if there was a problem with the blood vessels in the neck, the best examination was the CTA examination of the blood vessels in the neck.
It was simple and worry-free.
Zheng Ren looked after the patient to prevent the patient from moving around and causing irreversible damage. Su Yun went to contact the CT room and said that there was an emergency patient here that needed to be examined.
It was almost noon, and the CT room was ready to get off work.
Su Yun came back to inform them when he happened to be the last patient. Zheng Ren carried the first-aid kit and asked the accompanying cart to bring a nurse. The few of them ran all the way to the CT room.
When Sister Zhao heard the sound of the stretcher trolley, she knew that Zheng Ren and the others had arrived, so she came out to welcome them.
"What patient?" Sister Zhao asked.
"Carotid artery injury," Zheng Ren said.
Sister Zhao glanced at the patient. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, she did not refute Zheng Ren's words. She opened the door and let the stretcher trolley in.
Together with the family, the few of them carried the patient to the CT bed. The patient's wife stayed in the CT room. Zheng Ren nagged the patient a few more times and told the patient not to move around before entering the operating room.
"Chief Zheng, thank you." Sister Zhao saw that the patient's family was gone and the condition was not urgent, so she said with a smile.
"Huh?" Su Yun was puzzled. "Sister Zhao, why are you thanking him?"
"My neighbor said that when he went to the medical university, the doctor there was very enthusiastic. He said that he was Sea City's Boss Zheng's patient.
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