Chapter 45: Chapter 44 No, you also saved a family!

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Gu Yu followed the nurse and ran all the way to the thoracic surgery department.

It was not until he arrived at the preoperative meeting room and saw a group of elderly doctors with graying hair that he realized how serious the problem was!

Thoracic surgery, general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, emergency department, anesthesia department, and even urology—any available doctor above the level of chief physician had come!

When the older doctors, who were intensely discussing the surgical plan, saw an unusually young man walk in, they paused for three seconds.

After noticing Gu Yu sitting at the back of the meeting room, they ignored him and continued their discussion.

Listening to the doctors discussing plans for thoracotomy and similar procedures, Gu Yu looked up at the electronic board displaying nine CT images and brief patient information.

The more he looked, the deeper his frown became!

The patient was a construction worker who had fallen five meters onto an upright steel rebar!

A two-centimeter diameter steel rebar had pierced through his left buttock and traveled through the pelvis, abdomen, chest, and out through the second intercostal space!

Luckily, the penetrating rebar was about two centimeters away from his heart, so it had not caused heart damage.

Unfortunately, over a meter-long rebar structure remained inside the body, causing various degrees of damage to multiple internal organs, including the spleen and small intestine.

This was to be an extremely difficult major emergency combined surgery!

No wonder so many doctors were needed for the discussion!

"Okay, the surgical plan is set. Doctors participating in the surgery, please start preparing immediately!"

"But Director Dai, there are no available senior chief physicians in thoracic surgery to assist you, and it's too late to hire from another hospital. Can you manage alone?"

Sitting at the head of the table, an old man who appeared to be the hospital director stood up and asked Dai Zhengguo with a serious expression.

Recently, all surgical operations have been fully scheduled, and it was impossible to pull out any senior doctors!

There were resident doctors available, but they could not possibly participate in a level four surgery!

It was a major headache!

Although he had great faith in Director Dai's medical skills, this surgery was particularly critical, and each phase needed multiple doctors to cooperate to complete it.

"No need, I've already found an assistant!"

Dai Zhengguo smiled and pointed at Gu Yu, who was still sitting at the back of the meeting room, studying the CT scans.

Following the direction of his finger, the director saw a young man in casual clothes.

He immediately frowned, "Director Dai, I don't want to criticize you, but this is reckless. How can an intern from the Medical College participate in this surgery!?"

The young man appeared to be only about twenty-one or twenty-two, and to him, he surely must be a student mentored by Dai Zhengguo.

Dai Zhengguo smiled, "Don't underestimate him; his credentials might even surpass those of our hospital's chief physicians! I've personally seen his medical license; he's definitely up to the standard of a surgical chief physician!"

After saying this, Dai Zhengguo gestured for Gu Yu, "Yu! Come over here!"

When Gu Yu heard Professor Dai calling him, he quickly stood up and walked over.

"What's up?"

"Let me introduce you, this is Doctor Tan Shizhen, the director." Dai Zhengguo quickly introduced the director's identity, then introduced Gu Yu to the director:

"This is Gu Yu, Chief Physician, I have personally verified this! If there's any problem, I am willing to take responsibility!"

The director scrutinized Gu Yu, his frown deepening more and more.

A chief physician in his early twenties, what a joke?

But he knew that Dai Zhengguo would never fabricate lies on such a serious occasion, so he could only grit his teeth and nod in agreement.

"Fine! I will give him a special appointment quota!"

"Great! Yu, we need to rush and prepare for the surgery now!"

With the director's approval, Dai Zhengguo hurriedly took Gu Yu to the operating room.

The shock patient was lying on the operating table, the surgical lights turned on, illuminating the patient brightly.

Eleven doctors, including himself making twelve, were gathered around the operating table, conducting pre-surgery verification.

The surgical assistant spoke first:

"Pre-anesthesia verification begins, please be prepared everyone!"

Starting with the chief surgeon Dai Zhengguo, one doctor after another took over the verification materials:

"Patient Liu Pan, male, thirty-five years old, hospital ID: 45167354, planned surgery: full body penetrating injury surgery, surgical site marked, surgical informed consent signed!"

"Anesthesia type: general anesthesia! Anesthesia informed consent signed! Anesthesia equipment safety check completed! Intravenous pathway established!"

"Patient's skin intact! Surgical field skin prepared! No history of drug allergies! Four units of pre-surgical red blood cell suspension prepared! Two linear cut closure devices ready! Imaging materials brought into the operating room!"

Around the circle, verification was complete!

Twelve people immediately began sterilization.

Thus, Gu Yu, even without being fully recovered, quickly completed all the pre-surgical sterilization preparations based solely on the instinct provided by the system!

When he finally came to his senses, he was already dressed in sterile clothing and sterile gloves.

Dai Zhengguo repeated the patient information once again, then issued a risk warning to everyone, "Surgical risk alert, anticipated surgical duration is five hours, estimated blood loss 1000ml, close monitoring of blood loss required during the surgery!"

Immediately following were anesthesia alerts and other warnings.

Once all procedures were concluded, the operatory's main lights immediately adjusted brightness, leaving only the operating table and equipment consistently bright, ensuring that doctors could stay focused on the patient throughout.

Dr. Dai Zhengguo took a deep breath, then said in a low voice, "Scalpel!"

Gu Yu quickly passed the scalpel, Dai Zhengguo took it, and immediately commenced the thoracotomy.

The sharp scalpel traced across the patient's skin, instantly drawing a line of blood. Gu Yu, grasping a sterilized cloth, immediately followed up, absorbing all the oozing beads of blood, his hand not shaking in the slightest!

"Didn't expect this young man to have such steady hands!"

"Indeed! The students from the Medical College are really excellent!"

The surrounding standby doctors, seeing Gu Yu's proficient movements, immediately began whispering among themselves.

Various colored flesh were peeled layer by layer, soon exposing the patient's organs.

Observing the beating heart and the expanding and contracting lungs, Gu Yu's brows furrowed too, he felt a bit nauseous and wanted to vomit, but the next second a cool sensation flowed from his brain through his entire body, immediately calming him down.

[Ding! New Task Released: Assist Dai Zhengguo in completing the surgery! Duration about 5 hours, can obtain 5000 Check-in Points!]

5000 Check-in Points! Gu Yu instantly perked up!

The continuous flow of cold sensation invigorated his spirits, and coupled with the rewards, the bloody scene before him suddenly seemed less nauseating and terrifying.

Half an hour later, the chest was opened, and Dai Zhengguo continued to shout, "Lung Leaf Clamp!"

Gu Yu had it ready in his hand and handed it to him directly.

Dai Zhengguo glanced at Gu Yu with surprise, and upon seeing that Gu Yu remained calm despite the bloody organs, he nodded approvingly.

In such a situation, still being able to maintain his poise, Gu Yu was indeed a Chief Physician!

Using the Lung Leaf Clamp to part the patient's lung lobes, the steel rod hidden deep within was revealed.

Seeing the two-centimeter thick threaded steel rod, everyone present gasped in shock.

The patient was truly fortunate! The steel rod had perfectly avoided all vital points. Had it shifted just two centimeters to the right, not even twelve Hua Tuo could save him!

The hearts of everyone grew heavier, the surgery continued, and as Dai Zhengguo finished dealing with the wounds inside the chest cavity, abdominal surgery and pelvic surgery began simultaneously.

Everyone was closely monitoring the various indicators on the life signs monitor.

The only sounds heard during the surgery were the breathing of the doctors nearby and the ticking of the instruments,

as the assistant nurse moved back and forth, busily wiping the sweat of the doctors.

"Pre-removal treatment is completed, ready to remove the foreign object!"

All doctors put down their tools, Dai Zhengguo looked up at everyone, and began the most crucial step!

To remove the meter-long steel rod from the patient's body!

This step could only be performed by Dai Zhengguo!

"Doctor Gu, the next inspection inside the chest cavity is up to you!"

Dai Zhengguo looked seriously at Gu Yu, and Gu Yu nodded earnestly in response.

Seeing Gu Yu nod in agreement, Dai Zhengguo took three deep breaths and then slowly placed his palm at the end of the steel rod.

He gradually increased the pressure!

The steel rod began to visibly move out of the patient's second intercostal space!

Everyone's hearts rose to their throats!

This process could very likely cause massive internal bleeding in the patient!

If multiple bleeding points appeared simultaneously, and major arterial bleeding occurred, the patient would lose his life very quickly!

As the steel rod was removed, everyone involuntarily held their breath.

Just then, the monitor suddenly emitted a rapid "beep beep beep—" sound!

"Central venous pressure dropped 4 cmH2O! The patient is exhibiting low blood volume! Check for bleeding points!"

The worst fears were unavoidable; all doctors began checking their responsible areas!

Fortunately, a grazed bleeding point was quickly found in the abdominal cavity, and it was promptly treated.

After blood transfusion, the indicators gradually stabilized.

Dai Zhengguo continued to pull the steel rod outwards.

Just as half of the steel rod was removed, Gu Yu suddenly spoke!

"Wait!"

Dai Zhengguo's hand paused, looking at him puzzled, as did the other doctors, unsure why he had suddenly called for a halt.

Gu Yu, with a stern expression, looked towards the nurse assistant and slowly said, "Suction device."

The nurse quickly handed over the curved suction device used for drawing tissue fluid and blood to Gu Yu.

Gu Yu, holding the suction device, probed a pooling blood point within the patient's chest cavity and sucked all the accumulated blood away.

A thick main artery was immediately exposed to everyone's view.

The thread of the steel rod was already hooked onto the vessel!

If Dai Zhengguo's hand had pulled just a bit more, it could have easily torn this vessel!

A ruptured main artery! The patient would have experienced major arterial bleeding immediately!

Even a blood transfusion would have been too late!

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The position of this artery was extremely hidden, and it was still obscured within uncleaned blood. Only a doctor who knew the human anatomy intimately could have spotted it!

Director Dai had brought in this young man, and he truly took them by surprise!

Gu Yu, unconcerned with everyone else's reactions, casually took a right-angle clamp to push the arterial vessel to the side, and then looked up and said to Dai Zhengguo, "Okay! You can continue with the removal!"

Dai Zhengguo was grateful for his decision to have Gu Yu inspect the chest cavity just moments before.

Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, he continued to pull out the steel rod without a second thought.

True to expectations, during the subsequent removal, aside from minor abrasions and bleeding, no severe dangers occurred.

The patient's life signs were stable throughout the surgery, and after the foreign object was removed, it was time for internal cleaning and wound suturing.

These tasks did not require Dai Zhengguo to perform them personally.

Now, four hours and forty minutes had passed! This surgery could basically be declared a success!

"Thank you!"

Dai Zhengguo, exhausted, leaned against a nearby wall, offering his thanks to Gu Yu, who was also tired and sweating profusely.

Thanks to Gu Yu, today's surgery was so smooth!

"No need to thank me! Mr. Dai, we saved a person, right?"

Gu Yu smiled lightly, his eyes focusing on the doctors who were suturing the wound.

Dai Zhengguo was momentarily stunned by Gu Yu's remark, then he laughed heartily.

"No! You've not only saved one person but also his family."

Gu Yu's eyes brightened, a strong sense of pride and satisfaction surging through him.