Chapter 246 The Path of Medicine Has No End
The last critically ill patient is a soldier who has survived until now; it is truly a medical miracle.
He had been shot in the head and was now unconscious.
Du Ruoxia is an expert in cardiothoracic surgery, specializing in heart and brain surgeries.
But she had previously treated natural diseases.
For example, congenital heart disease, acquired heart disease, brain tumors, cerebral hematoma, and so on.
She had never treated a case of someone surviving a head injury after being shot.
This type of case was a blind spot for her, and it was particularly complicated to handle.
But she also knew that, given the current medical conditions, if she gave up, the soldier would have to die.
Du Ruoxia could not bear to see a vibrant life die before her eyes.
So she never said from the beginning that it couldn't be cured.
Whether you can or you can't, you have to be able to!
Treat medical cases you've never encountered before as new experiences, as if they've broadened your horizons.
It's okay if you don't know how; you can learn as you go.
Once a person is driven to a dead end, there is no turning back.
Du Ruoxia has always understood this principle; she knows that there is no end to the path of medicine, and there is no turning back.
If the sky falls down and there's no tall person to hold it up, then she'll be that tall person!
The treatment of the other three soldiers had taken up a lot of time, and the condition of the last remaining soldier was already quite bad.
He lay quietly on the operating table, his expression serene.
Those who didn't know him would have thought he had passed away.
Du Ruoxia reached out and checked his breath, only feeling relieved after confirming he was still breathing.
Du Ruoxia checked his pulse, and his condition was indeed very bad.
Du Ruoxia brought over the anesthetic and skillfully administered it to him.
The current situation is that we don't need to think about it at all; we can start treatment immediately.
Because there's no time to lose, if she continues to think about it, she might not make it to the hospital.
Du Ruoxia was driven to a dead end. From the moment she administered the anesthesia, the life and death of the soldiers were already in her hands.
Du Ruoxia's expression was very serious during the previous surgeries, but this time, the surgery was the most critical, and Du Ruoxia remained expressionless.
Any anxiety, panic, or negative emotions will affect her performance.
If she is to save the soldier's life, she must empty her mind and be in the best possible condition to meet him.
Therefore, she cannot have any emotions or expressions right now. Du Ruoxia closed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, she was in an extremely calm state.
The clinic was not originally equipped to perform craniotomy.
But given the current situation, if they don't do something, the soldiers will die immediately.
His body was no longer suitable for a second move.
The movement could potentially cause brain death.
While waiting for the anesthesia to take effect, Du Ruoxia had the soldier wheeled into the only small sterile room in the medical ward.
This was specially built by the military; it had been used once before, and this is the second time it has been used.
The sterile room was rarely used, since in the past, all the more seriously injured patients were sent to the nearest military hospital.
It was only after Du Ruoxia arrived at the military base that the program gradually began to be implemented.
The soldier was wheeled into the sterile room, and Du Ruoxia disinfected her entire body.
Although the sterile room is small, it is fully equipped with all kinds of instruments.
The most difficult part of craniotomy is opening the skull. The human brain is extremely delicate, and the slightest mistake can lead to brain death.
The only saving grace was that there was a craniotomy machine in the sterile room.
Otherwise, Du Ruoxia would be in a real dilemma, wondering how to continue the operation.
Du Ruoxia frequently performs craniotomy, and the task of shaving patients' heads is usually left to the nurses.
Everyone is busy right now, and no one is cooperating with her, so she has to do it herself.
Du Ruoxia took out a razor and deftly shaved the soldier's head bald.
At this point, the anesthetic had begun to take effect, and Du Ruoxia used instruments to open his skull.
Blood immediately gushed out the moment the skull was opened. Du Ruoxia had anticipated this and immediately took steps to stop the bleeding.
Du Ruoxia calculated the location of the bullet, and after opening the skull, she made a judgment based on the actual situation.
Du Ruoxia discovered that the soldier was very lucky; the bullet was lodged between the two skull fragments.
This is the real reason why he was shot in the head but did not die on the spot.
This situation saved his life, but it also made Du Ruoxia's rescue extremely difficult.
The bullet was lodged quite deep, and Du Ruoxia tried several methods but was unable to remove it.
As time went on, the soldier's face grew paler and paler.
The bleeding that had stopped earlier has started to gush out again.
Du Ruoxia had to stop the bleeding again.
She tried every tool in the sterile room, but the situation did not improve.
Just when she was feeling extremely frustrated, she suddenly remembered the mechanical tweezers in the space.
These tweezers are high-tech, with threads on the tips to increase friction and a power device at the top to help doctors apply force.
This was a novelty item; Du Ruoxia had never used it before.
This is a new product that a friend who works at a high-tech company gave her to try out.
Du Ruoxia felt that she had no use for it with her medical skills, so after taking it back, she put it in the research room and never looked at it again.
If it weren't for this emergency, Du Ruoxia would never have considered taking it out and using it.
There were no surveillance cameras in the sterile room, and Du Ruoxia blocked the glass side.
With her back to everyone, she took out mechanical tweezers from her spatial storage.
After a simple disinfection, Du Ruoxia activated the micro controller at the end of the mechanical tweezers.
Fortunately, the miniature tweezers are still usable after being in the space laboratory for so long.
Du Ruoxia felt a surge of excitement and immediately tried out the new gadget.
The mechanical tweezers are very powerful; once they grip the end of the bullet and activate the switch, they provide tremendous assistance.
Du Ruoxia carefully inserted the mechanical tweezers into the soldier's skull.
She clamped the end of the bullet, and after activating the switch, the mechanical tweezers generated a tremendous force.
Du Ruoxia gripped the middle of the tweezers and, with the help of the mechanical tweezers, successfully removed the bullet lodged between the two skull fragments.
The moment the bullet was removed, Du Ruoxia heard a slight popping sound in the air.
It's like pulling a cork; it's a very strange sound.
Du Ruoxia tossed the bullet aside and quietly stored the mechanical tweezers into her spatial storage.
No one knew how dangerous the surgery was, and even fewer knew that without the help of mechanical forceps, even Du Ruoxia would have been powerless this time.
After the bullet was pulled out, Du Ruoxia began to clean the wound on his head.
Everything went smoothly afterward, and Du Ruoxia's damp back gradually dried.
After stitching up the skull, Du Ruoxia began treating the bullet lodged in the soldier's buttocks.
The flesh of the buttocks is thick, like a fleshy cushion, so the bullet is trapped between the muscles.
Compared to the complicated surgeries she had undergone before, Du Ruoxia removed the bullet with ease.
After finishing the final stitches, Du Ruoxia raised her arm and glanced at the watch on her wrist.
She arrived at 8:30 in the morning, and the time displayed was 5:30 in the afternoon, which means she had performed four surgeries, taking a total of 9 hours.
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