Love Healing Manual

Chapter 142 Serial Car Accident
"Lin Ze, I've been looking for you for so long. I heard you came to the department earlier, so I came back for a bit, but you left again after I got back."

"Find me?"

"Yes, there's a document here that you need to sign. Come and sign it." Doctor Hucun waved his hand.

It was afternoon, time for work.

Lin Ze, Miyagi Suzuo, and Chizuru arrived at the gastroenterology department together.

Everyone was chatting when Dr. Hucun burst in, saying he had been looking for Lin Ze for a long time.

Miyagi Suzuo and Sano Chizuru exchanged a glance, wondering what this was all about.

After Lin Ze walked over, he took the document and looked at it. The name that caught his eye immediately made him understand the purpose of the document. It turned out to be an application from the hospital for subsidies for Daipu You.

Even Lin Ze was somewhat surprised.

Is the efficiency of applying for subsidies at the University of Tokyo Affiliated Hospital really that high? The patient was diagnosed in the morning, and this matter is already on the agenda in the afternoon. Isn't it said that the process alone takes as long as half a month?
"The subsidy came so quickly?" he asked, flipping through the documents.

“I’m not too sure either. I guess it was a special case. After you finished diagnosing that patient, I sent the medical record to Director Niijima. He took it very seriously and called me after the meeting.”

“But we can’t be completely sure it’s a concurrent cancer yet, we haven’t even had a gastroscopy.” Lin Ze frowned, feeling that something was off.

"It's okay. It's invalid until the patient signs and the hospital stamps it. We'll see the results tomorrow."

"Sign here?" Lin Ze pointed to the section for attending physicians, his gaze even more surprised.

Because apart from the hospital's stamp and signature, everything else had already been signed. Director Niijima's name was in the "responsible person" column, and Tomura's name was also in the "responsible person" column.

How could an intern be appointed as an attending physician?

If this gets out, it's bound to be shocking.

Even if he discovered the patient and made the diagnosis, it's an internal departmental matter. Changing the attending physician is a simple matter that can be easily done by turning a blind eye.

This kind of thing is perfectly normal in hospitals.

“You really have to sign off on this attending physician appointment,” Dr. Tomura patted Lin Ze on the shoulder and explained, “This is Dr. Niijima’s arrangement. I suspect it’s related to the importance he attaches to this patient’s application for subsidies. Dr. Niijima and I will both help you take charge of this patient.”

As he spoke, he habitually lowered his voice: "Don't worry about anything else, this will be a great help to your resume and will also benefit our department."

Hear the words.

Lin Ze stopped thinking about the details.

He sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't believe that Director Niijima would harm him.

Overall, both Dr. Tomura and Director Niijima have been very nice people since I joined the department. And with this signature, no matter what happens in the future, the treatment plan for patient Oura Yu will not exclude him.

Lin Ze thought of another thing that interested him: as an attending physician in internal medicine, he could apply to observe surgery if needed.

Imagine that scene, and Lin Ze, who had been in a bad mood since noon, finally cheered up a bit.

What's interesting about this is that, as an internist, he diagnosed the specific symptoms and relied on his own mental speculation and simulation to determine the location of the tumor in the human body. On the operating table, after dissecting the human body, he could see the actual location of the tumor.

It gives one the feeling of unveiling a mysterious veil.

However, behind the veil was not a stunning Showa-era beauty, but a malignant tumor.

Thinking like that was indeed a bit perverse. Lin Ze quickly composed himself and neatly signed his name.

The document is in triplicate.

He signed his name nine times in total.

I put the pen nib back into the cap.

"Okay, there's one more thing. Find some time to call the patient and inform him about the subsidy. Usually, it's the attending physician who should make the notification, so I won't overstep my bounds. Patients usually trust their attending physician more," Dr. Hucun instructed.

"Okay, I'll call right away." Lin Ze nodded.

I don't know if it's because Kyoto Prefectural Hospital has been so popular lately, but the University of Tokyo Hospital, which has always been the jewel among Tokyo's hospitals, is now facing a crisis.

Surprisingly, there weren't many patients today.

From this morning until now, the gastroenterology department has only seen about thirty patients.

Dr. Horikawa had taken the afternoon off, so only Lin Ze and Dr. Tomura were in the department.

Wait until the afternoon when things are a bit quieter.

Dr. Tomura decided to have Chizuru Sano stay in the consultation room while he took Suzuo Miyagi and Hayashi Sawa to the special investigation ward to re-examine the previously hospitalized patients and see how many of them met the criteria for surgery.

Chizuru Sano was bored by herself, so she would occasionally space out in the department, then organize the medical records. When she really had nothing to do, she would simply clean up the room and occasionally go out to visit other departments.

She had only been back in the department for a few minutes when she sat down.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps echoed down the corridor.

Immediately afterwards, there was a knock on the door.

After pushing open the door, Goto peeked in, his face full of anxiety. He scanned the consultation room and then his gaze fell on Sano Chizuru.

"Why are you alone?"

"Goto-kun? What brings you here? Lin Ze and the others went on rounds in the wards, so I'm the only one left here." Sano Chizuru looked at him with a puzzled expression.

I remember Goto was assigned to the emergency room, which is quite far from here, but he actually rushed all the way here.

Sano Chizuru's gaze fell on the sterile gloves he was wearing, and she then noticed that Goto's hands, which she had shaken off, showed faint traces of blood.

She frowned instantly.

“When Lin Ze comes back, have him go to the emergency department! They’re short-staffed and can’t keep up. The vice president and many department heads are out of town for meetings. Right now, only Section Chief Nan Ye and the head of the emergency department are there directing things! They asked me to come to the internal medicine department to get help. All the surgical interns have already gone there.”

"Huh? What happened? I'll go with them—oh well, I still have to keep an eye on the department."

“You don’t need to come, and you can’t help much anyway. It’s all physical labor over there,” Goto said breathlessly, breaking out in a cold sweat. “It’s a bus accident on the way from Kanda Nishikicho to Masakazuka. It’s a multi-vehicle collision, and there are more than twenty injured people.”

"So many!?" Chizuru Sano was also startled.

As the two were talking.

Footsteps could be heard from the stairwell. From the interface between another building and the central outpatient building, Dr. Tomura and his team rushed over, clearly having received a notification from Section Chief Minamino.

They stepped forward.

Even Miyagi Suzuo was running all the way.

"From the emergency room?" Dr. Tomura asked after only glancing at Goto.

"Yes, senior." Goto hurriedly bowed.

"Take Lin Ze there, and I'll help you notify the other departments."

Since the internal medicine department also needs someone to be on duty, the village doctor cannot easily leave his post. He can only tell Lin Ze to be careful when he goes there and to do whatever the leader tells him to do.

But he had barely finished speaking.

Miyagi Suzuo frowned and said, "I want to go too."

"You're going? There are still patients at the accident scene, and we might need to go get stretchers. You're a girl, and you won't be of much help. At most, you could run errands and clean up their injuries—"

“Our group is a community. Wherever Lin Ze is, I will be there,” Miyagi Suzuo said stubbornly.

“Then I… I’ll go too. I’m strong, I can lift the stretcher.” Sano Chizuru poked her head out of the department door and said anxiously. “You…” Dr. Tomura glanced at the group helplessly, “Alright, go to the emergency room. I can manage on my own in this department.”

While the group was talking...

Ambulances, sirens blaring, have already departed from the parking lot of the University of Tokyo Hospital and are heading to the accident scene one after another.

……

Led by Goto, the group hurried to the emergency room, where Lin Ze and the others learned the specific reason for the incident.

It turned out that an accident occurred on the bridge. The bus driver was hit in the face by cargo falling from the vehicle in front, which shattered the bus window and caused him to lose consciousness on the spot.

Then the bus went out of control and crashed into the car in front. Many cars behind it couldn't brake in time and rear-ended the bus.

The bus then overturned, trapping many passengers inside.

The entire bridge has now been closed off, and there are many police officers and firefighters on site, carrying out rescue work in full swing.

Because of the complexity of the accident, many injured people are unable to move and require professional doctors to be present to perform cutting and rescue.

Nearly half of the hospital's nurses have been transferred there, but that's clearly not enough.

As mentioned earlier, a significant number of department heads, including the vice president, were on official business. President Baishi, in particular, was usually elusive, and yet, at this critical juncture, such a major accident occurred.

The head of the emergency department acted as the emergency commander, sending intern Goto to mobilize other doctors in the hospital to go to the scene with them.

Because, no matter what, although interns can't compare to professional doctors, they have learned a considerable amount of first aid knowledge when they enroll, so they are definitely much more professional than the firefighters and the like.

Therefore, the information that Lin Ze and his team received was actually delayed.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone on the rounds with the village doctor.

On their way to the emergency room, they happened to run into Yamazaki Yu and his group, who were rushing over, at the corner of a building. Otomo Shoji and Hiraomi Onoko were also among them, and everyone looked flustered.

The group then regrouped.

They rushed to the emergency room.

When they arrived at the emergency room, the interns realized just how serious the situation was; a description alone couldn't give them a real sense of it.

Under the stark white light, the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood. Someone had spilled iodine, which mixed with the blood-soaked gauze.

After everyone entered the corridor, the door was repeatedly slammed open, and then the sound of stretcher wheels could be heard as wailing patients were brought in.

Just as Lin Ze and his group passed by, a patient whose chest was almost pierced was being pushed by doctors. Half of the stretcher was already stained red, and another doctor's hand was pressing hard on his chest to perform simple hemostasis.

"Make way! Make way! Seriously wounded—"

"Has the patient in emergency room number one come out yet? Prepare for open-chest surgery and closed chest drainage immediately; the lungs are completely filled with blood and foam!"

A nurse looked up; she had just finished tending to her patients while drenched in sweat, and hurriedly pushed open the door to bring the patient with hemothorax into the emergency room.

"They're not out yet, but I've already brought the equipment. Let's do some basic treatment first! I'll go get Dr. Hasegawa from the thoracic surgery department."

However, even if the operating room is not crowded, the number of doctors is still limited. Some patients who can still hold on for a while are undergoing preoperative preparations, and someone is helping to contact their family members to notify them to sign the consent form for the surgery.

The nurses' voices rose and fell.

"Blood pressure is 40, and heart rate has dropped!"

"Speed ​​up the IV drip, prepare adrenaline, and sprint forward! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

The head of the emergency department stood in front of an unconscious patient, frantically performing CPR while shouting urgently. His white coat was already stained, and even the badge on his chest that indicated his rank and name was stained red.

"Immediately locate the site of internal bleeding. Prepare the airway for intubation in bed number three. Don't panic, listen to my instructions. When I say intubation, turn the patient to the side. Once successful, immediately connect the cardiac monitor."

The atmosphere was incredibly tense.

Looking at the bustling scene, everyone was somewhat bewildered.

However, a nurse in her thirties ran over from the side. She saw the stunned group of people, stopped, and glanced at the badges on the interns' chests.

"You girls, yes, come with me into the emergency room now. Do you know how to do CPR?"

"I know some..."

"Then hurry up, don't just stand there." The nurse practically dragged Miyagi Suzuo over.

As she left, Miyagi Suzuo didn't forget to look back one last time.

"Then I'm going to the emergency room!" She waved to Lin Ze urgently, still being dragged along.

"Go ahead." Lin Ze then watched her leave.

Meanwhile, intern Goto also approached the head of the emergency department. Seeing the head hurriedly intubate the patient, she quickly stepped forward and said:
"Section Chief, I've brought all the students with me!"

"Where?" The burly section chief Yoshino looked in the direction he was pointing and his gaze fell on Lin Ze and the others.

Followed by.

He ripped off his filthy gloves and threw them into the nearly overflowing pile of garbage beside him.

At this moment, seeing the section chief rushing towards them, no one knew what was going to happen next.

Section Chief Yoshino quickly waved his hand, calling over several emergency room nurses, then walked up to Lin Ze and the others and said in a deep voice:
"Two things!"

"First, there are several patients in particularly bad condition at the accident scene. The injured were pierced by metal parts of the vehicle, resulting in entrapment injuries, and they are trapped inside. Firefighters are currently making physical cuts to the vehicle to remove the patients. I have temporarily assigned a few of you interns and have already informed your department. Now, come with me in the ambulance to the scene to provide emergency care."

All the doctors available in the hospital have rushed to the scene and are being transported back with the ambulances, so manpower is extremely tight.

The most challenging cases were undoubtedly those patients who had difficulty even moving around.

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately alarmed.

Did they go to the accident scene with them?
Instantly, my heart started pounding, and the blood in my body began to flow faster.

Hospital leaders often use the analogy of going to war to describe the situation, saying that the operating room is a battlefield where every second counts, and that rescuing someone is a battlefield.

But this time, they are really going to the battlefield.

"The second thing," Section Chief Nanye quickly checked the special medical equipment to be brought, including pulse oximeter, norepinephrine, painkillers, and medical pressure plates. He said seriously, "Once we get to the scene, everyone listen to my instructions and cooperate well. You are now the backbone of the emergency department! Show some manly spirit!"

These words immediately made the interns breathe rapidly.

People will feel a dryness in their throat.

Especially the feeling of having a daunting task weighing on your shoulders.

"Everyone, put on your special medical kits. The ambulance is already waiting outside. Hurry up," a nurse said urgently.

"understand!"

No one dared to stand still any longer and stepped forward one after another.

Lin Ze also acted quickly.

Unlike others, he felt excitement, not fear.

The pungent smell of disinfectant and blood in the emergency room seemed to awaken a special gene within him.

(End of this chapter)