Healing Doctor

Chapter 649 The Bizarre Rescue

"Hey." Ji Xiang smiled. "Teacher Meng, you're still so busy."

"I'm used to it, we eat dumplings when I'm on duty..."

"The more you eat, the more you get?" the emergency room doctor said casually as he came out.

Meng Qingfei's expression changed, and he glared at her fiercely.

"Just kidding, Lao Meng, don't take it so seriously. How could that be? Even though you're always so busy with your shifts, I don't think it has anything to do with eating dumplings."

Meng Qingfei wanted to spit out the dumpling, but after hesitating for a moment, he chewed it hard and swallowed it.

Ji Xiang glanced at the internist; this guy really didn't know how to talk, and was incredibly blunt.

However, it's also possible that he was deliberately teasing Teacher Meng.

"Xiao Ji, when did you get back?"

"Yesterday and today, I knew it was your class, Teacher Meng, so I came to check it out," Ji Xiang said with a smile.

"The variety show was well-made!" Meng Qingfei patted Ji Xiang's shoulder forcefully. "I thought you would stay out and not come back. You know, it was really a surprise that you came back."

There was a hint of complaint in his tone, but more of relief.

Meng Qingfei talked a lot with Ji Xiang, but since he was on duty, there weren't many emergency patients during mealtimes, though they did come in sporadically.

They couldn't talk to each other freely, but Ji Xiang and Meng Qingfei were used to this rhythm.

Ji Xiang also ordered a serving of dumplings, which he quickly ate during his breaks between patients, showing the same traits as Meng Qingfei.

Back at the Second Affiliated Hospital, Ji Xiang went on emergency calls with Meng Qingfei, constantly looking for the "why" in every detail.

The nurse who performed the painless gastroscopy and colonoscopy said that the first thing she called out after waking up was "Teacher Meng," which Ji Xiang found particularly hard to understand.

She was very straightforward, so why was she so attached to Meng Qingfei, a surgeon in a white coat with a dark patch on his buttocks?

Ji Xiang couldn't figure it out; after several hours of observation, he still couldn't find the problem.

However, Ji Xiang was not in a hurry.

It was getting late. After treating a trauma patient, Ji Xiang washed his hands and prepared to say goodbye to Meng Qingfei.

A series of wailing and screaming sounds came from outside the door, followed by the alarms from various instruments in the emergency room.

Ji Xiang remained calm and unmoved.

Generally speaking, patients who are crying and wailing are internal medicine patients. Surgical emergencies are usually for stab wounds or car accidents. The real patients' families usually arrive later, so they wouldn't be crying right now.

Since I am an internal medicine patient, it has nothing to do with Teacher Meng, nor with me.

After washing his hands, Ji Xiang walked out of the treatment room and the first thing he saw was Meng Qingfei, who was standing opposite the emergency room, looking at the rescue inside with a slightly hunched back.

The scene was simple, but Ji Xiang's heart was pounding, experiencing a transient bigeminy.

Something's wrong!

I remember a long time ago, Meng Qingfei stood in the corridor in this posture, looking at the pediatrics department, and eventually helped the pediatricians successfully save a young patient.

What now?

Ji Xiang quickly walked to Meng Qingfei's side. "Professor Meng, is the patient related to our surgery department?"

"It's alright, he was almost not breathing when he was brought here. He probably can't be saved now."

"Then?" Ji Xiang only said one word, without elaborating.

"It just looks a bit strange. It reminds me of some cases I've encountered before." Meng Qingfei's fingers twitched slightly.

Ji Xiang didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he quickly walked to the emergency room to help and find out what was going on.

The patient is a 71-year-old female patient with abdominal distension, which suggests intestinal obstruction, but this is not a serious problem. The patient has developed ventricular tachycardia with intermittent ventricular fibrillation.

Meanwhile, the patient's family members appeared in the emergency room, wiping away tears and sobbing.

Since they are family, Ji Xiang has his own judgment.

In emergency situations, it's great if the patient survives, but if they don't, their families might become even more agitated if they witness it.

In addition, chest compressions and defibrillation are somewhat terrifying procedures, such as causing rib fractures.

If the patient's family members see this, I'm afraid their emotions will become even more intense.

Therefore, at this time, the patient's family members will be asked to leave the emergency room.

Emergency room doctors were trying to save the patient, while the patient's family members were crying their hearts out. Ji Xiang had rarely seen such a scene.

In addition, with Meng Qingfei's top-notch search and rescue dog-like sense of smell and performance, Ji Xiang felt that the crying sounded a bit fake... but he still couldn't figure out what was strange about the place.

Since he was there to help, Ji Xiang found some time to come to the window, face out the window, concentrate for a moment, and enter the system operating room.

Ji Xiang quickly told the system NPC about his experience and his doubts.

"Teacher, I heard from Teacher Meng that he had experienced something similar, but he didn't go to the emergency room. What do you think happened?"

The system NPC pondered for a moment.

A few seconds later, the system NPC looked up at Ji Xiang and said, "I don't know if I'm right, but since the experienced clinical teacher Meng you mentioned has this kind of concern, then I have experienced similar things a few times."

"!!!"

Ji Xiang was slightly startled.

The system NPCs said the same thing as Meng Qingfei, and their eyes seemed to carry an incredibly complex energy, as if they had countless things to say, but in the end, all their words turned into a sigh.

What's going on?

"Want to give it a try?" the system NPC asked.

Ji Xiang nodded.

"However, this time I'm refusing to let you choose," the system NPC said firmly. "You should look at it from an outsider's perspective."

Ji Xiang was completely bewildered, utterly confused about what the system NPC and Meng Qingfei were up to.

But I can empathize with them and experience firsthand the clinical experiences recorded by the system NPCs.

The answer is right before your eyes!

Ji Xiang nodded vigorously.

The system NPC led Ji Xiang to the next operating room. After a flash of light, Ji Xiang opened his eyes again and found himself performing chest compressions.

The patient I was empathizing with had essentially the same condition as the patient in real life, except that the patient in front of me was more severely ill and had stopped breathing.

Moreover, "he" had already called the anesthesiologist to perform intubation.

The anesthesiologist, wearing an isolation gown, a white coat over it, and shoe covers, is squeezing a ball.

"Old Gao, go tell the patient's family. It's been 25 minutes. Adding the time you spent on resuscitation, it's been at least 40 minutes. The person is definitely not going to make it."

Ji Xiang nodded, agreeing.

The patient's chest wall collapse was likely caused by his advanced age, osteoporosis, and extensive fractures during chest compressions.

Ji Xiang called a nurse to take over for him, and then turned to find the patient's family.

As he turned around, Ji Xiang recalled that the patient's daughter-in-law was a doctor in the gastroenterology department of the same family, and that she was currently crying bitterly with another middle-aged woman in a corner.

(End of this chapter)