An alarm sounded from the smart computer. Qin Jiang pulled out his phone and saw the computer’s warning: Wang Hu’s thoracic artery had torn due to the excessive force of his heartbeat!
Now, Qin Jiang had no time to wait for family consent. He rushed straight into the operating room.
A torn thoracic artery meant that any mishandling or even a delay of a few seconds could be fatal for Wang Hu on the operating table.
An immediate thoracotomy was imperative!
After a full-body disinfection, Qin Jiang entered the OR.
When the camera zoomed in on Wang Hu’s chest, the online viewers couldn’t help but gasp.
Wang Hu’s chest was now a deep crimson red.
It looked as if someone had painted his entire chest with red pigment.
What was even more shocking was that with each heartbeat, Wang Hu’s entire body trembled.
It was easy to imagine the sheer force behind each beat of his heart at that moment.
With the assistance of robotic arms, Qin Jiang made an incision into Wang Hu’s chest.
Broken bones, torn blood vessels, and a violently pounding heart!
The scene was so intense that some viewers with weaker stomachs immediately left the live stream.
“Is this the consequence of drinking too much energy drink? That’s terrifying.”
“The heart: My power exceeds your imagination.”
“I think warning labels should be printed on these drinks too: ‘Do not consume excessively.'”
“They already are. You just didn’t read them because you treated the drinks like sugar water.”
Qin Jiang’s first priority was to address the arterial bleeding.
Fortunately, the computer’s alert was timely, and the tear in the artery wasn’t too large yet.
Nevertheless, attempting to stop the bleeding while the heart was beating so forcefully was still extremely risky.
After a moment of thought, Qin Jiang decided to use electrocautery to achieve hemostasis.
“Switch to electrocautery hemostasis protocol.”
The smart computer responded immediately. Three robotic arms, each assigned a specific task, prepared the various tools needed for electrocautery.
When viewers saw Qin Jiang bringing the electrosurgical pencil near the heart, they were stunned.
“What on earth is this ‘electrocautery’ thing? Is he really going to burn it with electricity?”
“Exactly what you’re thinking.”
“When the high-frequency output tip of the electrosurgical instrument gets close enough to human skin or tissue, it generates an electrical spark.”
“The temperature can range from 100°C to 3000°C. This intense heat can vaporize or carbonize skin growths or ulcers, making damaged tissue permanently disappear.”
“Of course, it can also be used to stop bleeding.”
The viewers were blown away.
From 100°C to 3000°C?
Good grief, even steel would melt at that temperature!
Are surgical tools nowadays really that high-tech?
Qin Jiang held his breath, focusing completely as he maneuvered the electrosurgical pencil to achieve hemostasis.
But the moment he activated it, Wang Hu’s chest cavity suddenly erupted with a roaring burst of flame!
It looked just like the fire that flares up when tossing food in a wok!
The viewers were shocked once more, and Jiang Lu and the other classmates felt their hearts sink.
“This is insane! Is this surgery or stir-frying? How can it produce flames?”
“I think this young man is done for. His heart is probably cooked by now.”
“Doctor Qin is, after all, a TCM practitioner. Surgical procedures aren’t his forte. He’s finally met his match.”
“Sigh. This surgery was performed without family consent. I feel like Doctor Qin might end up in serious trouble.”
Everyone felt this had already become a medical mishap.
However, Qin Jiang remained perfectly calm. He simply picked up some saline solution from the side and poured it into Wang Hu’s chest cavity, extinguishing the flames.
The fire went out quickly and hadn’t actually caused much damage to Wang Hu’s other organs.
Because the organs were moist, not dry, the brief burst of intense heat wasn’t enough to cook them outright.
The surgery continued. After waiting for the oxygen concentration in Wang Hu’s chest cavity to drop a bit, Qin Jiang used the electrosurgical pencil again and finally managed to stop the bleeding from the torn artery.
Next was performing the chest wall reconstruction surgery for Wang Hu.
Qin Jiang took materials like surgical wire, steel plates, and suture threads from the robotic arms and began reshaping Wang Hu’s chest wall.
Fortunately, the Calming Sedative Pill was taking effect now.
Wang Hu’s heart rate finally began to drop.
An hour later, after suturing Wang Hu’s chest cavity, Qin Jiang called nearby hospitals to dispatch an ambulance to transfer Wang Hu.
After all, his TCM clinic didn’t have nursing staff, and Wang Hu would need care for postoperative recovery and further treatment.
Right after making the call, a middle-aged woman rushed in, weeping.
“Hu Zi, Hu Zi, you have to hang in there!”
The woman approached Qin Jiang, tears streaming down her face. “Doctor, I’m Zheng Yuxiu, Wang Hu’s mother.”
“I’ve brought the money. I’ll sign the forms. Please, I’m begging you, save my son!”
Zheng Yuxiu didn’t yet know that Wang Hu’s surgery was already completed.
She first placed a bank card on the table, then pulled out a large handful of small bills and change from her pocket.
Seeing the woman’s graying hair at her temples, Qin Jiang felt a pang of sympathy.
“Auntie, please rest assured. Wang Hu’s surgery was successful. He’s been saved.”
“However, he can’t engage in strenuous physical activity in the future. He’ll need to rest and recover at home for a while. A desk job would be best for him later on.”
Hearing that her son was saved, Zheng Yuxiu immediately let out a sigh of relief. Her tightly wound nerves finally relaxed, and she slumped to the floor.
The others quickly moved to help her up.
Just then, Wang Hu’s father, Wang Tao, also walked in from outside.
Wang Tao was carrying a black briefcase and had a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
His face showed no trace of worry, as if he were just here to go through the motions.
Upon seeing Zheng Yuxiu, a flicker of disdain crossed Wang Tao’s face.
“Didn’t I tell you I’m busy? Why did you have to call and make me come?”
Zheng Yuxiu immediately fired back angrily, “Busy with what? Busy playing mahjong?”
“Your son had such a major incident, and you were in a teahouse nearby but couldn’t even come to check on him?”
Wang Tao picked at his ear and sneered, “Who gave you the courage to talk to me like that?”
“Looking for trouble?”
With those words from Wang Tao, Zheng Yuxiu immediately fell silent, as if someone had grabbed her by the throat.
Wang Tao walked up to Qin Jiang, looked him up and down, and said, “So young. Are you a fresh graduate?”
Qin Jiang didn’t answer. Instead, he handed over a “Surgical Consent Form.”
“You’re Wang Hu’s family member, right? Please sign here.”
Wang Tao snorted.
“The surgery is already done, right?”
“It is.”
“If it’s already done, why should I still sign?”
Wang Tao’s attitude was arrogant.
“Healing and saving people is what you doctors are supposed to do.”
“And the cost of this surgery should be borne by your hospital. After all, I didn’t ask you to perform the surgery. I never signed anything.”
In front of everyone, Wang Tao threw the “Surgical Consent Form” right at Qin Jiang.
