As they were discussing the situation, the condition of the sick child deteriorated again.
Their bodies were bent, hands were starting to grasp at nothing, and legs kicking about wildly. Their face had turned dark purple, and their lips were a blackish purple. Even the nails, and the tips of the fingers had bee a deep purple.
This was a sign of severe oxygen deprivation.
The time left for the doctors to discuss was running out.
"I can perform a tracheotomy and subsequent resuscitation, but my clinical experience in this matter is not very substantial. The child’s condition can’t wait any longer, let’s proceed with the tracheotomy immediately!"
Director Dai is one of the youngest chief physicians at Tuya Hospital, with strong prehensive abilities, but there are also some weaknesses.
Such as resuscitating a child with an obstructed respiratory tract.
This is not something that you can do just by wishing to operate an endoscope or having some basic surgical skill.
The younger the child is, the more dangerous the operation bees.
It requires doctors to have extremely rich surgical experience, resuscitation experience, and also strong adaptability in order to ensure the success of the resuscitation.
Seeing the child’s critical condition, Director Dai could only bite the bullet and step up.
At this moment, it was clearly too late to request reinforcements from Tuya Hospital. The child’s golden window for rescue was only three to five minutes.
"Dr. Chen, go and get Director Zhang Bihua here immediately."
Director Dai Shan, worried about plications, decided to ask for the assistance of Director Zhang Bihua from obstetrics.
When it es to rescuing infants, Director Zhang Bihua has extremely rich clinical experience.
The sick child was only a year and a half old, nearly as fragile as an infant.
"Never mind, I’ll call her myself!"
Director Dai might have considered the specialists’ desks in the outpatient lobby surrounded by numerous family members and patients, and direct munication might cause unnecessary panic and negative impact.
Even if this child died, legally speaking, the hospital would not be responsible.
Because the hospital had already fulfilled its duty to attempt resuscitation.
But other patients and their families, upon hearing this, might not think the same.
They would first recall that Xinxiang Women and Children’s Hospital just last year caused the death of a pregnant woman, and that many patients had reported various issues with the hospital.
If another child were to die now, who would dare e to a hospital that specializes in killing?
So, for any hospital, reputation is extremely important.
A major incident is like a stain on someone’s criminal record, leaving a mark that lasts a lifetime.
If there’s a theft in an area, the first suspects are those with theft records in that area.
If a hospital has had incidents, its reputation bees incredibly fragile, and even a single case of unsuccessful resuscitation could be blown out of proportion a thousandfold.
Director Dai immediately called Director Zhang Bihua, who was consulting in the outpatient lobby.
Actually, since the nurse from Xinxiang Women and Children’s Hospital ran to the outpatient lobby to ask Director Dai to join the resuscitation, Director Zhang Bihua had already been quietly paying attention to the progress of the situation.
This time, she personally led the team to support the specialist outpatient service activity at Xinxiang Women and Children’s Hospital.
She was the overall head.
If something went wrong, it would be embarrassing for her, and it was also her duty to ensure that this specialist outpatient service activity achieved positive outes, rather than create negative impacts for Xinxiang Women and Children’s Hospital.
"I’ll be right there!"
After listening to Director Dai’s report, Director Zhang Bihua was decisive and calm.
With just a light statement of five words, she gave Director Dai some much-needed peace of mind.
Director Zhang Bihua then apologized to the patients and relatives in line waiting to see her, "Ladies and gentlemen, apologies, but I have to rush to the operating room for an urgent surgery and cannot continue to treat everyone. Other specialists from Tuya Hospital will continue to provide outpatient services to you."
Having said that, she stood up and turned to Deputy Director Shi.
"Deputy Director Shi, I need to borrow Dr. Zhou from you temporarily. We need his help in the operating room, is that okay?"
At this time, instead of hurrying to the endoscopy room to participate in the rescue, she first asked Deputy Director Shi to lend Zhou Can as reinforcement, which was enough to make Zhou Can’s reputation soar again.
Zhou Can, who was bored to death, was more than willing when Director Zhang asked him to help in the operating room.
"I have no problem, as long as Dr. Zhou agrees."
Deputy Director Shi did not dare make the call for Zhou Can.
It might seem that Zhou Can was several ranks below him in terms of title, and that Zhou Can, being his subordinate doctor, should listen to him.
But in reality, during his time in Digestive Internal Medicine, Deputy Director Shi often asked Zhou Can for help.
Zhou Can had bailed him out many times.
So, he held extra respect for Zhou Can.
"Dr. Zhou, what do you think?"
Director Zhang turned towards Zhou Can.
"I am at the disposal of Director Zhang’s orders and mand at any time."
Zhou Can’s half-joking flattery brought a burst of joy to Zhang Bihua, and she felt even more pleased looking at him.
Zhang Bihua quickly made her way to the endoscopic operating room with Zhou Can and Yang Chan.
The child’s trachea had already been cut open, but the symptoms hadn’t improved much.
The atmosphere in the operating room was tense and solemn.
The medical staff were all in a flurry of activity.
Director Dai’s forehead was sweating, trying to figure out how to suction the thick, purulent secretions from the child’s trachea.
But these thick, purulent secretions weren’t easy to suction out.
And as the child was very young, their organs and tissues were extremely delicate, making the procedure even more challenging.
Chen Jiaojiao stood by, pletely unable to lend a hand, and could only watch anxiously as Director Dai operated.
"Director Zhang has arrived!"
Someone shouted with joy.
Zhang Bihua had a great reputation in the field of obstetrics, not only as a living signboard for Tuya Hospital, but she was also well-known in other hospitals. Asking her to take charge, or the many obstetricians who had trained and learned under her, were numerous.
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