After Adams’ pre-experint examination results ca out, there were no contraindications, and he could participate in the volunteer experint. The long-awaited experintal treatnt could finally begin.
He was very excited and hopeful, anticipating that sci-fi scenario.
As the subject of the pioneering experint, Yang Ping would personally introduce him to the detailed procedure.
In the eting Room at the International dical Center, Adams once again t Yang Ping, the doctor who gave him hope for survival. After reading his papers, Adams admired Yang Ping even more; his theories were truly magical, like treatnt thods from the future.
Yang Ping noticed that Adams was visibly nervous and comforted him: "You don’t need to be nervous, try to relax, our new therapy is very simple, just consider it as a normal intravenous infusion. Apart from a very few who may experience mild symptoms like fever, most people don’t feel uncomfortable. Of course, as a therapy that’s just beginning clinical trials, my description might be a bit inaccurate, this is not experintal statistical data, our sample size is currently too small; it’s based on experience accumulated from patients already treated."
Adams impatiently nodded. Right now he couldn’t listen to anything, or no matter what he heard, he would agree. No issue would beco an obstacle for him to participate in the experint.
"According to the experint procedure, we need to sign an inford consent form for the experint’s ethics and risks. Here are Chinese and English versions, you can choose either one." After Yang Ping finished speaking, Song Zimo presented two printed inford consent forms in front of Adams.
He surprisingly reached for the Chinese version and signed his Chinese na on it, and Song Zimo couldn’t imdiately discern what his Chinese na was.
Obviously, this was not legal. Song Zimo said: "You still need to, you need to present your passport, and the signed na must match the one on your passport."
Passport?
Adams fumbled to take out his passport, and Song Zimo took a look: "You need to sign with the na on your passport, in your native language, English; both docunts need to be signed. After signing, you’ll have to provide a handprint."
The Chinese characters he signed were a na he had given himself over these past few days, making that docunt invalid. Song Zimo took out another for him, and he earnestly signed his full English na on both inford consent forms.
Actually, for foreigners, preparing two inford consents is reasonable. The Chinese inford consent is not superfluous; even if he doesn’t understand Chinese, he can compare it, and he can take a photo of the Chinese inford consent to send to a lawyer he trusts.
This was a regulation made by Tang Shun because, in Tang Shun’s view, the precision of expression in the Chinese inford consent is actually stronger than in English. It is more precise than English, and in case of any disputes with the English inford consent, the Chinese one can be presented to avoid so possible ambiguities.
Most people might think there are more ambiguities in Chinese than in English, but in legal texts, in many situations, Chinese ambiguities are fewer than in English.
"Do you need assistance from your own lawyer? If not, we can provide services in this area. The entire process will be recorded and videotaped, ensuring traceability." Song Zimo said.
Adams shook his head, I accept all the terms. He read the English version of the agreent and then signed it without hesitation.
"Stay relaxed and get enough sleep; being too nervous can cause your heart rate to accelerate, which could delay the experint." Yang Ping instructed him.
Adams nodded: "Rest assured, I can do whatever it takes. I plan to go to bed after dinner at seven tonight and sleep until seven tomorrow morning. Twelve hours of sleep should be sufficient."
After signing the inford consent form, Adams was extrely excited. He clenched his fist tightly as if he had won the lottery, it was truly exhilarating.
From Yang Ping’s papers, he saw that direct treatnt applied to patients was very successful, completely controlling the illness, and showing prospects of a cure.
He returned to the ward, and due to excessive excitent, his heart now looped with thumping beats like it could jump out of his chest. He knew this was caused by over-excitent, and fearing a problem, he imdiately called for the nurse.
The nurse ca and asured his blood pressure and heart rate; his heart rate was too fast, reaching 110 beats per minute, and his blood pressure also increased, 162/mmHg. This morning’s asurents were quite normal, so how could it be so high now, the nurse wondered.
Adams understood that this was due to excitent, but he couldn’t stop this excitent.
"Nurse, will this condition affect my participation in the experint?" Adams asked anxiously.
The nurse said: "If this condition doesn’t improve by tomorrow morning, the experint will be forced to be postponed."
Upon hearing this, Adams beca even more anxious, and due to this anxiety, his heart rate increased, becoming a vicious cycle: "Nurse, can tomorrow’s experint proceed as planned? I am just nervous; can you refrain from recording the data you just asured, and asure again after I take a rest? I assure you, I can return to normal."
Of course, the nurse couldn’t do that; any clinical asurent data needed to be truthfully recorded in the nursing records, even if it was caused by nervousness, and they are later normal. She still needed to record it.
Because the experint involved, the nurse imdiately called another nurse to asure; the two sets of data could cross-verify. After the second nurse asured, the data was still the sa, even slightly higher than the previous asurent.
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