Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1211 - 941: You Must Have Learned Geography from an Anatomy Teacher

Chapter 1211: Chapter 941: You Must Have Learned Geography from an Anatomy Teacher

With WeChat as a communication tool, Yang Ping’s email inbox had fewer messages than before, unless it was for very formal communication, other exchanges could be completed on WeChat.

These foreigners used to prefer emails and never used WeChat, but now they all have gotten used to it.

Takahashi mailed over the latest batch of manga from Japan, and these manga are now popular not only among medical students but also among the entire young population of Japan.

Hearing that the new manga had arrived, doctors and nurses from the Surgical Research Institute scrambled to read them, and several sets of the manga were snapped up in no time.

Zhang Lin and Little Five were the most eager, always hoping to see if their own roles in the manga had been increased, but they were always disappointed. As minor characters like Golden Hook and Silver Hook, they couldn’t expect too much screen time.

As for who drew the manga, Yang Ping didn’t want to delve into it. After all, it wasn’t defaming him, and using manga to promote doctors and medical knowledge was a good method.

When he got back home, his mother-in-law was cooking in the kitchen, and Xiao Su was seriously making a fruit platter in the living room, her belly getting bigger and bigger.

Every time he thought about the due date, Yang Ping felt a headache coming on. The Hermes golden diamond baby bed was ready, and they kept asking when they should deliver it.

Yang Ping had always thought they were just joking, but to his surprise, they were serious. Who dared to accept such a luxurious gift?

Robert said he had contacted several American sports stars, and they all promised to be interest-class teachers for the child, including NBA basketball stars, Brazilian football stars, and American boxing champions. Robert assured that flying in once a month to teach in China would be no problem with his clout in the sports world.

The child wasn’t even born yet, and Robert was already talking about providing a schedule so he could arrange it.

Ivan had purchased a milk powder company and a dairy farm in New Zealand, to take care of the milk powder supply.

Initially, the milk powder business was to be August’s, but Ivan’s big spending silenced even August, who had secretly gained strength by acquiring milk powder companies and ranches in the Netherlands with the help of the old duke.

So in the end, the supply of milk powder was split between Ivan and August.

Takahashi got hold of the diaper supply, but he hadn’t mentioned diapers in the group chat lately. Previously, he would spam the group daily, telling others not to snatch away the diapers, but now he had become inexplicably low-key.

Yang Ping shared his current troubles with Xiao Su, who, after thinking it over, also found it headache-inducing.

Let’s start by cutting the fruit, and put the troubling thoughts aside for now.

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The next morning, during the shift change, everything was normal, just like any other day.

Halfway through the shift change, a patient’s family member’s scream shattered the quiet of the ward, "Doctor, come quickly, he’s not going to make it---"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s brains instinctively reacted: rescue!

Yang Ping and the doctors rushed out of the office, followed by several nurses, while the terrified family member screamed at the door, nearly in tears.

The patient’s face was pale, his breathing extremely difficult, his airway was clearly obstructed, and the oxygen saturation shown on the still-connected electrocardiogram monitor was dropping continuously, now at only 60%. This was a patient who had just undergone brainstem surgery the day before, and the family had just suddenly discovered him like this, scared out of their wits.

The patient and family members in the bed next to him might have been frightened as well, looking uneasy with a shell-shocked expression.

Yang Ping immediately shut off the IV, stopped the fluids that were being administered, and then asked for a flashlight and tongue depressor to pry open the patient’s mouth. The uvula was hanging there, and the throat was clearly swollen, especially the area around the larynx, which was almost blocking the airway due to swelling.

"Throat edema, anaphylactic shock, were fluids just administered?"

As Yang Ping spoke, he had already pulled out the IV needle.

"It happened right after this bottle was hooked up!" the family member’s trembling voice responded.

Anaphylactic shock!

"Bedside tracheotomy, inject 0.5mg of epinephrine IM."

As Yang Ping gave the verbal medical order, he was already auscultating the heart and lungs.

The doctors and nurses from the Surgical Research Institute were well-trained; the emergency cart had already been pushed over, and the nurses immediately administered an intramuscular injection of epinephrine to the patient. Song Zimo had already opened the tracheotomy kit, and Yang Ping swiftly put on gloves. With Song Zimo’s assistance, he performed a lightning-fast tracheotomy, inserted the tracheal tube, opened the airway, and connected the oxygen hose.

The patient’s barely noticeable chest heaving became extremely pronounced as oxygen entered the lungs through the tracheal tube.

"The blood pressure’s no good, still dropping, start an epinephrine drip! Seal and keep the recently administered fluids and the IV set."

"Follow up with dexamethasone," Yang Ping directed the attending doctor.

Thanks to the emergency tracheotomy and the intramuscular injection of epinephrine, the patient’s complexion slowly returned to rosy.

The frightened family member finally relaxed a bit upon seeing this turn of events, having been too shocked before, as it truly resembled the brink of death.

The patient was only 17 years old, having just undergone brainstem surgery yesterday. It was a sudden change this morning that nearly cost him his life.

Anaphylactic shock is a dangerous emergency. Whether a patient can be saved depends on the correctness and speed of the rescue. Lives hang in the balance, measured by the second.

Yang Ping looked at the fluids that were being infused into the patient, just routine medicine, no need for a skin test, and no previous allergic reactions ever encountered. But allergies are unpredictable. In theory, any medication can potentially cause an allergic reaction, and it’s nearly impossible to guard against it.

Handling such rescues tests a doctor’s emergency skills and the team’s collaborative abilities within the department. The most accurate treatments must be applied to the patient in the shortest possible time; there is no room for delay.