Chapter 33 (1/2)

Chapter 33: Tacit Agreement

Zhang Chi stuck his head out the car , but the duht and he couldn’t see anything except a few scattered drivers getting out of their cars to stand in the road Frouessed, “There’s probably an accident up ahead” Ahead was a tunnel, and with the high-speed traffic and the many bends in the road, accidents frequently happened there

Gu shi+ looked at her watch “We should have left earlier We’d have ample time if we hadn’t been stuck here for over ten minutes”

The cars backed up in the road grew, drivers constantly getting out and coether So and there was an alarmed and chaotic discussion In the distance came the faint sound of an ambulance

Gu shi+ looked at Zhang Chi Without hesitating they both got out at the same time and ran ahead

They ran about three kilometers and were the first to arrive to the first car parked outside the tunnel entrance It was aa young man out of the bus He looked to be no h he was covered with sweat and vomit

Seeing two police officers running over, the crowd acted as if their saviors had arrived “The ambulance still isn’t here, but the police finally came It had looked as if no one had called the police”

Zhang Chi didn’t have time to respond when a loud voice asked, “Who knohat happened? Speak up”

A er stepped forward “About five o, he suddenly told me he felt a sharp pain in his back I asked him if he had sprained it, but he seemed unable to reply I asked if anyone had safflower oil or Yunnan white powder”

But as they were asking around for it, the youngto vomit violently Everyone called for help and the driver pulled over and stopped So, but just as he stood up, his eyes closed and he fell down in the narrow aisle

“Everyone backed off a bit at first to give hih the crowd and knelt beside the young man and patted hi She felt his carotid artery for a pulse and looked up at the crowd “How long ago did he collapse?”

Everyone looked at each other, but no one said anything

Zhang Chi yelled, “Speak up, how many minutes?”

Several responses came back “Three minutes”

“About two minutes”

Gu shi+ looked up at hiravely “His heart has stopped Do you know CPR?”

Zhang Chi looked at the vomit all over the man’s mouth and hesitated a second Gu shi+ raised her eyebrows “Hurry up and help h force”

She tilted his head back and opened hisChi quickly took out some paper napkins and wiped hims off Gu shi+ seemed not to mind and quickly unbuttoned his collar, took a deep breath, knocked away Zhang Chi’s hand, and put herChi quickly knelt down on the other side of the ether and rapidly pumped the man’s chest with his palms

They went back and forth like this Gu shi+’s face was red fro Chi’s hands while everyone else stood around watching and holding their breath The man’s eyes remained firmly shut

“He’s likely had a heart attack Is this any use?”

CPR is used in just this situation It’s the only first-response method we have”

“Ah, doesn’t look good Think he’s already dead?”

“Why is the 120 not here yet? What do we do if it’s blocked by the other cars?”