Chapter 86 - TOUCHED AN ARTERY (2/2)
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After scrubbing, Luo Jingyi entered the operating room with hands and forearms still wet. A scrub tech handed her a sterile towel to dry her hands and helped her into a surgical gown. As she neared the operating table, she saw a familiar face. A face she'd rather not see around inside her OR.
”What are you doing here?” Luo Jingyi snapped at Wen Minghua. Like Luo Jingyi, he had scrubbed, and he was wearing a surgical gown.
Flashing her a grin, Wen Minghua spoke c.o.c.kily. ”I'm going to be your First Assistant.” His answer made Luo Jingyi's forehead puckered.
”What happened to Dr. Yao?” The question was directed to Blue girl. Of all the people inside the OR, she was the only one she's familiar with. The rest, it was her first time working with them.
”She's in the bathroom. Diarrhea.” Blue girl answered.
The line on Luo Jingyi's forehead intensified. Dr. Yao was completely fine fifteen minutes ago. How did she suddenly have diarrhea? Luo Jingyi's eyes flew to Wen Minghua. She had a suspicion he was to be blamed for Dr. Yao's sudden predicament.
Even if Luo Jingyi wanted to send Wen Minghua outside, she didn't. There's a patient at the moment, and she was more critical. She'd deal with Wen Minghua later when everything was over.
Without paying attention to Wen Minghua, she moved to the operating table and spoke in a voice that everyone could hear. ”This is your first time working with me. I have only two rules inside my operating room. First, save the patient at any cost, and second, I won't tolerate any mistakes. If you feel unconfident of yourself, you can step out right now.”
Luo Jingyi waited to see if anyone was leaving. When nobody moved, she continued, ”Let's start then.” Everyone gave the nod. When the anesthesiologist gave the signal, a scrub tech handed the scalpel to Luo Jingyi. ”Blue girl, what are we going to do?”
Blue girl cleared her throat first and answered confidently. ”We need to perform an emergency laparotomy. The patient has a bullet entrance wound in the lower abdomen, but there's no exit wound. We need to gain access to her abdominal cavity to assess the extent of her injury.”
Luo Jingyi nodded in agreement. The procedure started with Luo Jingyi making an incision on the skin. Minutes later, they found a gunshot injury to the uterine fundus.
As they were clearing out the blood clots discovered in the abdomen, blood suddenly burst out. That was after Wen Minghua touched an artery. ”Are you stupid?!” Luo Jingyi glowered at Wen Minghua.
”I must have touched—”
Luo Jingyi ignored him and dealt with the bleeding. ”Keep the pressure on.” She ordered Blue girl who was quick enough to get gauze sponge to absorb the blood pooling out.
Wen Minghua was standing on the side, frozen while Luo Jingyi and Blue girl worked together. ”Forceps..towel clip..” The scrub tech handed the tools in succession as she paid attention to Luo Jingyi and Blue girl. She couldn't help admiring Dr. Luo's calm demeanor, but she was outwardly detached.