408 Autonomous Regulation of Cardiac Rhythm (1/2)
”Autonomous regulation of cardiac rhythm,” Nurse Niu shouted.
She had been a nurse for twenty years. If anyone made any calculations, they would find that she was even older than some of the doctors on the spot. Although she had rarely seen a CPR performed for more than an hour, it did not affect her understanding on the patient's condition.
This time was the most critical period for the patient.
Lu Wenbin got a little excited, ”It's a QRS complex[1], slightly too wide…”
Ling Ran silently nodded and said, ”Touch the aorta.”
His own hands were cramped and numb, so he was worried that he could not feel anything.
Right after he finished speaking, Nurse Niu held the patient's artery and said, ”Very weak.”
Weak was better no signs.
At this time, even if the patient showed signs that were normally unacceptable, it was a good thing.
Ling Ran continued external chest compressions and said, ”Inject more lidocaine and epinephrine, and add 0.5 ounces of dexamethasone.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
Nurse Niu immediately executed the instructions. If she doubted Ling Ran a few hours ago, now, that doubt had turned into admiration.
CPR was actually a matter mixed with both despair and hope.
If a CPR was performed for a normal individual, it would be exhausting to be continuously performed for five sets, and each set took about two minutes.
During some medical licensing exams, only three sets of CPR was needed. The last two sets were only conducted through oral test because the examiners had to consider the stamina of the students during the medical licensing exams.
But in reality, there were many doctors who could complete a CPR alone for one to two hours.
Most hospitals would say that they had a doctor who could continuously perform CPR for thirty to forty minutes.
These stories did not always involve healthy doctors with strong staminas, but most of the time, it was because they were willing to sacrifice themselves to save a life.
If they persisted for another ten minutes, perhaps the patient could be saved…
If they persisted for another five minutes, perhaps the patient could be saved…
Another two sets, just another two sets, then the results will show…
Just another set, maybe it would work…
Just persist for a while more…
When a doctor performed CPR, they always harbored the greatest hope, but they usually were faced with the greatest disappointment.
It was especially so for prolonged CPR.
Perhaps only one out of one hundred patients who received prolonged CPR could regain autonomous regulation of cardiac rhythm. They might only run into a person who would regain consciousness after they performed two hundred prolonged CPR on patients.
But if two million people received prolonged CPR, then ten thousand could stay alive and be discharged from the hospital.
If there were twenty million cases of prolonged CPR, one hundred thousand could regain consciousness.
But if they looked at this from another point of view, this kind of effort filled with hope would actually generate a greater disappointment.
At Nurse Liu's age, she was no longer hoping for miracles.
She just wanted to complete her daily routine. She felt happy when a life was saved, yet she would not feel sad for being unable to save a patient. When she went back home, she would just leave behind her feelings and let them go together with her white coat…
However, Nurse Liu still longed to see a doctor like Ling Ran.
She asked herself, if she really met with terrible incident, she really hoped that there would be a doctor who would try his best to save her even if she only had 0.01% of a chance to survive.
”Magnesium and calcium. Inject those into the patient.”
Ling Ran voice was clear, and the order was firm.
When Nurse Liu was about to turn around and perform the task, she saw that there was already a young nurse beside her who completed the task.
She was surprised when she turned around. Then, she saw Huo Congjun, Chief Physician Tao, and at least twenty to thirty medical staff surrounding them.
Many had witnessed prolonged CPR before, but not many of them ever saw a successful prolonged CPR.
Ling Ran tilted his aching and tired neck. He gently removed his hands from the patient's chest as his chest wall returned to position.
”Cardiac rhythm 130, autonomous regulation of cardiac rhythm… Blood pressure 120/74…” Nurse Niu read out the figures on the monitor.
Ling Ran used his shaking fingers to touch the patient's aorta. His emotions were surging as well, but the main reason behind why his fingers were trembling was because he had been performing chest compressions for too long.
The time was so long that his muscles had started to ache.
”How was it?” Huo Congjun asked with hope.