696 Draw Blood (2/2)

Huo Congjun used to be a military doctor. He was very accustomed to a hospital ship's atmosphere. He knew that their work was extremely vigorous, but the conditions were really bad.

Nowadays, even the medical staff in a military hospital would find it hard to not have their skills decline, and it would be even more difficult for the medical staff of a hospital ship to retain their skills.

Huo Congjun looked at Ling Ran, who was fully focused on operating, and he examined the scan that was just taken. He felt that the kidneys could wait, so he took a break and asked Lu Wenbin to come over so that he could give up his place. He asked, ”When will the supply ship arrive? Is there any more blood being sent over?”

”The nearest supply ship will arrive in a little more than two hours, and they only brought 54 ounces of B-type blood,” answered Lin Honghou once he rushed over from the treatment room to help.

Huo Congjun frowned and said, ”That's definitely not enough.”

”Four blood packs are not enough?” Lin Honghou was surprised.

”Won't the others who'll be sent in later need them as well?” Huo Congjun pursed his lips. He had been the director of the Emergency Department for many years. He never put hope on ”possibility”, because if hope was lost, it would cost someone else's life.

At this moment of such a large-scale rescue, Huo Congjun certainly could not let the wounded who were saved at the accident scene to die here because of insufficient blood supply.

Lin Honghou gulped and whispered, ”How about we mobilize the crew? There would be about ten people with B-type blood on the ship. If one person gives 13.5 ounces, we will get 135 ounces. It will be enough for us to last until we replenish our stock when we reach the shore later.”

One of the complications of blood supply was that blood types were different, and the consumption of different blood types would also be different. In this rescue mission, which involved anywhere from several dozens to one hundred patients, two wounded people of the same blood type could consume a large amount of that certain blood group in their blood storage. With how urgently they needed blood right then, it would be very hard for them to have enough blood if they only had one blood supply.

Lin Honghou guessed that even if they asked for help from the shore now, Yun Hua's blood station would probably take some time to get the right blood type. A certain amount of time would pass if they chose to wait for it to be transferred over.

Huo Congjun also knew about the situation. He frowned slightly and said, ”The rescue at the scene is not over yet, and the wounded will definitely be sent over. The crew may have to work for a continuous period of one to twenty hours without rest.”

After drawing blood, it would definitely not be suitable for the donors to work for a long period of time. Even if work intensity was reduced, their work efficiency would be affected. Huo Congjun could not expect all the crew members with type B blood to have the determination to overcome the fatigue in their bodies.

”Then what should we do?” Lin Honghou looked somewhat annoyed, because he had all his suggestions vetoed. But unless they gave up on the wounded patient in front of him ...

He watched Ling Ran, who was still seriously performing the surgery. Although he had only known him for a few hours, he did not feel that he could take the wounded patient away from Ling Ran.

”How many crew members does the supply ship have?” Huo Congjun asked suddenly.

Lin Honghou responded subconsciously, ”We definitely have a full crew for such an important mission. Besides, there may be some of them who are only here for show. There are also new medical staff who have just joined our ranks, and there are at least one hundred of us…”

”Draw blood from them.” Huo Congjun looked up at the clock on the wall and said, ”Have them arrive at the fastest speed, if possible, ask if they can send a speedboat to let the crew members with blood type B bring the blood type B bags over here first. Go and mobilize the people to make preparations to draw blood. Have the blood bank and the Medical Laboratory Department be up and running, and try to get the blood collected in one hour...”

”We're asking the crew members with blood type B to bring the blood type B bags over via speedboat?” Lin Honghou looked at Huo Congjun and suddenly felt scared.

Huo Congjun responded as if this was the obvious solution to take, ”When we're racing against time, we can't take so many things into consideration. Back in my days, my teacher could draw blood while performing the surgery. By the way, mobilize the people. Don't draw the blood of those who are sent to the scene or are staying in the hospital ship. Draw blood from all those who are going to leave the ship and return to the shore before they leave, and get 13.5 ounces from each person.”

”Yes.” Lin Honghou was so nervous that he almost saluted.