021. Fighting with Death
Chen Liang lay on the bed and nodded slightly, "I feel a little lack of oxygen, but I can still bear it. The chest radiograph I took yesterday has worsened a little, and I think I might have to intubate as well."
Meng Tiantian was silent, Chen Liang was a doctor, and he knew his physical condition very well, and he knew all the results of various examinations. He understood how to treat it and what steps needed.
"If you have any situation, please tell me in time. If you are upset, I will find a book for you to put it on the head of the bed."
Some patients in the icu ward who are slightly better will occasionally read books or look at their mobile phones to relax.
Chen Liang thought for a while and said, "How about you find me a medical book or show me the latest medical records. Although I am lying here, I can't fall behind."
Meng Tiantian nodded and helped him find the medical records. After concentrating on his field of expertise, Chen Liang's anxious mood finally relieved a lot.
However, because the number of patients continues to increase, the ward consumes a lot of oxygen every day, today there is another situation of insufficient oxygen supply in the center.
"Because the hospital's oxygen supply system was designed like this before, no one expected that one day, such a large number of patients would need oxygen. At present, the oxygen supply cannot be improved. It is estimated that more oxygen tanks will be borrowed to achieve high flow supply in the future. Moreover, patients who go out for examinations also need oxygen tanks to provide oxygen. It will be a lot of hard work for you!"
Jiang Wei said tiredly to all the nurses in the ward, and Meng Tiantian took a deep breath. She knew that this meant that more oxygen tanks would be transported next.
In the afternoon, there was indeed an alarm sound on Dr. Chen Liang's bed, and all physical parameters began to become abnormal. However, he was still awake and knew that there was something wrong with his body.
"The high-flow oxygen inhalation in the nasal cavity can no longer meet the required oxygen saturation. It is indeed necessary to have tracheal intubation. You know this in advance, and we are going to start preparing!"
Jiang Wei rushed over as soon as he had a critical situation and told Chen Liang to undergo an intubation surgery while he was still awake.
Chen Liang lit his head twice. He tried his best to relax his body, but his face began to turn red due to lack of oxygen, and the muscles on his face were also twitching unconsciously.
"You must relax later, don't be nervous!" Jiang Wei stood beside the bed and comforted Chen Liang calmly.
"I'm not nervous, I'm just afraid you're nervous." Chen Liang took a deep breath, and his voice was already breathing rapidly.
Meng Tiantian was by her side to help prepare the anesthesia and medical equipment needed for intubation surgery, and her heart felt a little unspeakable.
Jiang Wei didn't say much, quickly checked all kinds of things that needed. After Dong Le injected the anesthetic, he began to be meticulous and his whole body was tense.
"The anesthetics are effective!" Dong Le confirmed that he was about to undergo a tense intubation surgery.
At this time, the values on the monitoring instrument were also changing. Chen Liang's breathing rate became faster and his heartbeat began to accelerate. Jiang Wei quickly put the laryngoscope into Chen Liang's wide open mouth.
At this time, Jiang Wei's mouth and nose were close to Chen Liang's wide open mouth. There was only a distance of less than ten centimeters between the two. A large number of viruses began to surge out the moment the patient opened his mouth.
He held the laryngoscope in his right hand and inserted the tube in his left hand and began to quickly find a position in his throat. Time passed by seconds. During this period, Meng Tiantian could only hear his nervous heartbeat. After dozens of seconds, she finally heard a trembling command. "Extract the tube core!"
“Connect the ventilator!”
"Okay, OK, it's successful!" Dong Le's voice was also trembling.
Meng Tiantian took action nervously, and she could feel the tension of the two doctors. After intubation, Dr. Jiang Wei checked the various life values on Chen Liang's monitoring instruments until he saw that the blood oxygen and respiratory conditions returned to normal, and the tense strings in his body finally relaxed.
But as the string relaxed, his body shook a few times.
Dong Le quickly supported him, Jiang Wei took a few deep breaths, waved his hand tiredly, his voice trembling with a nasal sound, "It's okay, except for the first intubation surgery, this is the most nervous time for me. These goggles are still a bit blocking the vision, and I can't see clearly. It's all based on experience and feel, and I don't dare to breathe."
"So too, my heart is hoarse and my body is wet!" Dong Le barely squeezed out a smile.
Meng Tiantian also felt a little exhausted, which was even more tiring than she had transported the oxygen tank twice herself. Fortunately, Dr. Chen Liang's condition gradually stabilized.
"Take good care of this guy. He was intubated as a patient for the first time. He probably didn't get used to it. When this thing is inserted, it feels obvious that it is insufficient oxygen supply, but it doesn't hold back the breath. People may feel particularly uncomfortable. Some patients once felt that they could not stand this torture and even wanted to untubate the tube by themselves. When he wakes up, he can help him adjust his mentality."
After Jiang Wei stabilized his emotions, he carefully explained to Meng Tiantian, but his voice still couldn't stop crying.
Meng Tiantian nodded quickly and said to Jiang Wei, "Thank you for your hard work!"
Jiang Wei shook his head, and he looked at Chen Liang lying unconscious on the hospital bed, and said to Meng Tiantian: "Everyone has worked hard, everyone knows that our intubation doctors are dangerous. In fact, you nurses are the hardest. When helping patients suction sputum, a large number of viruses and aerosols are in the air. If you don't pay attention, you will easily get infected... I won't say much, everyone knows in their hearts, and pay attention to protection!"
I don’t know if it was because of Chen Liang, but Jiang Wei talked a lot to Meng Tiantian today. The doctors of ICU are busy talking a lot every day, and they are more dry-mouthed than nurses. Meng Tiantian listened to his hoarse voice and kept nodding.
Jiang Wei said a lot, and his emotions finally calmed down. He explained a few more words before he went to other hospital beds.
Next, he continued to be busy. After Chen Liang was intubated, he needed to help suction. When he woke up, he found that there was an extra tube in his mouth. Although he knew it in advance, he was still a little awkward and difficult to adapt.
Now that I can’t speak anymore, Meng Tiantian unilaterally comforted him, “The intubation surgery is going well, and your condition is relatively stable now, don’t worry!”
Chen Liang barely smiled, but his eyes were very lonely. Before the anesthetic energy had passed, he opened his eyes and saw Jiang Wei busy on another hospital bed, and fell asleep again after a while.
Meng Tiantian helped him suck phlegm and did his daily care work, and then he had to carry an oxygen tank.
Unlike yesterday, yesterday, I just moved the oxygen tank to use it, but today I also had to move the used oxygen tank to the first floor to recharge oxygen, and then move the charged oxygen tank to the fullest.
The workload doubled all of a sudden.
"Tiantian, let's move there together. The patient in my bed is in a stable condition now." The head nurse Hu Yang came over and called Meng Tiantian.
Meng Tiantian responded immediately, and the two of them gritted their teeth and carried the oxygen tank downstairs. Although they moved yesterday and today was easy, they were no different from being heavy or tired.
When they arrived on the first floor, they took a short rest, and immediately set off and lifted an aerobic oxygen tank to climb upstairs. The two of them staggered and gritted their teeth, but every time they temporarily rested and put down the oxygen tank, it was very light.
After moving into the ward, Meng Tiantian felt the sweat on her face kept flowing down, so she could only take a breath for a while.
In the afternoon, two patients who had been treated in bed 1 and bed 2 of ICU were transferred to the general ward after the examination was completed. This was the best news Meng Tiantian heard after entering ICU.
However, the bed was not empty, and the critically ill patients in the general ward were immediately transferred to the ICU. One of them was Cao Yujian, an infected cardiologist in the hospital.
This was the second infected doctor who came in the ICU ward. Meng Tiantian felt uncomfortable. Looking at Dr. Chen Liang, who was still sleepy and confused, he could only take care of him more carefully.
When they were filming routinely every day, Meng Tiantian and the others finally had time to walk out of the ward briefly and rest in the corridor. Each nurse supported her waist with her hands and looked listless, while Zhang Yue leaned against the corridor and talked to Hu Yang.
"Doctor Cao, alas! Do you look very young? You are only 27 years old. Before the outbreak of the epidemic, he had just married his wife. It's only been more than a month since he was full of plans, and it's so uncomfortable to see."
"It's only 27?" Meng Tiantian was also very surprised when she heard this.
"Yes, it's just 27. I didn't expect to be infected... my family must be terrified of suffering." Zhang Yue sighed.
Meng Tiantian didn't know what to say, so Hu Yang asked, "How is the situation now?"
Zhang Yue shook her head gently, "Where can there be any better situation after entering the ICU? Doctors are racing against death. Dr. Cao's lungs are almost completely white, and there has been no improvement in the treatment these days when he was isolated in the general ward."
She sighed again, "It's only been more than a month's marriage! Alas, his wife must be in great pain."
Everyone stopped talking after hearing this. The ICU was full of fighting for death. The patients who entered were all in critical condition. Although many people were transferred to the general ward to be discharged from the ICU, accidents also occurred from time to time.
When she entered the ward again, Meng Tiantian subconsciously looked at Zhang Yujian's bed. The young doctor was wearing a breathing mask on his face and greeting the doctor and nurse with a smile on his face, looking very optimistic.
However, Meng Tiantian looked at Dr. Chen Liang, who was in charge of the hospital bed. He was also optimistic and cheerful before, but after inserting the tube, he couldn't even say anything. Meng Tiantian felt particularly uncomfortable.
In the afternoon, the patients on the No. 4 bed next to Dr. Chen Liang could not get through, and all the doctors and nurses surrounded the bed and tried hard to rescue him but failed to save his life.
From the rescue to the person leaving the monitoring instrument, the alarm sounded, and the ward began to become depressed, and some awake patients looked at the bed surrounded by doctors in a daze and helpless manner.
The whole process lasted for more than ten minutes and the person left like that. Dr. Jiang Wei, who participated in the rescue, stood by the patient's bed for a long time, but in the end he was unable to wave his hand to ask the nurse to pack up the belongings and prepare to be discharged from the hospital.
Chapter completed!