Chapter 42: Emergency on Train【42】6
Being able to answer a medical predecessor’s question is equivalent to receiving guidance from them, so Xie Wanying was extremely careful and treasured such an opportunity, speaking meticulously, “Precordial thump is one of the effective measures in emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The biggest difference from chest compressions is that, if the method is proper and timed well, it can terminate ventricular tachycardia with an efficacy rate of over 40%.”
Director Wu nodded in approval, “Now tell me, what’s the standard for performing this operation?”
“The strike point must be correct, on the lower half of the sternum along the midline of the chest. This spot is where the chest cavity’s supportive strength is weakest; striking there, if the chest cavity deforms to a certain extent towards the heart, can transfer the mechanical energy of the strike to the heart and stop the tachycardia. A clenched fist should be 20 centimeters away from the heart with the striking force concentrated on the ulnar side. If one strike is not enough, be ready to administer a second one immediately. This is especially important when there is no defibrillation equipment present.”
A silence fell in the carriage.
“Is she right?” Mother Lin’s voice was hoarse, as if she was about to cry. This time, her daughter was actually being outdone by Xie Wanying.
“Correct,” Director Wu responded affirmatively.
Mother Lin stumbled, almost sitting down on the ground.
The surrounding crowd gazed at the Lin mother and daughter with furrowed brows. It was evident who was the real medical student and who was the dregs.
“Who would dare to visit their Clinic?”
“Didn’t you hear? She’s a dentist.”
“Dentists are doctors too, and if she doesn’t know anything, I wouldn’t dare let her treat my teeth.”
Voices of accusation rose in waves, and Mother Lin’s face turned green and then white. She needed to find out who this miss Xie was, glaring hard as she said, “Which medical school are you from? Speak! My daughter is a student at Capital Medical University!”
What did that mean? Sun Rongfang was really angry now. Was there a special distinction between medical schools? Weren’t they all teaching doctors? Shouldn’t medical students prioritize saving lives?
“My daughter is a student at Guoxie,” Sun Rongfang articulated, speaking out on behalf of her daughter.
Director Wu and the Lin mother and daughter were all shaken.
“What’s wrong?” Sun Rongfang, puzzled, looked at the expressions of the three people in front of her.
Her mother, not being from a medical background, wouldn’t understand and would probably be humble if she did, because that’s the kind of person she was. Xie Wanying told her mother, “It’s okay. All medical schools are the same; they teach people how to save lives.”
Comforted by her daughter’s words, Sun Rongfang felt at ease, as her daughter was thinking the same as she did.
Director Wu, after listening to the conversation between the mother and daughter, felt a deep admiration, saying, “Students from Guoxie are indeed extraordinary, modest and eager to learn. If you graduate and want to work at our hospital, you are welcome anytime.”
Graduates from Guoxie were in high demand everywhere.
Hearing this news, Sun Rongfang got excited, thinking that perhaps there was a ray of hope for her daughter’s future employment, eliminating the need to ask her cousin for help. She eagerly introduced her daughter to Director Wu, “Director, my daughter is from the Guoxie Eight-Year Program.”
“Eight-Year Program!”
Mother Lin screamed. Now it was her turn for her hair to stand on end.
Good Lord, the daughter of this mother-daughter duo was a student in the Guoxie Eight-Year Program. Mother Lin and Lin Liqiong trembled at this revelation. Medical students and their parents were keenly attuned to medical news. It was well known that Xie Wanying was about to study at the pinnacle of medical academia.