The plane is back.
What’s waiting is not material things, but patients who have been waiting for flights.
The operating room is full again, and the intense operation has begun again.
After Liu Muqiao helped Du Xiaoping treat a patient, he returned to the ward to help the patient set his bones.
Closed fractures are relatively easy to handle and can be connected in a few minutes. Some simple ones can also be connected by Zhong Mingliang and Li Hua.
The difficulty lies in the fact that some fractures are open and require open surgery as usual, which is Director Tao’s job.
However, this is impossible. Without so many steel plates, steel nails and intramedullary needles, these materials can only be used for patients with severe comminuted fractures or patients with compound injuries. Most of them still require external fixation.
External fixation of open fractures is Liu Miqiao's specialty. There is no problem with the operation itself. The problem is debridement and suturing, which consumes time and materials. Not to mention physiological saline, even the sutures are very tight.
Liu Miqiao first performed debridement and suturing to save water and materials. In the past, he used three bottles of normal saline to rinse, but now he uses one bottle. In the past, he needed ten stitches, but now he needs to do four stitches.
I have no choice but to make do.
But, having said that, they are already very lucky. They can get treatment in time, which is already very good, especially when they are treated by doctors who are masters in debridement and suturing.
Debridement was performed, followed by painless bone setting.
Since the anesthesia step is omitted, the progress can be said to be accelerated many times. Besides, the only two anesthesiologists are about to collapse.
The plane is coming again.
Sun Tao ran over with amazing speed.
He is not going to pick up patients, but to ask for supplies.
Medical supplies are in urgent need.
The daily necessities are only enough for half a meal, and with the addition of new patients, half a meal is not enough.
He was disappointed.
This time, there were more than a dozen mouths, and there was not a single grain of rice.
"Those who are resting, get up and go to the mountains to find wild vegetables!" Sun Tao shouted, and the last few words penetrated other people's ears with tears.
"Ding Jiuyi, what I hope to see on the next plane is medicine and food!" Sun Tao's voice actually surpassed the sound of the aircraft engine.
Ding Jiuyi also said loudly: "You think I don't want to? I can't get it, we are all in need! They are in need too!"
The plane left.
Sun Tao looked at a group of patients being carried in, and he wanted to cry.
There are a dozen more mouths!
Liu Muqiao said to Li Hua, "Go and get some sleep. Today, until evening, there are still more than 110 patients to be treated. You two will take turns."
Li Hua and Zhong Mingliang glanced at each other.
The shadow area in their hearts is already as big as a basketball court.
The plane is back.
There is good news this time.
In the ruins, a ton of physiological saline was found!
Sun Tao looked at more than two thousand bottles of salt water, tears welling up in his eyes.
He covered his mouth tightly.
The whining sound attracted the attention of many patients.
Although salt water is not food, it can save many lives!
"There is salt water, you can rinse it more." Zhong Mingliang said to Liu Miqiao.
"A ton of salt water can only last two days. We can't expect supplies to be delivered from the inside. We can only wait for supplies to come in from the outside. There are still many aftershocks, and it is difficult to repair roads. We don't know how long it will take for supplies to arrive from outside."
Liu Muqiao is not optimistic at all.
The 8.9-magnitude earthquake was very severe and occurred in a mountainous area with complex terrain, and the focus of disaster relief was still to rescue the survivors within the golden time.
Therefore, all eyes are on the ruins, and few people pay attention to this medical team.
The wild vegetable diggers are back.
Good guy, someone actually dug up kudzu root! There are also underripe chestnuts!
No one rested, everyone was energetic, the medical staff with empty stomachs and the few patients who were able to move took action.
It’s the first time I eat wild vegetables and it has a unique flavor.
Comrades from the health team also came over. They donated three boxes of compressed biscuits for the patients to eat. Sun Tao also gave the remaining Master Kong instant noodles to the patients. All the medical staff ate wild vegetables.
However, once something that seems beautiful is faced, it instantly returns to its original appearance - wild vegetables are just wild vegetables, no salt, no oil - they really don't taste good - finally, the salt problem was solved, using physiological methods
Boil vegetables in salt water.
It’s not delicious, but it’s not too bad. I’m really hungry.
Liu Muqiao ate a bowl of wild vegetables in a hurry, drank the soup, and then started the operation again.
He needs to save the patient as soon as possible, especially since there is a high-end treasure box waiting for him, and he has to race against time.
The number of patients is enough, and planes are constantly flying them out, but these debridements and sutures take a longer time.
Without enough salt water flushing, Liu Miqiao could only remove sediment, dirt and necrotic tissue more carefully.
He cannot be careless because he is in a hurry.
Time passed quickly, and Ding Jiuyi's face became more and more tired. Every time, he would bow and salute to Sun Tao who rushed over.
He apologized.
Except for once bringing 20 pieces of instant noodles, he did not give the medical staff anything more to satisfy their hunger.
Wild vegetables cannot resist hunger, and medical staff who work hard can only eat wild vegetables.
Ding Jiuyi said: "Brother, I'm really sorry, the traffic can't be opened, all the rescuers are hungry, and two team members died!"
Ding Jiuyi said with tears in his eyes, "I will definitely bring food on my next trip! I have reported this to the regiment headquarters several times, and they said they will definitely give it to me next time!"
Sun Tao returned to the operating room listlessly.
He listened to the plane taking off and waited for the next time.
In the operating room, the medical staff who performed intensive surgeries had been holding on for a long time. No one was willing to say another word. It seemed that every word consumed energy. No one told jokes. They all became robots and performed mechanically.
Surgery.
Liu Muqiao had a big blister on his hand. He simply broke it, applied a layer of complex iodine and continued to work.
In orthopedics, he has painless bone-setting methods, but he has serious defects and he knows nothing about open surgery.
This is the reason why he really wants to get the high-end treasure box.
He hopes to develop open fracture surgery skills.
If he can realize this dream, he will have mastered more than half of the orthopedic technology, and the development of orthopedics will be equivalent to installing an engine.
He must complete 200 fracture corrections within 24 hours.
There are 40 more.
However, when I am tired, very tired, even the Huiqi Pills are of no value.
He drank up all the medicine to protect the liver, heart, brain, and lungs, but there were still many bottles of the medicine to protect the kidneys.
The physical strength is almost exhausted.
There were blisters on both of his palms.
Li Hua and Zhong Mingliang took turns, and they were almost at the point of collapse.
Su Yajuan also became a helper.
However, she is a girl after all, so her help is really just symbolic.
Liu Muqiao wanted to use Director Tao and his team, but he couldn't bear it because they had already performed seven operations in a row.
Liu Muqiao took another Huiqi Pill.
The spirit is there.
I'm just so hungry.
Looking at the remaining 40 patients, he was wondering, can they be taken down in the remaining hours?
It would be great if I could have a full meal of braised pork.
Oops, just thinking about it makes my stomach growl.
This is the roar of the plane again.
Sun Tao dropped the scalpel and rushed out.
This chapter has been completed!