Jim Bartha's decision - report to the White House.
This matter must be reported to the White House. If the Chinese are invited to help deal with emergencies, it is beyond his scope of authority and must be done through diplomatic channels. This is the job of the Secretary of State.
Jim Bartha can't command the Secretary of State, but the White House can.
"This matter has exceeded our capabilities. I need to report to the White House. Please wait a moment."
Jim Bartha summoned NASA scientists and officials to hold an emergency meeting in the conference room of the control center. Even those who were not present were required to connect via video.
"Everyone, we have encountered the biggest crisis since the Columbia incident in 2003. Everyone has heard the opinions of medical experts. Their opinions are very clear. Only with the help of a Chinese doctor can we resolve the crisis.
These experts are the top medical professors in the United States, and their opinions represent the most professional opinions. I am ready to report this matter to the White House."
Jim Basa understands the complexity of the matter. If the handling of this crisis is even slightly wrong, he will not only be held accountable and resign, but will also be infamous.
"The International Space Station has always excluded China. Now it is not easy to invite, no, to ask for China's help." Richard is very embarrassed. Asking for China's help in this context will be difficult for the United States to say, and it will be difficult for China.
I will definitely help.
"It is indeed very sensitive, but no matter what, we can only ask the White House to come forward. We cannot afford this embarrassment. Whether or not we report it is our problem. Whether or not we are willing or able to invite Chinese doctors is their problem." Aviation
Aerospace scientist Mercado hits the nail on the head.
"Perhaps this is because we are overly sensitive. China does not need to cooperate with us at all. They have independently developed the space station. We are secretive and treat it as a treasure, but others may never take a fancy to it." Another scientist Vincent Boulder
Very optimistic.
"This is a matter for the White House. All we know now is that we need the help of Chinese doctors, otherwise Steven will not be able to return to Earth alive. As for how to ask for help, I think the Secretary of State will have a way."
Most agree to ask the Chinese to help. If this is an aerospace technology issue, they will have full say. Now it is a medical incident, and they have no other choice but to support Jim Bassa.
Anyone who obstructs will be condemned afterwards. Life is above all else. They cannot understand this truth.
"Everyone, if you don't have any opinions, I will report it to the White House now?" Jim Bartha is eager to report. Once this matter deviates from the right path, it will be like a whirlpool, drawing many people into it. If a whirlpool occurs, Jim Bartha does not want to be the scapegoat.<
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"How to object? Oppose Steven to come back alive?"
No one dares to object. The all-pervasive reporters are the ears through the wall. Maybe after the meeting, their opinions will be on the news.
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Internet news responds more quickly than newspapers. In the overhead compartment, Yang Ping is browsing news on the Internet. The test results came out: Steven has a small aneurysm in his brain stem.
Yang Ping is very interested in these difficult cases, which require interventional technology for coil embolization. However, this requires extremely small coils, and the operation is also very difficult. The cerebral blood vessels are extremely complex, forming a tortuous network, which is not the heart.
Comparable to the liver, especially in the brainstem, blood vessels close to or passing through nerve nuclei are beyond the reach of interventional techniques.
Yang Ping saw Johannesson's WeChat account because WIFI was available on the plane, but he could not make calls or send or receive text messages.
Fortunately, Johannessen had already learned to use WeChat in order to maintain contact with Yang Ping.
Intervention? Intracranial intervention? Or brainstem? Johnathan was in Houston. It turned out to be about Steven. Yang Ping was not busy answering.
Intervention is not Yang Ping's specialty, but it doesn't matter. Yang Ping entered the system space and looked for interventional surgery training in the surgical training in the mall.
In the training package with various names, complete interventional training has been opened. Internal medicine, surgery, and intervention have become the three parallel technologies. In order to complete one's medical skills, intervention is indispensable. Yang Ping feels that it is time to shine the spotlight on interventional technology.
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Yang Ping purchased a heavyweight intervention training package and conducted devil training in the system space.
With a strong anatomy and surgical foundation, interventional techniques are very easy to learn.
Yang Ping has repeatedly trained on the intervention of every system in the body. Intracranial interventional treatment is the most difficult and risky. Intervention in the brainstem is currently a restricted area, but in the system, there is no restricted area.
Yang Ping no longer has any interest in training for hundreds of surgeries. Now he chooses training packages that start with a few thousand.
In the system space, no matter what the difficulty of the case, no matter what the cutting-edge interventional technology, you can choose it at will.
After he became proficient in interventional technology, he used the case push function to obtain cases similar to Steven's, and thoroughly studied these cases and trained them skillfully.
Yang Ping even trained to operate in the microgravity environment of the space station and used remote robot surgery.
After thoroughly mastering the interventional technology, Yang Ping felt confident that if he replicated Steven's case at the right time and simulated it hundreds of times, what problems would there be in this operation?
"Coil embolization can be completed by interventional method. It is safer if drug-loaded microsphere interventional technology is used."
Yang Ping’s reply to Johannesson was concise and to the point.
Drug-loaded microsphere intervention technology is the most cutting-edge technology in the world. Yang Ping is not trying to be mysterious, but this method is the most suitable for Steven.
Ordinary coil embolization successfully resolves the crisis of aneurysm, but new crises will emerge, and the coils left in the blood vessels become new bombs.
Steven will eventually return to Earth. When falling at high speed, once the spring coil moves, the consequences will be disastrous.
Yang Ping analyzes cases more profoundly than Americans, and his thinking ability that has been honed in the system space is not comparable to ordinary people.
Lao Cheng was lying on his back sleeping and snoring, while Huang Jiacai was still reading.
The stewardess brought a glass of juice over, and Yang Ping bowed.
Outside the window, there is a sea of clouds below. At this time, the plane has been flying for seven hours.
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"Houston—" Susan called.
"Susan!" Johannesson and Massimo stared at the screen.
The communication signal was not very good and there was a lag. Susan's anxious voice was intermittent: "Houston, Houston, please Houston."
It took more than ten minutes for the communication to become stable. Susan, who was so anxious that she cried, finally shouted out the complete words: "Houston, we are in trouble!"
"Steven can't breathe now!" Susan was very scared.
"Oh my God!"
Johanathan shook his head.
Massimo was also nervous and breathless. On the space station 400 kilometers above the ground, the arteries in the brainstem were progressively expanding.
"The blood pressure cannot be lowered any further, or it will cause shock." Susan's voice was trembling.
"Steven? How do you feel?" Massimo asked.
"He feels breathless now." Susan finally couldn't control it and started crying again.
"I have no choice but to inhale oxygen. He can't breathe." Susan almost collapsed. On the space station, she had never dealt with such a truly dangerous case, and her loneliness and helplessness overwhelmed her little confidence.
"Don't be nervous, we are thinking of ways to use telemedicine equipment to help you if necessary." Johannesson comforted Susan.
"Steven, you're going to be fine, hold on!" Johannesson encouraged him.
"——" Steven made an OK gesture.
But Director Jim Basa has not responded yet, and everyone is waiting.
"Dr. Yang's plane has been flying for five hours?" Collins asked.
"It should be almost seven hours now." Johannessen was more anxious than anyone else.
Now everyone is at a loss. Even on earth, Massimo only has a 20% success rate. He has performed operations on two hundred monkeys and has never performed operations on humans.
Finally, Jim Basa came out of the conference room.
"It has been reported to the White House to request China's support. As for whether to bow or kowtow, that is a matter for the Secretary of State. In short, I said that without the help of this Chinese doctor, Steven will never be able to return." Jim Bartha was relieved. p>
Next, we can only wait and maybe do other things.
However, Jim Basa is still somewhat confident that the president is planning to seek re-election, so he must not let this matter fall into his trap.
"Reporters crowded downstairs. They asked, why did we reject the help of the Chinese and why did we ignore the safety of the astronauts for our own selfish interests?" the secretary hurriedly reported to Jim Basa.
Why did their news come so quickly? The meeting just ended.
The director looked around. Some people averted their eyes, some pretended to cough, and some shrugged helplessly. In short, everyone said they had nothing to do and it had nothing to do with them.
The director sat down and looked at his watch. There was no phone call yet. Is it because the White House was hesitating or the Secretary of State's negotiations encountered resistance?
"What's taking so long?" Chief Medical Officer Alpha couldn't wait any longer.
Jim Bassa is relatively calm. He knows that politicians consider more issues and are not as straightforward as experts.
"Wait patiently, the report has been submitted, we can only wait." Jim Basa can only wait, who is urging him? Urging the president?
Everyone is anxious and uneasy, as if this last glimmer of hope may be shattered at any time.
"Director, look, the reporter interviewed Steven's wife."
The secretary turns on the computer and sees the picture of Steven's wife.
Steven's wife was interviewed by reporters. She also knew about the invitation of Chinese doctors. She made it clear: "To decide this matter, NASA should not just act on its own, but invite family members to make a decision together. She strongly requested that if
The Chinese can let Steven go home, why can't they let the Chinese be the hero? If she is willing, Steven will be willing too."
"People on the Internet are now saying that we are hesitant to invite Chinese doctors. We are not willing to let the Chinese be the heroes. We lack the basic self-confidence. We are afraid of the Chinese. We---" the secretary explained the direction of online public opinion.
"Enough!"
Jim Basa said angrily, how did these reporters get the information so quickly? Now that he went to the bathroom, the reporters probably knew it too.
But these reporters are right. What are the big guys in Washington doing? Why is there no news yet?
