Chapter 427 - 427 Responsibility
427 Responsibility
Two minutes later, the nurse panted and ran back with the injection fluid.
CPR was physically demanding. At this moment, Doctor Xu was already sweating profusely.
When the nurse saw this, she threw the glucose insulin injection to Shen Ruojing before walking toward Doctor Xu to help.
Shen Ruojing wasn’t angry.
Song Chen was on a drip. Hence, Shen Ruojing directly took action herself and injected him with the injection in her hands. After that, she turned the drip speed to maximum.
The nurse was angry when she saw it, so she stepped forward to intervene. “What are you doing?! It is said that the patient does not have diabetes. If you inject like this, the patient will turn hypoglycemic! It will then be even more difficult to rescue him!”
The insulin had already been injected.
Shen Ruojing stopped the nurse and explained, “He is suffering from potassium poisoning, and I am diluting the potassium concentration in his body with glucose insulin.”
The nurse frowned. “How can it be potassium poisoning? He just finished surgery and we didn’t inject him with any potassium-containing medication!”
Shen Ruojing pointed to the small medicine bottle, which had just been picked up from the trash can and placed on the table. “It’s not a nutrient solution but undiluted potassium chloride.”
The nurse sneered. “Who are you kidding? Both doctors and nurses in our hospital are professionally trained, so how could we inject patients with undiluted potassium chloride?”
Shen Ruojing inhaled deeply.
This was why she hated explaining as it took a lot of time. Even if she explained, the other party might not believe her. She lowered her eyelids and continued, “Someone tried to poison him.”
The nurse clearly didn’t believe her words and felt that it was not realistic. She sneered. “Fine, even if someone tried to poison him, how did you know there’s potassium chloride inside? We should first send it for testing!”
Shen Ruojing felt somewhat helpless. “There’s no time for that.”
The nurse grew even angrier. “Because there’s no time, you want to use medicine randomly on a patient based on a reckless conjecture? Do you know if that is not potassium chloride, it would be akin to murdering him by injecting him with so much insulin!?”
Shen Ruojing. “…”
As Professor Z, she would often deal with biomedicine throughout the year. Just based on the viscosity of the liquid in the bottle, in addition to the state of it, and also armed with the knowledge of what substances could harm the human body and cause cardiac arrest…Shen Ruojing instantly had her judgment.
However, she basically had no way to explain all of these.
Chu Cichen’s expression grew increasingly darker. When he saw that the nurse’s words were getting more and more excessive, he directly took a step forward and spoke in a heavy voice, “What if it is potassium chloride? If you refuse to let her use insulin, you would be delaying the treatment time. Wouldn’t it be like you are trying to murder someone?!”
The nurse choked.
She was a straightforward person that was unafraid of power. Hence, she stretched her neck and shouted, “I’m following the standard procedure for saving someone, so how can I possibly be murdering people? In addition, we are responsible for the patients’ safety! As for her, she directly injected so much insulin into the patient. At that time, if we failed to save the patient, would she be responsible?”
Seeing that Chu Cichen was still going to say something, Shen Ruojing held his hand. She couldn’t be bothered to say anymore and only remarked in a strict tone, “I’ll be responsible. Right now, can you continue to save him?”
The nurse was scared by her aura, and she immediately glanced pleading at Doctor Xu, seeking his help.
Doctor Xu wiped his sweat and his movements continued without stopping. He had been trying to save Song Chen. However, he didn’t say anything.
The nurse could only endure.
The entire atmosphere in the ward was filled with nervousness as everyone fought valiantly against the god of death, wanting to pull Song Chen back from hell.
Time slowly passed but Song Chen was still not breathing.
Doctor Xu’s movements gradually slowed down, and he looked at Shen Ruojing. “Miss Shen, we have done our best.”
However, Shen Ruojing glanced at Song Chen and commanded, “Continue.”
Hearing this, Doctor Xu started and explained, “We have been trying to save him for the past 30 minutes. According to the research, if blood supply to the brain is stopped for 30 minutes, even if we manage to save the patient, there’s a possibility that he might be brain dead.”
Shen Ruojing domineeringly spoke, “You also know that’s just a possibility and not a certainty. So, continue.”
By counting the time, the concentration of potassium chloride in Song Chen’s body had been diluted. It was now the best time to try saving him.
Doctor Xu pursed his lips and didn’t reply as he continued doing CPR.
The nurse at the side had endured for a very long time and felt even more angered now. “Miss Shen, enough! We are doctors and nurses, not servants from your Shen Family!
“Since he is still unconscious, it means that your judgment was wrong. He was not poisoned by potassium chloride. It must be because you injected insulin into him, which resulted in his blood sugar being overly low. You are the one who delayed his treatment!
“You must be afraid now, so you want Doctor Xu to continue. It’s too late!
“If you didn’t act against our will earlier, we might have managed to save your friend. But now, your friend has passed away, so you have to bear the responsibility!…”
As the sound of her voice faded, a short ‘beep’ sound suddenly rang out.