Chapter 33: "Substitute for the Dead"
Lu Xiaoping was lying on the ground with a pale face, cold sweat was still hanging on his cheeks, his eyes were closed, and he didn't react, because he slipped off the chair and fell to the ground, so he showed a posture that a normal person would find quite uncomfortable, and motionless, it looked like people had a bad association.
The surrounding diners and waiters are estimated to be frightened, after all, in less than half an hour, there have been two accidents in this restaurant, and these people have not recovered from the sudden group fight, but they suddenly fainted again, and they were naturally frightened.
The waiter's exclamation also frightened the boss and hurriedly ran over from the cash register, and when he saw that something was wrong, his face became extremely difficult to look at at the moment, but this time someone suddenly fainted and someone fought before, it was not the same, he didn't dare to rush up recklessly, just asked about the situation on the side.
Fortunately, although Du Juan and Tang Hongye are not medical workers, first aid is not something in their professional field, but they still have systematic training on how to deal with emergencies, so Tang Hongye called the emergency number as soon as possible, and under the guidance of the other party, he simply checked Lu Xiaoping's condition at this moment to determine his breathing and heart rate problems. And the cuckoo was beside him and asked the people around him not to gather around to watch the excitement, so as to make a certain amount of space to avoid air stagnation, which would have an adverse impact on Lu Xiaoping.
Tang Hongye counted Lu Xiaoping's pulse, and also confirmed that he had no signs of vomiting, nor did he have any similar manifestations to epilepsy and other diseases, and then told these truthfully to the emergency center operator on the other side of the phone, and the other party said that the ambulance was already on the way, and asked them not to rescue themselves at will.
Du Juan felt a little puzzled, Lu Xiaoping looked good before, and there was no discomfort from light to severe in the whole process, it can almost be said that he was from the good end, and suddenly he was a little uncomfortable, and then before there was any further performance, the person fell directly unconscious and fell to the ground, this reaction was really strange, it didn't look like he was sick, but as if he was poisoned.
As soon as this guess came to her mind, she immediately startled the cuckoo, she didn't dare to be careless, in line with the principle of insurance, she asked the waiter for a few small lunch boxes, and put a little bit of the food on the table into the lunch box, even the watermelon juice that Lu Xiaoping didn't finish drinking was poured into some preparations, and she planned to go to the hospital, if necessary, you can test it to see what the problem is.
The restaurant owner hadn't reacted when Du Juan first did this, and when he came back to his senses, he was a little unhappy, and hurriedly pushed aside the waiter who was blocking him and squeezed to Du Juan's side.
"I said, girl, I was very grateful to you for helping me get rid of those fights, but you can't cheat me like this now! Is there something wrong with this friend of yours? How can you say that you faint and faint? And at this juncture, you are loading vegetables and rice, what's going on? With so many people watching, it felt like our food here had poisoned your friend! If you do this, will I do this business in the future? Aren't you blocking me? The restaurateur boss said unhappily.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to target anyone, or to add to anyone," Du Juan nodded to the restaurant owner, his attitude was still more polite, but he didn't give up his original intention, "I did this to be responsible for our friend's health, and secondly, it is also a clarification for you here, now he suddenly fainted while eating, even if I don't do it, I can't tell anyone at the scene to guess so, once it gets out, you want to deny it, I'm afraid I don't even have a credential. I took it for a test, and if it had nothing to do with food, I could send you the results to prove your innocence. ”
Of course, the owner of the restaurant would not be satisfied with such a statement, but he had no right to stop Du Juan from doing so, Du Juan had already said it quite politely, and he was not good at saying anything more, so he had to stop making a noise with a gloomy face, and only spoke again after a while, telling Du Juan to send back the test results anyway, and he was confident that there would be absolutely no problems with the food in his shop.
Soon, the ambulance came, and the emergency personnel first quickly checked Lu Xiaoping's condition, and then measured his blood pressure.
"Fainting caused by low blood pressure, you need to treat it with medication as soon as possible, otherwise, with his current blood pressure status, it cannot be ruled out that there will be life-threatening conditions, you should follow us to the hospital quickly!" The first responders gave a few words to Tang Hongye, who was guarding the side, and then hurriedly took Lu Xiaoping into the ambulance.
Du Juan took the physical sample that was packed and kept for testing, and Tang Hongye also hurried out, drove with the ambulance, and rushed to the hospital together, the two of them were indeed taken aback, a good person suddenly fainted is already very scary, and now they are actually told that if they are not dealt with in time, their lives may be in danger, which makes them even more shocked and unbelievable, Du Juan may not have this feeling so deep, Tang Hongye is different, he went to the gym with Lu Xiaoping before, I have the impression that Lu Xiaoping is a very healthy person, so now when I hear such news, it is still a little difficult to digest for a while.
When he arrived at the hospital, the doctor asked Tang Hongye whether Lu Xiaoping had any blood pressure problems in his daily life, including low blood pressure or high blood pressure, whether he had taken blood pressure lowering drugs, and whether there was a possibility of overdose. Although Tang Hongye and Du Juan and Lu Xiaoping are old classmates in the past, they don't know much about each other, they haven't seen each other for so many years, and they have only recently connected again, even if Tang Hongye and Lu Xiaoping have a little more contact than Du Juan, such private information, he still doesn't know anything, he wants to contact Lu Xiaoping's family, but finds that Lu Xiaoping's mobile phone is not on his body, it is estimated that he put it in the car when he went to eat just now, and Lu Xiaoping's car is naturally parked outside the door of the restaurant, which is not close to the hospital.
"Doctor, can I take the liberty of asking," There is no way, Du Juan can only try to consider the possibility of this artificial overdose by memorizing or ruling out this artificial overdose, "Generally speaking, if there is a problem with high blood pressure, a person who takes antihypertensive drugs every day, accidentally overdoses the antihypertensive medication, how long does it take for our friend to have such a situation after taking the medicine?" ”
"It's hard to say, depending on the amount of mising, the larger the measurement, the faster the hypotension will appear and lead to fainting or even death," the doctor replied, "and there is a difference between fasting and fullness, taking the medicine on an empty stomach takes effect faster than eating a full meal, it is estimated that it will take about an hour after eating a full meal, and if you have an empty stomach, you may have a reaction in 10 minutes." Has this friend of yours been with you all this time? ”
"He came to us by car before that, he had an empty stomach, he didn't eat anything, he only started to eat everything after he arrived at the restaurant, when he first arrived at the restaurant, everything was normal, there was no adverse reaction or something wrong, it was after eating a few bites of something that suddenly turned pale, broke out in a cold sweat, and then passed out." Cuckoo said as she took out the food she had packed, "This is what we ate at the time, and I packed some of it." ”
"You girl has a pretty small heart." The doctor nodded approvingly, "If your friend is based on the practice process you said, the possibility that the problem is in the food is still relatively large, otherwise if he overdoses on an empty stomach, he should not be able to drive all the way to find you, and the situation should be in the middle of the way." Now that the medicine has been taken over there, it seems that the situation is basically stable, there will be no major problems, and these things really need to be sent for testing, so that we can determine the cause of his sudden blood pressure drop. ”
Du Juan and Tang Hongye didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly took those meals for testing according to the doctor's instructions, and then waited for the results of the test while waiting for the situation on Lu Xiaoping's side.
Because he was sent to the hospital in a timely manner, Lu Xiaoping's blood pressure quickly stabilized under the effect of the drug, did not continue to drop, and basically was no longer life-threatening, and Du Juan and the others were a little relieved.
After a while, the test results came out, and when the cuckoo got the report, the expression on his face looked a little strange, first a little stunned, and then his face slowly turned pale and faded blood.
"What's wrong?" Tang Hongye was a little worried when he saw Du Juan's appearance, and hurriedly caught up with her, "Are you also uncomfortable?" Are you dizzy too? If you're uncomfortable, say so! It's also convenient for us to check in the hospital, but don't hold on! ”
"The problem is indeed in the diet," Du Juan frowned, his tone sounded a little heavy, "But it's not the food, the problem is the watermelon juice, the watermelon juice has the ingredients of blood pressure medication, and the content is definitely beyond the usual dose of daily medication, because more than half of it was drunk by Lu Xiaoping, so the doctor can't be sure how many times the blood pressure medicine in the watermelon juice exceeds the daily medication, and can only guess from the length of time Lu Xiaoping drank it to fainting, It may be four to five times the daily amount. ”
"But the watermelon juice ...... You've drunk it, I've drunk it, and I don't feel anything wrong with it right now, what about you? Have you ever felt dizzy or uncomfortable in any way? Tang Hongye was also startled when he heard that there was really a problem with what he was eating, and hurriedly asked Du Juan.
"I don't feel uncomfortable," Du Juan shook his head, because it was Lu Xiaoping who fainted, so she and Tang Hongye's two glasses of watermelon juice were not packed together, "The two cups that the two of us drank should be no problem, otherwise I drank about half a cup, and you also drank two sips, it makes no sense that it took so long, and I drove to the hospital just now, and neither of us felt anything wrong." ”
She took a deep breath and said to Tang Hongye with a solemn face: "But this matter is very wrong, Lu Xiaoping may really just be unlucky today, think about the details of our sitting down just now." ”
Tang Hongye was reminded by her like this, and he thought of it at once, just now he and Du Juan had just finished dealing with the problem of trouble at the two tables next door, Lu Xiaoping happened to come, he motioned Lu Xiaoping to sit at that table, Lu Xiaoping didn't pay much attention at all because he was hot and thirsty, and sat in his original seat with a buttocks, and drank the glass of watermelon juice in front of him. Now that the three of them have drunk watermelon juice, they and Du Juan are safe and sound, only Lu Xiaoping, who drank the glass of watermelon juice that should have belonged to him, fainted because of low blood pressure.
That means that only one cup of three cups of watermelon juice is problematic, and that cup should have been his own, Lu Xiaoping sat down recklessly, and didn't bother to look at the distribution of tableware on the table and picked up the cup to drink, but he almost became the unlucky "substitute ghost" by mistake.
The reason why Tang Hongye felt that Lu Xiaoping almost became his "substitute ghost" was because Tang Hongye knew very well that he had a habit that he rarely drank water or other drinks before meals, unless he was particularly thirsty, as long as he started the meal immediately, he would only take a sip or two of it. And after eating, it is the opposite of before the meal, Tang Hongye has a habit of drinking a glass of water after a full meal, he doesn't know whether this habit is healthy or unhealthy, but he has been like this since he was a child, and he has long been accustomed to it and can't get rid of it.
So if Lu Xiaoping didn't recklessly sit in the wrong seat, the cup of juice in question would naturally be his own, and he might be like Fang Cai, just drank a few sips during the meal, and then drank it all after eating, so that according to the explanation given by the doctor before, after eating a full meal, the effect of the drug will be slower, and it may take about an hour, so what will I do in that time? According to the schedule he had originally discussed with Cuckoo, it was very likely that he was driving on the road.
If during the driving process, I am like Lu Xiaoping, and I have a sudden fainting, then I am afraid that there may not even be room for rescue later.
And if such a thing really happens, then there must still be a cuckoo sitting in his car, and as a driver, he suddenly loses consciousness and the vehicle loses control, I am afraid that in that case, the cuckoo will also face the same danger.