Chapter 80: Heat Stroke
At present, the generators in the county hospital can only give priority to the operation of medical machinery and equipment and intensive care wards, and there is no surplus electricity to turn on the air conditioner.
Huang Bailin's clothes were all soaked, and his white coat was thrown aside. At this moment, he was surrounded by patients and their families.
"Doctor, my back and arms are sore and itchy, and my skin is peeling!"
Huang Bailin took a look at it and made a diagnosis: "This is a sunburn, go back to ice, are there any skin care products with anti-inflammatory ingredients at home, apply some on the skin." ”
"But where did I get the ice in my house?"
"Saline wet compresses are fine."
"Nothing! Doctor, can you prescribe some medicine for me? I was in so much pain. The man grimaced.
Huang Bailin shouted to the assistant on the other side: "Xiaoya, do we still have normal saline in our department?" ”
Xiaoya was dealing with the patient in her hand, and she didn't raise her head when she heard the words, and replied: "It's long gone, not to mention our department, the entire hospital probably can't find ten bottles." ”
"Doctor, what should I do?" The man broke down when he heard this.
"And me, doctor, show me the doll, she has a fever of 38 degrees Celsius, and she has just vomited from the milk."
"Doctor, my mother-in-law also has a fever, look at it, she still has a heart attack."
Huang Bailin's brain is buzzing, and the patients with heat stroke have suddenly been sent in waves since the afternoon, and the hospital is now running out of even the most basic medicines, how can this be treated.
At this moment, a hurried footstep sounded from far and near.
"Jean, let's let, doctor, help!"
The patient was carried in, and at this moment he had fallen into a fainting and his limbs were convulsing. The whole person's face was flushed, his breath was weak, and his skin was burning like fire to the touch.
At first glance, it is a symptom of severe heat stroke.
Huang Bailin quickly measured his body temperature and blood pressure: "The body temperature is 41 °C, the pulse rate increases, and the blood pressure drops. Family members, quickly raise the patient's head and apply a cold compress to the head with a wet towel. ”
The family members who carried the patient in were as anxious as ants on a hot pot: "Useless doctor, we have tried it when we were at home, it is useless, and we can still talk in the afternoon, and we can't wake up at this time." ”
Huang Bailin fished out a towel from the bucket on the side, quickly put it on the person, poured the last bit of alcohol from the bottle in his hand on the gauze, and quickly wiped the patient's hands and feet.
"We have run out of alcohol in our hospital, so we can only physically cool down like this." After speaking, he shouted to his assistant, "Xiaoya, bring some salt water to pour him in!" ”
The assistant Xiaoya picked up a bowl of salt water and tried to feed it to the patient. But his teeth were so closed that he couldn't open them, and salt water was sprinkled all over the ground. Seeing this, the family members went up together to break the patient's mouth, and it took a long time to pour a small bowl into it.
Huang Bailin injected him with another injection of medicine, and turned around to tell his family: "We are short of manpower now, the blood pressure monitor is here, you should measure the patient's blood pressure every ten minutes, and don't stop when the towel is wet and rubbed during the period." If his blood pressure doesn't rise within half an hour, call me and I'll transfer him to a serious illness. ”
"Alas, alas, good."
Huang Bailin was busy until midnight, and patients were sent one after another. It wasn't until the doctor arrived that he had to go back to the office and sit down to catch his breath.
"Dr. Huang, you haven't eaten for a day, come and eat some bread." Xiao Ya took a small piece of bread and handed it to him.
"Thank you." He took it, took a bite, and dried. I reached for the kettle on the table, but found that it was long gone, so I could only chew a few more bites and swallow it.
Xiao Ya also sat on the side, quietly nibbling on the bread in her hand.
In the hallway, a few patients are crying out in pain, or family members are screaming like wild animals because of the death of a loved one.
"The patient who was sent in the afternoon was gone." Xiaoya spoke suddenly.
Huang Bailin turned his head to look at her.
"For half a day, the skin was ulcerated, and the acute organ failure caused by the high temperature combined with the infection made it very painful."
She was silent for a while, and then said, "More than eighty have died today." ”
"Hmm." Huang Bailin knew in his heart that the previous few days were not half as much as today, and more and more people died.
Most people were already dead when they were sent, and even if Hua Tuo was reincarnated, he could only watch the patient die slowly without medicine and water.
The hospital is now like a funeral parlor, it can't cure the disease and can't save people, and the only function is that the death certificate can be opened faster.
"This hellish weather, I finally hope that the rain will stop and the temperature will start to heat again, God doesn't want us to live. Dr. Wong, when do you think you will be the head? ”
Huang Bailin didn't answer, and he didn't know, he could only live one day at a time.
"By the way, Dr. Huang, I just helped you get your salary." Xiaoya pointed to the box on the table, "You should be able to go home and rest today, right?" ”
"Yes, it's too late, I'll go back first." Huang Bailin finished eating the bread in his hand, took the box on the table, said hello to Xiaoya and left the office.
It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening, and in order to save electricity, there was only one light in the corridor, which looked a little dark.
Huang Bailin carefully stepped through the gap in the crowd, many patients have experienced a day of pain and suffering, and at this moment they have fallen asleep against the wall, and when they hear movement around them, they only lift one eyelid to look at it, and then fall into a deep sleep.
An hour later, Huang Bailin returned home.
Huang's father knew that his son came home from vacation today, and he didn't sleep and waited.
Huang Bailin put down the box in his hand, first measured the body temperature and blood pressure of the two elderly people in the family, and was relieved to make sure that there was no problem.
When I opened the box, there were neatly stacked a small bag of potatoes, two compressed biscuits, a packet of instant noodles, two chocolates, four bottles of mineral water, and a small bottle of Rendan.
That's how much he's paid this month.
When he was in the hospital, he was fed and fed, and these were extra portions.
"Dad, the hospital has been too busy these days to leave, I have to go back tomorrow, these things for you."
Huang's father felt sorry for his son, and every time Huang Bailin came back, he lost a lot of weight.
"Your mother and I don't lack anything at home, you take it back and eat it yourself."
"I'm still afraid of being hungry in the hospital, I don't need it, you just put it away. Mom's health is not good, and I don't feel at ease when you two are at home. The more patients with heat stroke come to the hospital, the more worried he becomes about his parents at home.
Father Huang patted Huang Bailin on the shoulder and said with relief: "You just have to be busy with your affairs, your mother and I have no problem, and your Uncle Liu and Aunt Yang often come to see us, everyone takes care of each other, don't worry." ”
When Huang Bailin heard him say this, he also put his mind at ease, took out the bottle of Rendan, poured out a small half, wrapped it in paper, and planned to send it to Lin Wanqiao's house the next day.