Chapter 5: Everyone Get Out of the Way, Let Me Do It!

Xu Qinghuan remained very calm. She took a step forward to inspect Xu Manman's wound; although there was a significant amount of blood, the wound itself was not serious. Xu Manman appeared to be unconscious, but her eyelids were twitching incessantly.

Having assessed the situation, she pushed Jiang Chengxu's heavy-duty bicycle over. Once he placed Xu Manman on the bike, they switched places; Jiang Chengxu pushed while Xu Qinghuan supported her as they headed toward the hospital.

Seeing Xu Manman leaning against Jiang Chengxu, Xu Qinghuan didn't mind. If she wanted to lean, let her lean. Jiang Chengxu was walking somewhat fast, and Xu Qinghuan couldn't keep up, so she suggested, "How about I tie Manman to your back? It might be faster if you ride the bike."

Seeing the blood spreading across Xu Manman's face, Jiang Chengxu was filled with worry and said, "That works!"

Xu Qinghuan went to find the security guard uncle to borrow a piece of hemp rope and tied Xu Manman to Jiang Chengxu's waist. With a push of the pedals, Jiang Chengxu sped off.

The security guard uncle watched them from the entrance. Seeing Xu Qinghuan calmly patting her hands, he called out, "Huan-zi, didn't they say you were engaged to that boy?"

Xu Qinghuan smiled and said, "Uncle, even married people get divorced. Many things aren't set in stone until the very end."

The old man looked thoughtful.

Xu Qinghuan asked again, "Uncle, you see people coming and going here every day. Have you heard if any factories are recruiting lately?"

The old man shook his head. "I'll ask around for you later. Several of our people work as security guards at various factories; I'll see if they have any news."

Xu Qinghuan thanked him and continued her stroll. As she wandered toward the Yong'an Department Store, she heard a cry of alarm, followed by a crowd gathering. She hurried over to join the commotion, pushing through the crowd while asking, "What happened? What's going on?"

"A pregnant woman fell! Heavens, she's bleeding so much!"

"Daughter, what's wrong? Don't scare me! Someone, help! Help get her to the hospital!"

Xu Qinghuan shouted urgently, "Move aside! Everyone, move aside! Let me through!"

In her past life, she had specialized in neurosurgery. While she hadn't delivered babies, her knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine was even more formidable than her Western medical skills.

Hearing her commanding voice, the onlookers quickly parted, creating a path like Moses parting the sea. Xu Qinghuan immediately saw the pregnant woman; she was lying on the ground with a large belly, a pool of blood spreading beneath her, appearing to expand.

Xu Qinghuan stepped forward and grasped the woman's wrist, discreetly feeling her pulse for a moment. The pulse was extremely perilous.

The surrounding people looked at Xu Qinghuan and immediately grew skeptical; the girl looked far too young.

"Is she capable? She's so young, could she just be a nursing student?"

"Who knows? She might end up causing two deaths with one body!"

The pregnant woman's mother had thought a divine being had descended from the heavens, only to see an unformed young girl. She was instantly disappointed, but since the girl had already started working, she was lost and became a passive bystander.

Xu Qinghuan quickly pressed an acupoint on the woman's waist, and the bleeding stopped instantly.

"Malpresentation, eight months pregnant, signs of massive hemorrhage. She must give birth immediately. Find a vehicle quickly and get her to the hospital!"

The woman's mother snapped back to her senses, only to nearly pass out from anxiety again.

Fortunately, the Yong'an Department Store had a delivery vehicle, and two men carried the pregnant woman onto it.

Xu Qinghuan kept pressing the acupoint on the woman's waist. She instructed the mother, "Auntie, keep pressing here to stop the bleeding. When you get to the hospital, tell the doctor that this spot cannot be released until they use medication to stop the bleeding."

The woman's blood coagulation function was impaired; this was a tricky case.

The mother couldn't handle such a monumental task. "I can't, I can't! Comrade, I can't do it! Please, come with us!"

Seeing that the heavy bleeding had indeed stopped after Xu Qinghuan pressed that spot, she knew it must be effective.

With the situation being urgent, Xu Qinghuan did not refuse. It took about ten minutes to reach the hospital. A doctor pushed a gurney out and asked, "What's the situation?"

Xu Qinghuan explained the woman's condition. The doctor frowned and consulted with another doctor. "If there is an impairment in coagulation, our hospital cannot handle this case for the time being. However, please rest assured, we will take responsibility for transferring you and ensuring the next hospital performs the surgery as quickly as possible."

In the case of obstructed labor, a Cesarean section would definitely be the priority.

Upon hearing this, the woman's mother's eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

Xu Qinghuan asked, "Are you lacking coagulation agents?"

Seeing her professional question, the doctor nodded. "We just ran out of thrombin; there won't be a shipment until tomorrow morning. This patient certainly cannot wait."

Xu Qinghuan said, "The jolting of the journey could easily cause more bleeding. Does the hospital have silver needles?"

The doctor glanced at Xu Qinghuan and finally nodded.

"There is a high risk during the transport," Xu Qinghuan assessed the risk habitually, offering her opinion based on professional instinct. "I will take responsibility for stopping the bleeding, and you take responsibility for the surgery. Do you dare?"

The doctor hesitated. "This... requires the consent of the patient's family."

The pregnant woman cried out, "I beg you, save my child! As long as my child is safe, I'll do anything!"

However, that wasn't the point.

The mother happened to wake up just then. Her daughter had lost too much blood, and the child in her womb was suffering unknown agonies. She made a decisive call: "Fine, we agree! Let this young comrade help!"

Otherwise, her daughter would have bled out long ago.

By now, a nurse had arrived to examine the woman. After listening to the fetal heartbeat, the situation looked grim. The doctor had no choice but to say, "Then we shall proceed this way!"

Truly, the woman's condition was too critical; she might not even survive the trip to the next hospital. The main concern was the baby; once the amniotic fluid was contaminated, the child could suffocate at any moment.

The woman was rushed into the operating room. Xu Qinghuan took a silver needle and inserted it into the acupoint she had been pressing. After the anesthesiologist arrived to administer anesthesia, Xu Qinghuan had already completed her preoperative preparations. She inserted needles into several major acupoints on the woman's body, and only then did the woman's condition stabilize slightly.

The attending physician was performing the surgery while Xu Qinghuan observed. Seeing the doctor pick up the scalpel and prepare to make a vertical incision on the woman's abdomen, Xu Qinghuan froze.

In later years, Cesarean sections were basically horizontal incisions, which were easier to hide for aesthetic reasons and allowed for faster postpartum recovery.

A horizontal incision was more difficult to perform than a vertical one.

Furthermore, this woman had a thick abdominal wall; from the perspective of surgical safety, a horizontal incision should have been chosen.

Xu Qinghuan hesitated, but as the attending physician hesitated to make the cut, she reached out her hand.

The doctor was stunned, his eyebrows shooting up. "Is surgery something you can just treat like a game?"

Just then, the operating room door opened, and another fully equipped person entered. It was the hospital director. For some unknown reason, he had come personally to supervise this surgery. Seeing the attending physician, he was momentarily stunned. "Why are you the one performing this surgery?"

(End of Chapter)