Chapter 1343: The Gruesome Scene

Chapter 1343: Chapter 1343: The Gruesome Scene

There’s no need to think too much; it’s definitely a traffic accident caused by the low visibility from the heavy fog this time. If it happened on the national highway, today’s accident probably wouldn’t be a small one.

Because large trucks can run on the national highway, can accidents caused by such vehicles ever be minor?

He was very anxious. Xu Yino even called him, which is also a condition denoting the accident’s severity level.

But his anxiety was useless; although the traffic had gotten a bit smoother, it wasn’t as if he could just turn off wherever he wanted.

He waited for more than ten minutes before finding a turnoff. Then, he followed the location Xu Yino sent and navigated accordingly.

The distance wasn’t short, and there was also a traffic jam on the national highway.

After driving for more than half an hour, Liu Banxia checked the distance—about two kilometers to go. He decided to grit his teeth and run over.

With his current stamina, running two kilometers wasn’t an issue. At the current driving speed, he might not get far in another half hour anyway.

He turned the steering wheel, pulling the car over to the side. After getting out, he grabbed his phone and started running.

Luckily, his usual habit was wearing casual attire and sneakers; he’d only dig out a suit for something really significant.

As he ran forward, he heard the sound of sirens. Three fire trucks ahead were struggling to move forward from the roadside.

The fog was still heavy, but the faint glow of a fire could be seen in the distance.

His phone rang again, "I’m almost there, just another seven or eight minutes."

"Teacher Liu, there are many injured on site. Because there are so many cars on the road, some ambulances haven’t arrived yet, and we need to treat on site. You need to hurry up," Xu Yino said anxiously.

"Don’t panic. I’m on my way. Use the skills you learned at the emergency center to treat the injured on site,"

Liu Banxia said while running.

"At this stage, you must differentiate patients properly, understand what I mean? If a patient is critically injured, on the verge of death, or very difficult to save, put them aside first."

"Got it... The on-site instructor said the same thing. I’m continuing with the rescues," Xu Yino finished speaking and hung up the phone.

This issue is truly brutal. In such situations, critically injured patients that require significant resources may hardly be cared for.

Because the medical resources on site are limited, they must be used to treat as many as possible. Some ambulances still haven’t arrived, so there are undoubtedly even fewer supplies.

This is the triage at a major rescue scene—ruthless, but it has to be done.

In a hospital, many resources can be used to attempt to save a critically injured patient. But at a scene like this, the whole situation must be considered.

Liu Banxia mustered all his energy, sprinting toward the front.

Thanks to his endurance, otherwise, he might not have managed these two kilometers.

But even so, when he got to the scene, he was drenched in sweat, panting heavily.

"Teacher Liu, we’re over here." Li Hao’s voice came from nearby.

Liu Banxia rushed over and saw a bottle of mineral water on the side, grabbing it and gulping it down.

"Teacher Liu, the car accident is very serious, and due to poor road conditions, many ambulances haven’t arrived yet. We’re now working with firefighters to rescue those trapped in cars," Li Hao said. ℯℯ𝘭.

Liu Banxia nodded, tossed the empty bottle aside, and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Give me a set of equipment; I’ll move forward to check the situation. Who’s in charge on site?"

"I don’t recognize them; I think they’re from the city hospital. Liu Yiqing and I are responsible for basic treatments for patients here. Xu Yino and Huang Bo are at the front, and Miao Rui is at the emergency center waiting to receive patients." Li Hao said quickly.

"Alright, I’m going to the front to take a look. Call me if anything happens." Liu Banxia nodded, put on a white coat, picked up an emergency kit, and ran ahead.

On arriving at the scene, the severity of the car accident is clear. It stretches two to three hundred meters, involving more vehicles, and some are on fire.

Some cars had also crashed into the fields by the roadside; even the temporary treatment point set up by Li Hao and others was in the fields.

"Teacher Liu, Teacher Liu."

He was moving forward when he heard Xu Yino’s voice. He hurriedly followed the sound.

"Teacher Liu, please check the passenger in the back." As Liu Banxia approached, Xu Yino said.

Liu Banxia climbed into the car. A passenger was trapped inside. Even doing a basic examination required adjusting himself as much as possible.

After checking, Liu Banxia shook his head, "There’s no chance of rescue. There’s hardly a pulse, the abdomen is rigid. Pupils are uneven and unresponsive to light."

"Really no chance?" Xu Yino muttered.

"Stay focused, keep searching," Liu Banxia said.

Xu Yino gritted her teeth and continued forward with the firefighter.

"How long have you been here?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Not even forty minutes, the traffic was terrible. The current treatment principle is that those who can move should go to one side, focusing on rescuing those trapped in the cars," Xu Yino quickly replied.

"Let’s split up then, how many cars were involved in this crash?" Liu Banxia frowned.

A lot of cars have crashed into each other, making it look like not just one or two accidents happened, but many. These cars are clustered together in segments, with one segment forming a pile and the next being slightly more spacious.

Liu Banxia has been at several large-scale sites before, but the magnitude of this car accident is truly immense, involving the most victims he has ever seen.

"Teacher Liu, Teacher Liu, are you here?"

Liu Banxia is inside a minivan checking on a patient, when not far away he hears Huang Bo calling out.

"I’m here, treating a patient," Liu Banxia shouts back, then turns to the firefighter beside him.

"We need to break off this thing stuck in his abdomen, although his condition is relatively stable at the moment. Once it’s broken, he can be moved out of the vehicle. The best approach is to secure his abdomen properly."

"Is the injury in his stomach severe?" the firefighter asks.

"For now, it doesn’t seem to be a problem. His abdomen is still soft, probably no major organs or blood vessels are hurt," Liu Banxia replies.

"Alright, leave it to me," the firefighter nods.

After crawling out, Liu Banxia quickly moves toward where Huang Bo is calling.

Huang Bo is now treating a large truck driver, whose cab has caved in, trapping the driver inside.

"What’s the situation?" Liu Banxia asks.

"Teacher Liu, the patient’s abdominal cavity likely has bleeding. In this confined space, can you perform surgery? The other injuries aren’t serious," Huang Bo says.

"Disinfect, anesthetize, illuminate."

Liu Banxia cuts to the chase.

Du Fancheng can choose to trust his judgment, and he trusts Huang Bo’s evaluation as well.

If this patient indeed has internal bleeding in the abdominal cavity, he will certainly perish from blood loss before rescue is completed if bleeding isn’t stopped.

The current situation is already becoming dire, performing surgery on-site still offers some chance.

If lucky enough to stop the patient’s internal bleeding, even just administering some saline could sustain him until rescue finishes.

The cab is too cramped to crawl into, so Liu Banxia can only climb in from the car’s front. The position is uncomfortable, but it’s no time to be squeamish.

"Tsslt"

Before he could check on the patient, his left sleeve gets torn open at the car’s fractured edge.

"There aren’t enough blood bags, just setting up an IV line for fluid replenishment," Huang Bo says.

"The abdominal cavity has a blunt contusion, I suspect a splenic bleed. The left arm is fractured, preliminarily examined no important blood vessels harmed, can be temporarily set aside."

Liu Banxia nods, feeling a bit worried.

The patient probably instinctively dodged, causing his body to be twisted like this. The abdominal injury likely was caused by the steering wheel hitting.

Currently, if he wants to open the abdomen for a hemostatic operation, he can only do it through the gap in the steering wheel.

"Prepare forceps and gauze for hemostasis," Liu Banxia instructs, then pours iodine on the wound on the patient’s abdomen, already cut open by Huang Bo.

The firefighters accompanying Huang Bo are startled, even though they’ve heard their dialogue, seeing a real on-site surgery is somewhat intimidating.

Liu Banxia doesn’t make a large cut in the abdomen, slicing open then placing the scalpel aside, with his right hand probing through the incision.

The patient’s abdominal cavity already has significant pooled blood, now surging out through the incision.

"Teacher Liu, I see splenic rupture fragments," Huang Bo says.

"Extend the forceps and gauze along the inside of my wrist, and follow my instructions," Liu Banxia says.

Huang Bo dares not delay, quickly guiding the forceps in.

"Forward, more forward, a bit to the left... yes, a little forward, clamp."

Liu Banxia directs.

Huang Bo quickly clamps, truly clueless if he clamped the right spot.

Liu Banxia holds his breath and concentrates, continuing to feel the patient’s abdominal blood flow with his fingers. After an entire half-minute, he finally withdraws his hand from the patient’s abdomen.

"It’s temporarily stopped, give me suture thread. Can only perform simple suturing and secure the hemostatic forceps, to prevent infection," Liu Banxia says.

Huang Bo quickly jumps off the vehicle, searching through the emergency kit, then hands it to Liu Banxia.

"Support me a bit, need to use both hands, it’ll be a bit taxing," Liu Banxia says.

Before Huang Bo can act, a firefighter standing by grabs Liu Banxia’s leg.

"Thanks, this driver’s life is nearly preserved by us."

Liu Banxia says, then proceeds to suture.