Chapter 1344: The Man in the Concrete

Chapter 1344: Chapter 1344: The Man in the Concrete

(Thanks to Mo Ke, Hungry Ghost, Unyielding Foe, and Yang’s Monthly Ticket Encouragement)

With the joint efforts of Liu Banxia and Huang Bo, they temporarily sutured the incision in the patient’s abdominal cavity.

The purpose is to avoid exposing the abdominal cavity and causing severe infection.

The patient’s blood loss is quite significant, so surgery was performed inside the car. However, it was only temporary hemostasis, and the hemostatic clamp is still exposed outside.

"Thank you. When transferring this patient, be extra careful. After getting him out of the vehicle, quickly send him to the hospital for further treatment," Liu Banxia told the firefighter.

"I’ll hang the IV bag on the vehicle for now. When transferring, have the medical staff give him another bag, and we’ll keep him alive."

"Okay."

The firefighter nodded seriously.

He’s been part of many rescue missions, but this is his first time experiencing something like this. There’s no time to be sentimental; the priority is to rescue the injured person from the crumpled driver’s seat.

Liu Banxia and Huang Bo didn’t idle either. After dealing with this patient, they split up to continue assisting firefighters in assessing the injuries and providing first aid.

This is also a crucial step. In such a severe car accident, simply rescuing the patient from the vehicle doesn’t solve everything. During the emergency rescue, you could cause further harm to the patient.

As long as there’s no risk of the vehicle exploding, the best course of action is to wait for medical staff to assess the injuries clearly before proceeding with treatment.

After a while of treating the patients, the medication in Liu Banxia’s first-aid kit was nearly exhausted, but now they could take a breather.

The car accident was sequential, and as they got closer to the site of the first accident, the severity of the crashes seemed to decrease. The real severity was in the second, third, fourth, and subsequent collisions.

People said that although there was fog on this road at the time, it wasn’t very dense, so everyone was driving at a relatively fast speed.

After such a long rescue effort, firefighters and emergency personnel stuck behind reached the scene, significantly relieving the pressure.

"How’s the overall situation?" Liu Banxia asked as he reunited with Huang Bo.

"It’s manageable for now; three people didn’t have a chance to be rescued. Currently, the injured have been transferred using ambulances and private vehicles. Liu Yiqing and the others will arrive at the scene shortly," Huang Bo replied.

"Many medical staff participated this time, and it seems there were dozens or even hundreds of vehicles involved in the collision. Further up ahead is the city hospital’s treatment point, which leads up to a bridge."

Liu Banxia wiped his forehead, "Let’s walk further ahead; we’ve covered this area. Keep an eye around the vehicles to see if there are any injured people who were thrown out."

Huang Bo nodded and began searching again on the side.

The visibility was even worse, requiring a flashlight to see clearly.

"Director Liu, you’re here too." Liu Banxia heard a familiar voice while still searching for patients.

Looking up, it turned out to be Qiu Wei from the city hospital.

"This accident is too severe. How’s the rescue on your side?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Five critically injured persons have already been transferred. As for the remaining injured, there are no less than twenty. This car accident is truly severe," Qiu Wei said.

"Our team is currently searching under the bridge as well. Several vehicles plunged down the side. During the initial search and rescue, we already found a few people, and now we’re conducting a secondary search."

Liu Banxia craned his neck for a look. Sure enough, there were quite a few vehicles down below.

"My goodness, there are even two commercial concrete mixer trucks?" Liu Banxia asked in surprise.

"There’s a construction site across the bridge, and those mixers were delivering there," Qiu Wei explained.

"The drivers of the two trucks have already been rescued, but the vehicles will have to wait until the weather improves to be dealt with. They’re too heavy, and they lost balance while turning."

"Overall, the rescue operation was quite successful. Although a few vehicles burned, the occupants were evacuated just in time. Considering the magnitude of the accident, keeping the casualties to this level is quite an achievement."

"We heard over here that someone performed surgery right in the driver’s seat at the back; I’m guessing it was you. In Binhai City, it seems no one else would dare do such a thing.""

"Sigh... the spleen was crushed by the steering wheel, causing severe bleeding. But without sufficient blood bags, I could only expand the volume with saline after hemostasis," Liu Banxia sighed.

The rescue was nearing its end. There were plenty of medical staff on-site, meaning the two didn’t need to exert themselves further.

Moreover, the injured in this area had basically been treated by the city hospital team, who were the first to arrive and had handled the most patients.

"Teacher Liu, that patient has already been sent to our emergency center, and Dr. Shi is on the operation," Xu Yino came over at this moment.

"Were many patients sent to our hospital?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Quite a few, but they all received timely treatment. Currently, there are no fatalities," Xu Yino replied.

"Sigh... I’ll call President Qi in a while and ask if I need to return," Liu Banxia said.

"Were you rushing over after work?" Qiu Wei asked curiously.

"I was almost home, and left my car behind. The fog in the city was much thicker than here; honestly, I should’ve stayed at the hospital to eat." Liu Banxia said with a bitter smile.

"There’s nothing that can be done about it; when we came out, the traffic was really heavy as well. Thankfully, the private cars gave us a path." Qiu Wei replied.

"The cars gathering here are still too many, even though the traffic police have implemented diversion, it’s only now that it is truly clear." Xu Yino remarked.

"It’s just after the new year, and such a major incident has already happened. I see that the city leaders are assessing the situation, it seems worse than what we know."

Liu Banxia nodded, "We’re all handling treatment in stages, how could we know such details. Our hospital alone had to send many patients, it’s really distressing."

"There were several small cars that I saw, half of them were squashed, the frames all compressed together. Could the people inside be alright? It depends on how many passengers were inside."

"Honestly, I’m a bit scared now, afraid to drive on the road." Xu Yino said with a pained face.

She also saw those cars that had been compacted by the collision, seeing how the cars ended up, you can imagine the condition of the people inside.

"You can’t give up driving for fear of accidents; when it’s necessary, you still have to drive." Liu Banxia said.

"After all, it’s an important mode of transportation for us. We should take a round downstairs, and once we’re done, we can head home and even have a late-night snack."

Qiu Wei nodded with a smile.

He has also experienced being called back to the hospital on his way home, in fact, working overtime in the hospital continuously isn’t that bad. Being called back halfway is truly aggravating.

"Oh my, so much concrete, it’s going to be very difficult to clean up." On the way down under the bridge, Xu Yino said.

"Luckily the weather is good now, otherwise if there was a lot of water down here, maybe there wouldn’t even be a chance to save people." Qiu Wei responded.

"Let’s spread out, hopefully, no one was unlucky enough to be thrown far. Although this slope isn’t very steep, being thrown to this side would be very bad."

Everyone nodded, splitting up with flashlights to search. They kept calling out, if there really were victims, they hoped they would make some noise to aid in finding them.

Liu Banxia also dialed Qi Wentai.

"Director Liu, how’s the situation on site?" Qi Wentai asked when the call connected.

"We’re in the final stage now, the firefighters are clearing the road, we are conducting the last search for victims. How is the situation at the emergency center? Do I need to come back and assist?" Liu Banxia replied.

"Currently, it doesn’t look like we need it, the inpatient department has sent support. Also, there aren’t many critical patients sent to us this time; I heard they were first sent to the city hospital and the first hospital, and the road to our emergency center is somewhat congested."

"The patient you operated on is also stable currently; Dr. Shi completed the spleen removal, and the patient’s vital signs are stable."

"That’s really fortunate, we were too rushed back then, no choice. If that’s the case, once we’re done here, I’ll head straight home." Liu Banxia said.

"Alright, when they return, we’ll have personnel supplemented here, no problem." Qi Wentai stated.

After hanging up, Liu Banxia felt much more relieved.

Even though he was getting home later, at least he could actually go home.

"Director Liu, how is it?" At this time, Qiu Wei shouted from not too far away.

"I haven’t seen anyone else, I think there’s no one left, should we withdraw?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Okay, this is the third thorough search already. Let’s head back to the highway, everyone." Qiu Wei said.

Only then the personnel under the bridge began to gather at the slope, after searching for so long, if there was anyone, they would have been found by now. There’s not much grass, and it won’t hide anyone.

However, as Liu Banxia was passing by that commercial concrete truck, he stopped in his tracks.

"Listen, is someone talking?" Liu Banxia asked.

Everyone listened carefully but seemed to hear nothing.

"Help... help..."

Then, a faint cry for help echoed again. This time, not only Liu Banxia, but everyone else heard it.

"Teacher Liu, it seems... it seems the sound is coming from the concrete?" Xu Yino asked fearfully.

Everyone’s flashlights illuminated the pile of leaked concrete, but there was no person visible.

Liu Banxia adjusted his angle slightly, shining his light into the gap under the concrete mixer.

It really startled him, in the gap between the pile of concrete and the mixer, there was a human head exposed.

The head’s lips were slightly moving, and the cries for help were coming from him.