There was a smell of death and decay coming from his body. After the stench was amplified, it penetrated into Xu Qiu's mind and immediately sounded a danger signal... "etc." Xu Qiu stopped the drowsy family member. "Doctor, what's wrong?" The family member yawned, and while stretching, the stench on his body became even more dissipated. "Which bed are you from?" "It seems to be No. 21, the one at the end of the corridor." It was the tetanus patient. Xu Qiu's face changed slightly, and while handing a mask to the family members, he said, "Stay here and don't do anything." The family members were shocked, "Doctor, what's wrong with me? Am I sick too?"
Xu Qiu waved over a nurse and whispered something to her. The other person's face instantly turned pale, and her pupils were filled with disbelief. "Hurry up, bring the isolation gown and seal off the entire ward immediately!" Xu Qiu urged. At this moment, he felt a little more nervous, and there was a little more fear in his pupils when he looked at the end of the east corridor. … Bang bang bang! Almost instantly, the entire emergency department was under martial law. In the doctor's office, a large number of doctors who were processing medical records rushed out. "Lock down the ward?!" "What happened to Doctor Xu's order?" "Quick, do what Dr. Xu said, seal off the emergency department inpatient department immediately, and report to the hospital at the same time!" At the same time, doctors and nurses wearing isolation gowns and fully armed appeared in the east corridor. At the front, Xu Qiu was wearing a protective suit, two layers of gloves, goggles, and three surgical masks on his face. Doing this won’t do much to filter out germs – but it will block out odors as much as possible! "Enter." Xu Qiu held her breath and pushed open the door of Ward 21. A faint stench mixed with the hospital's unique smell of disinfectant filled the air. There were no lights on in the ward, only the light from the mobile phone screen of the family member who was accompanying him. The other person was also wearing two or three layers of masks. He was following the doctor's instructions and stayed by the patient's side all the time. "Take the family members out." Xu Qiu said. He turned to look at the patient on the bed.
As we got closer, the stench became even stronger. The negative smell that penetrated directly into the soul made people almost want to vomit on the spot. But the patient seemed unaware, snoring and seemed to be sleeping deeply. Xu Qiu patted him. The snoring stopped suddenly, but the patient did not wake up. Xu Qiu increased the stimulation, clapping and pinching with his hands, but the other party was still groggy and only made the most basic reflexes. "Drowsiness..." Xu Qiu's expression changed. He held his breath and said, "Be prepared, don't take a deep breath." As soon as he finished speaking, he lifted the quilt. Huhu—— The strong stench was like a bursting pustule, rushing out in an instant and desperately getting into everyone's nostrils. That kind of smell is mixed with the smell of fish and feces. Even the stench of corpses that have been fermented for more than ten days is not inferior to this smell. It can be described as the smell of "death and decay"! "vomit!" Almost instantly, a nurse vomited out from behind. The other doctors and nurses were also pale at this moment, their pupils full of resistance and fear. Xu Qiu was a little collapsed at this moment. His overly sensitive sense of smell caused him to suffer several times more torture than others! In fact, the stench has almost turned into substance, causing a slight burning sensation in the eyes... However, he still resisted the urge to vomit and looked at the thigh that seemed to be emitting black gas. Click—— The nurse held her nose in pain and held up a small lamp with her other hand. The scene under the lights made everyone's eyes widen in shock. The patient's left thigh is now almost completely black, like burnt carbon, it is burnt brown, with a large number of swollen areas on top, a few areas of normal skin color, and occasionally dots of speckles can be seen. Xu Qiu endured the stench and gently pressed her hand on the patient's left thigh. Hissssss—— Like a woman's hair being constantly rubbed. Typical crepitus! Xu Qiu's heart sank completely.
This stench is more terrifying than corpse odor, coupled with the crepitus... Spotting is most likely a local manifestation of systemic bacteremia. Everything points to a critical illness—— Gas gangrene! This is an infectious disease caused primarily by anaerobic Clostridium difficile. It develops extremely rapidly and has a very poor prognosis. A slight delay can lead to loss of limbs or even life-threatening, with mortality rates as high as 20% to 50%. Although some laymen think it is an infectious disease and not contagious - clinically, gas gangrene still meets the three infectious factors of "source of infection, route of transmission, and susceptible groups" in the hospital environment! Direct contact, as well as indirect infection caused by the movement of family members and medical staff, may still become a horrific infection accident that spreads gas gangrene to the entire ward, or even the entire hospital! Xu Qiu didn't dare to neglect. His voice rang out in the dead silent ward, making arrangements in an orderly manner: "Report immediately to the medical department and coordinate with medical staff for disposal." "Let the infection control office come, further seal off the ward, and guide and inspect the entire ward, including disinfection, isolation and other prevention and control measures in the inpatient department!" "Contact the Nursing Department..." "The logistics department has initiated emergency measures such as 'special infection' and 'infectious fabric'..." "The operating room will be arranged immediately to prepare for debridement and even amputation." At this moment, all the medical staff in the ward started to move, and then the whole hospital started the infectious disease emergency plan! After arranging the treatment measures, Xu Qiu suddenly felt a sore throat. Stinging eyes and throat... There is no other disease except gas gangrene! "Wang Fan, connect the ECG monitor!" "Liu Susu, insert the catheter!" "Prepare to open the intravenous channel!" The ward was busy but not chaotic. Under the command of Xu Qiu, everyone performed their duties and carried out rescue. Wang Fan stared at the values of the ECG monitor and immediately reported back: "Heart rate 142, respiration 32, blood pressure 165/112! Blood oxygen saturation 100%!" As for Liu Susu, although she often inserts catheters for others and is an old hand, she still got her hands full. But in the end, the catheter was quickly inserted, and she said in shock: "The patient has urinary incontinence, and urination is normal after the catheter is inserted!" The two looked at the bedside at the same time. At this moment, Xu Qiu had already changed into a new pair of gloves and placed an intravenous catheter for the patient.
Draw blood quickly and extract specimens. "Send it for blood culture!" Xu Qiu handed over a test tube. Then, he used a 50ml empty needle to draw 60ml of blood and quickly said: "Draw for culture, coagulation test." The young nurse immediately took it and divided the blood into several parts for different purposes. In the end, there was about 25 ml left. Just as she was about to put down the syringe, Xu Qiu suddenly stretched out his hand again, "Give it here." The young nurse didn't understand what Xu Qiu was going to do, but still handed it over. After taking the syringe, Xu Qiu's eyes moved away from the patient and fell on the half-full syringe in front of him.