Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 373 Esophageal Perforation
"Soldier? Sacrifice? What does this mean?"

Layton wanted to ask a few more questions, but at this moment, the old man seemed to be dying, and suddenly strangled his throat with both hands in pain—his upper body stretched into a strange bow shape, and his entire body People began to tremble and twitch, and their legs kicked and kicked continuously, even rubbing their feet back and forth on the ground.

"Hello? What's wrong with you?" Layton was taken aback, and quickly turned his head to look at Ivan, "Doctor, what's the matter? Could it be that he really choked?"

"Let me see." Ivan walked up to the old man quickly, pinched both cheeks of the old man with his hands, and forced him to open his mouth.

Pointing the searchlight on the helmet at the old man's throat, Ivan only took a look and concluded: "It's more serious than choking, it's a perforation of the esophagus."

"What? Esophageal perforation?"

"His esophagus is already severely eroded. He ate too violently just now, and the wall of the esophagus was ruptured, and the food inside leaked out, forming emphysema, which compressed the trachea." He paused and continued. Said, "Generally speaking, most patients with esophageal perforation will die from bleeding or infection... But if his condition is not dealt with, it is estimated that he will die of suffocation in a short time..."

"Doctor, don't make such a long speech, we are not treating people!" Layton said quickly, "I just want to ask you one thing, can you save it?"

"It can be saved, but surgery is required." Ivan nodded. "I have to cut his throat from the outside to remove the foreign body. If there is an abscess forming outside the esophagus, I need to open the chest and perform mediastinal drainage."

"Can this operation be performed in this place?" Layton couldn't help being stunned when he heard that the operation was going to be performed.

"The risk of infection and bleeding is great, but if he doesn't do it, he will definitely die." Ivan said, he had already taken out the medical kit he carried with him, and took out a hole towel and a bottle of alcohol cotton balls from it.

"Isn't it? Are you really planning to perform a thoracotomy here?" Layton stepped aside, but there was still a hint of astonishment on his face.

"The thoracotomy is only needed if there is an abscess formed. If it is just a foreign body squeezed, the surgical incision will not exceed three centimeters. Just pay attention to disinfection." Ivan said while taking off the thick and solid gloves, and put them on. A pair of surgical rubber gloves - For operations that require precise operations, the tactile feedback of the hands is very important, which cannot be replaced by flexible machinery.

Even in this era when precision machinery and high-intelligence AI are very popular, the vast majority of surgical operations are performed by doctors' hands, while operations performed by machines only account for less than 20.00% of the total. .

Ivan took out an anesthesia needle, flicked the wall of the syringe with his nails, then pierced the needle into the old man's neck cortex, and slowly pushed the piston.

There is no ventilator, and no supporting life support device, so general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia cannot be performed, and the operation can only be performed under local anesthesia.

With the injection of the medicine, the old man's convulsions and trembling symptoms were slightly relieved, but he was still in a state of respiratory distress, and his complexion gradually turned from flushing to purple.

Ivan knew that there was not much time left for him—he picked up the alcohol cotton ball with tweezers, quickly wiped the old man's neck several times, and then spread the hole towel on it.

"But, but..." Layton, who was watching from the side, opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

"As a doctor, I didn't do anything to save him. What's more, he is just a patient, not our enemy." Ivan said without looking back, "My hands may be stained later Blood and secretions, I need you to help me pass things, the equipment box is here, remember to wash your hands with disinfectant alcohol before taking them."

"Okay." Layton hesitated for half a second, then nodded.

But just when Ivan finished a series of preoperative preparations and held the scalpel with the No. [-] blade in his hand, several locals wearing dilapidated cloaks suddenly appeared in front of them .

"We're going to take him away," said the leader.

Ivan raised his head and looked at them.

These people were covered with cloaks cut from tarpaulins, and their faces were hidden behind masks made of human face bones. Although their bodies were tightly wrapped in clothing similar to protective clothing, the rotten The stench still floated into Ivan's nasal cavity through the filter of the helmet, and at the same time, he could feel a slight tingling pain on his exposed hands-these people were all seriously ill patients with radiation sickness, and their symptoms Even worse than the old man in front of him.

From a doctor's point of view, these are a group of people who are about to die, but for some reason, they did not show signs of weakness, but instead made Ivan feel a little threatened.

"You can't do this. If you don't perform the operation, this person will die soon." Ivan refused, "Even if you want to take him away, at least wait until I finish the operation!"

"His life comes from the gift of the great god, and his death will also belong to the embrace of the great god. This is not the end, but liberation. He will become a part of the great god and live forever in the world." The leader continued.

In his hand was a steel pipe as tall as a person, and the steel pipe was covered with rusty barbed wire, and the part he was holding was no exception. Those spikes pierced directly into his palm, but he didn't even notice it.

"If you want to hinder us, then you will be punished." His tone suddenly became more serious, "You have no right to meddle in the affairs here, outsiders!"

"Fart your mother!" Layton couldn't help cursing out the dirty words that hounds often say. He grabbed the handle of the gun hanging on his waist and took a step forward, blocking Ivan and in front of the old man.

"Forget it." Just when the two sides were at war, Ivan grabbed Layton's arm from behind, "Forget it, Layton, don't conflict with them."

"...Damn it." Layton looked at those people in cloaks, then at the dying old man lying on the side, and finally chose to give in.

[PS Thank you Bailu, Cangyue, and Huanxi Koi for the 500 starting coins, and thank you for the 100 starting coins rewarded by the story that came to your life. 】

[PPS I finally saw the end of EVA today. I watched the two-and-a-half-hour plot over and over again for more than six hours, and the final ending still gave me a sigh of relief. Spoiler alert, anyway, it is definitely not as unbearable as the previous rumors, although the ending is completely different from the TV version, but both the quality and the plot are worthy of this IP.

I remembered that I could still see EVA on TV when I was a child, more than 20 years, this part of youth belonging to EVA finally came to an end.

Tears will dry up too, and when they dry up, you will become an adult...

Now I'm starting to struggle with the ending of this book. The last book "Wasteland Survival Rules" was actually unfinished due to some force majeure factors. At least 80% of the plot in the second half has been deleted, and the ending is also the same. The beginning is completely different... As for what the force majeure factor is, you should all understand... I hope this book will not encounter such a thing. 】

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