"When I was in provincial city, I had a consultation with a patient." Gao Shaojie saw Su Yun put away the film, pondered for a moment, and then said.
"What kind of patient are you consulting?" Su Yun asked.
"He has a cardiac trauma and cardiac tamponade. When he was sent to the hospital, it had been 14 minutes or 16 minutes." Gao Shaojie said simply.
As soon as the topic was out, everyone in the room, except Lin Yuan, knew what Gao Shaojie wanted to say.
This was a medical paradox.
The patient was resuscitated with all his might and could recover his basic vital signs. However, due to the prolonged lack of oxygen, he would definitely suffer from brain death and become a vegetable.
There were many definitions of success. It had breathing, a heartbeat, the ability to eat, defecate, but no thought. Was this considered living?
Was it necessary to save the patient that Gao Shaojie had mentioned? Every doctor had their own answer to this question.
