Chapter 538: When people can’t be treated, let’s treat thrombosis in dogs instead. (1/2)
Chapter 538: When people can’t be treated, let’s treat thrombosis in dogs instead.
"Good advice is hard to take for the damned ghosts..."
Garrett stood on the hospital steps, watching the patient leave in a cloud of dust and finally shrugged helplessly and returned inside. What could he do? The hospital didn’t have the authority to detain patients and force treatment!
In his previous life, doctors could still grab hold of patients and plead with them. But in this world, a new problem had arisen:
The patient was too strong to fight.
This patient, whether a level 3 or level 4 warrior, was not someone Garrett, a mere level 1 warrior, could defeat without using magic.
He had no choice but to return to the hospital and gather the idle healers on duty to start an educational session:
"The reason that patient had a toothache is not due to dental issues, but a problem with his heart. The arteries that supply blood to the heart are blocked, leading to myocardial necrosis, which can involve other areas, from the navel up, including the teeth, in a heart attack-related pain!"
"If multiple teeth hurt and it’s unclear which one; if treatment and pain relief don’t alleviate the toothache; if dental examinations show no abnormalities and electrocardiograms show ischemic changes, then be wary of a heart attack!"
"In short, memorize that electrocardiogram magic! Don’t just wait for automatic alerts; recognize abnormal waveforms and understand what they mean!"
The healers nodded grimly. They were overwhelmed by the plethora of complicated ECGs they had to memorize.
Since arriving at Oakwood Hospital, there had always been a mountain of things to memorize, and before they could finish the old material, new stuff came pouring in. Previously, it was all about casting healing spells, which was so simple, but now...
"So, how do we treat it?"
A young priest from the Church of Nature timidly raised his hand. Garrett sighed deeply.
In his previous life, there was a mature set of treatments for heart attacks: intravenous thrombolysis, catheter thrombolysis, thrombectomy, stenting, or even coronary artery bypass grafting...
Of course, this also included pain relief, antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulation, antiarrhythmics, shock management, and heart failure treatment. But the problem was, he couldn’t perform most of these.
Thrombolysis? He didn’t have streptokinase, urokinase, tenecteplase, alteplase, or reteplase.
Coronary artery bypass? As if the patient would let him open their chest;
Electrical cardioversion? Sorry, although he was a disciple of the Lord of Thunder, he couldn’t yet perform electrical cardioversion with his bare hands;
Thrombectomy... he could swirl up saline in the abdominal cavity with a whirlwind at the vine entrance, but extracting blood clots from blood vessels... he feared he might break the vessels along with it.
He longed for the negative pressure aspirators of his previous life...
His face grew increasingly somber, and the healers in front of him became increasingly uneasy. The first to speak, the priest of the God of Nature, shrank back, leading the chorus:
"I’ll go memorize it!"
"Yes, I’ll go memorize it!"
"I’ll go memorize it!"
The healers scattered like birds and beasts. Garrett stood dumbfounded as he watched a group of students flee in panic:
"..."
Actually, I wanted to say that I have some ideas, but I need to try them out...
He silently turned around and went back to the research building deep inside the hospital. Necromancers and their apprentices were busily at their posts: collecting dog saliva, cutting rabbits, injecting rabbits...
The development of the rabies vaccine was progressing orderly, without any decisive results yet.
Garrett took a round, checked and guided the operations. Then he pulled out a hound that was kept separately and began his experiment for the day.