Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 74 52. Surgery
'It's better than expected, but not much better.'

What was better than expected was that Sasha was still breathing, but what was not good was that Sasha was about to die.

Carl didn't see any external injuries on Sasha's body, not at all.

This was obviously quite incredible for a person who fell from a great height, but for some reason, looking at Sasha who was in a coma, a well-known photo suddenly flashed through Carl's mind.

'The most beautiful suicide.'

In 1947, a woman named Evelyn jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in New York, 320 meters high, because of depression. When she landed on a car on the street, there was no scar on her body. Her eyes were closed, her face was peaceful, her feet were slightly folded together, and one hand was holding a necklace on her chest. She looked like she was asleep.

Robert Wells, a photography student who was passing by at the time, saw this scene and was deeply shocked by the calm appearance. He almost instinctively raised his camera and took a picture of this scene. Later, this photo was published in Time magazine and became known to people with the title "The Most Beautiful Fallen Angel".

But when Carl thought of this photo, what he thought of was not the beauty of the scene happening in front of him, which was similar to that in the photo. What he felt was regret.

A regret for the life that is about to pass away.

Just like the photography student Robert Wells who later refused to get involved in the photography industry again and regretted taking that picture, the feeling we should have about the passing of life should not be beauty.

Why do beautiful things always remind us of death rather than life?

"I'm not Robert Wells, and you're not Evelyn. Good luck."

What Carl was most thankful for now was that he had just watched the trauma team's first aid techniques in detail today, and he also had Fuerkang with him.

Fuerkang Type 3 is one of the best therapeutic pneumatic syringes on the market. Due to its high price, Carl was only equipped with four tubes.

When facing a wounded patient whose condition is unclear, you cannot rush to inject Forrester because the recovery caused by it may cause dislocation of the patient's bones and other organs. However, if you are trying to rescue the patient, you don't need to worry about that.

Even if the repair is misplaced, just take it back to the hospital or the prosthetics doctor to interrupt the healing process. If that doesn't work, just replace the organ. Artificial organs are nothing new in 2075, you can replace as many as you want.

Carl raised his hand and injected Sasha in the heart first.

A detailed examination will have to wait. Most parts of the body can wait, but if a cardiovascular system ruptures, the person may die within seconds due to the drop in blood pressure caused by blood loss.

After the injection, Sasha's body moved noticeably and he seemed to have more vitality.

Then a quick check.

Carl's eyes swept over Sasha's body, and the analysis in his mind quickly gave him an answer.

Broken ribs, lung lobe inserted, shattered left humerus, comminuted pelvic fracture.
A series of situations are quite serious, such as broken ribs inserted into the lung lobes, this injury is almost as serious as the "blood eagle" punishment in medieval Northern Europe, but the most serious one is the head.

Acute subdural hemorrhage of the brain has a 50 to 100 percent chance of death even with timely treatment. If the subdural hematoma reaches to ml due to excessive blood loss before treatment, the person is doomed to die.

Now the hematoma in Sasha's brain has reached a size that requires emergency drainage.

'Luckily for you, I know this.'

This was Carl's first time attempting a craniotomy to treat acute subdural hemorrhage. It would be more accurate to say that this was also the first time for him to treat anyone else. Performing such a difficult operation right from the start made Carl miss Oliver.

If Oliver were here, it would be enough for me to be his assistant. Why would I need to work so hard?

Things cannot be delayed, let's get started right away. Subsequent infections and so on are things we should worry about after we survive this time.

A section of single-molecule wire popped out, and Carl simply used the single-molecule wire as a scalpel. First, he directly cut off all the hair above the bleeding position on the top of the head, and then cut open the entire layer of skin until the skull, using a spreader. If there is no spreader, he uses an artificial finger.

This operation, which would cause any serious doctor's blood pressure to rise, seemed quite natural in Carl's actions. Blood splashed on his face, but Carl did not blink at all, completely concentrating on recalling the techniques.

What's next?
A hole must be made in the skull.

understood.

Single molecule.

After cutting out a diamond-shaped hole, Carl was careful not to charge the single-molecule wire, lest the temperature damage the brain tissue under the skull. He didn't want to cure the disease only to give Mann an idiot hacker.

Regardless of whether Sasha could hear him or not, Carl continued cutting the skull while whispering words of comfort to the unconscious Sasha.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Although Carl himself couldn't figure out whether this sentence was more of a comfort to Sasha or to himself, his hands moved steadily and without a trace of hesitation.

The skull is removed, and then the dura mater
The location of the hematoma caused by bleeding has been found, and the blood is slowly being discharged. However, in order to speed up the treatment, a drainage tube is needed to drain the blood.

Shit, no drainage tube either.

The principle of the drainage tube is to use the siphon phenomenon, that is, the strong pressure difference to drain out the accumulated fluid in the patient's body. This kind of thing is not difficult to find.

Glancing over the equipment in the vehicle, Carl discovered a bottle of drink with a straw placed near the door.

"If Oliver knew the whole process of my operation, I would be killed by him who knows medicine."

I feel like I'm blaspheming medical skills.

Raising his hand, he grabbed the straw and shook off the remaining liquid. Carl felt that the only consolation was that the liquid that came out of the straw was water, and pure water at that. Carl could recognize it because he drank it frequently.

I didn't even look at the car carefully, but the owner looked quite wealthy. He could even afford to drink pure water and put it in the car after finishing half of it.

After carefully inserting the tip of the straw into the hematoma and making sure that he did not let the tip touch other tissues, Carl blocked the flat end of the straw with his thumb.

Then, release.

This is something that anyone with a straw and a drink can try to do. Just insert the tip of the straw into the drink, then firmly block the flat end of the straw with your thumb, and then release your hand. Under the action of pressure, the liquid at the tip of the straw will be sucked and discharged from the flat end.

It's the same principle as when a toilet flushes water.

Carl breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the blood gushing out of the flat tip of the straw and staining his palms red.

Afterwards, he repeated what he had just said to the unconscious Sasha.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Under Carl's gaze, Forrester Type 3 was rapidly repairing Sasha's body and saving her life from the hands of the god of death.

　ps. The most beautiful suicide should be the prototype of Sasha's fall. After all, the two look too similar. Regarding the operation, please don't blame the medical staff, just think of it as cyber technology at work. Apologies, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)