Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 187

"Understood!" Jiang Xuan said and immediately ran to the kitchen.

"Here, help me."

Jiang Suying and Jiang Xiumian carried the male patient on the stretcher to the small bed in the room. Jiang Suying could clearly feel the stiffness of his body: "This is troublesome. It may be more than three frostbites."

"Take off his clothes." Jiang Suying said to Jiang Xiumian while putting her hand on the man's chest to feel the temperature.

I don’t know if the patient’s clothes were wet or because of sweating at the low temperature, but they were frozen stiff and he absolutely could not wear them anymore.

"Wake up, wake up! Can you hear me? Move your eyes if you can."

However, no matter what Jiang Suying said, the patient was not interested.

The patient's skin is pale and bloodless, with a drop in core body temperature, accompanied by consciousness and mental disorders, and even symptoms such as slowed breathing, slow heart rate, and arrhythmia. There are also varying degrees of frostbite on the body, and the hands and feet are significantly red and swollen, with obvious edema, and bloody blisters.

Preliminary judgment: at least level 3 frostbite.

If it had been discovered later, he might have frozen to death.

Moreover, the pulse condition is not very good. The specific situation can only be judged after freezing and thawing.

"Here it comes, the quilt is here!"

At this time, Jiang Hu had already gone to the car to get their quilts and blankets. Coincidentally, Jiang Xiumian had already stripped off the patient's frozen clothes, and Jiang Hu immediately covered him with the quilt.

"Uncle, please help and light the stove."

Jiang Xiaomi found some stoves and charcoal that Jiang Ji had never seen in Baicaotang from somewhere. He subconsciously thought that it was County Magistrate Chen who put them there, so he started to light the stove without saying much.

This room, which had been empty for a long time, was too cold. It was not friendly to the doctors working inside or the patients who were about to arrive.

The stoves in each room were all lit, and soon the temperature in the house began to rise.

"Aunt, the water is ready."

Jiang Ji said to Jiang Suying as he carried a bucket of boiling water towards the cubicle.

For patients with whole body freezing, one of the most effective rewarming methods is to immerse the patient in moderately warm water, that is, around 40°C.

The bathtub was not small, and even with a pot of boiling water, the temperature was just right. Jiang Suying was about to carry the patient into the bathtub with Jiang Xiumian when Jiang Ji stopped her: "Let me do it! How can you, a girl, -"

"Doctors don't differentiate between men and women. You're a doctor, so why are you so pedantic?"

"You call me old-fashioned? Never mind. Whatever you say, give the person to me. If a female patient comes later, I'll take your place."

"Okay, Xiao Hu, give your father a hand." Jiang Suying shrugged and stopped arguing. She asked Jiang Xuan to go back to the kitchen to boil water, and asked Jiang Hu and Jiang Ji to carry the person in to take a bath to warm up.

This method is basically not difficult to operate. The best bathing time is 15-30 minutes. The specific time depends on the patient's body temperature, and the surrounding temperature cannot be too low.

You should also pay attention to the patient's vital signs, check whether there are any abnormalities during the bath, and prevent people from slipping into the bathtub.

A frozen person has slow reactions and blurred consciousness. If he slips into the bathtub and no one notices, he will definitely spit out a few bubbles and then die.

"Hurry, hurry, there's no one here now, you two should quickly refill the medicines according to the names on the medicine cabinet."

Jiang Suying took out a set of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone and began to write a prescription. Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiumian each divided the medicine cabinet into half and searched for medicine in the space to replenish the medicine.

Jiang Xiaomi asked: "How much is appropriate? Fill it up?"

Jiang Suying didn't even raise her head: "No, just give me half of it!"

Jiang Xiumian: "Okay!"

He first looked over the names of the medicines in front of him, muttering a few words, and then large bags appeared in his hands one after another. He poured half of them into the drawer of the medicine cabinet, tied them up again, made room, and switched to the next one.

In contrast, Jiang Xiaomi seemed to be clumsy in doing this job. She was not used to reading traditional Chinese characters. She had to guess every time she saw the name of a medicine, and finally she had to squint her eyes, as if she could recognize it that way.

"Ninja... Winter!"

"Poria!"

"...Yuzhu."

……

"What place? Brother?"

"Well!! Well!" Jiang Xiumian took time out of his busy schedule to come over and take a look.

"Oh! What about this?" Jiang Xiaomi quickly pointed to the side.

Jiang Xiumian looked at it for a while and shook his head: "It's an unfamiliar word. I don't know it. Ask mom!"

"Mom! Come and take a look! Hurry up!"

Jiang Xiaomi spoke in a low voice - she was afraid that the Jiang father and son in the inner room would hear it if it was too loud.

"Here I come!" Jiang Suying put down her pen and frowned, "I told you two to read more books. You don't even know a single word, and you still have the nerve to say you are top students."

How can a top student say that he or she is a top student? That would be so degrading!

Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiumian looked at each other and continued to work without saying a word - it was not because they were afraid of their mother, but because they were too lazy to talk anymore as there was a lot of work to do.

"Mom, we're missing a snake skin." Jiang Xiumian said.

"It's not bad, Xiaobai is not here." Jiang Suying said as she grabbed a dose of medicine and handed it to Jiang Xiumian: "Go and give it to your eldest cousin."

He walked into the inner room and asked, "Brother, what's going on? Has the ice thawed?"

"Hey! How did you come in so casually!" Jiang Ji grabbed the towel on the shelf and covered the patient's key parts with it: "What would you do if your brother-in-law came back now!"

"What's good? I sounded like I was mentioned?" Jiang Yipei stuck his head in and scared Jiang Ji so much that his face turned pale!

"Brother-in-law!" Jiang Ji stood in front of him submissively and pulled Jiang Hu over. The two of them blocked the naked man in the bathtub tightly: "Haha, nothing! Well, you're back!"

"I came back after meeting County Magistrate Chen. How is the frostbitten man? Didn't I tell them to send any injured people here? Why can't I see him?"

"Help, help! Help!"

Just at this moment, a faint cry for help was heard from outside. Judging from the voice, it was still a bit far away, Jiang Yipei hurried out to see the situation.

As soon as he left, Jiang Ji's shoulders slumped: "At least no one saw you. If your brother-in-law saw you, how would you explain it?"

In this era, women were treated so harshly that whether one's body was seen by a man other than one's husband or one saw the body of a man other than one's husband, it was considered a serious moral corruption, so Jiang Ji was so nervous.

Jiang Suying knew that Jiang Ji cared about her, but what could she say? She had to get used to it. She even "kissed" her grandfather, so what if he went a little beyond the norm?

Ah, yes! Jiang Ji was not there when he “kissed” his grandfather.

“Gudong gudong gudong——”

Jiang Suying was about to speak when she heard the sound of bubbles blowing: "What's that sound?"

"Oh no! It's broken!"

Hearing the sound, Jiang Ji still didn't allow Jiang Suying to get close. He quickly turned around and pulled out the patient who had slipped into the bathtub and started drinking water: "Sorry, sorry!"

Jiang Suying: “…”

Since this had nothing to do with her, she decided to leave. But before leaving, she took out a mercury thermometer and gave it to Jiang Ji: "Then I'll trouble you, big brother."

"What's going on?" Jiang Ji took the thermometer in confusion. He was sure that he had never seen this thing before: "What is this?"

"This is for measuring temperature. Be careful not to break it. It's highly toxic!" Jiang Suying said after teaching him how to read the numbers.

"Highly toxic? You're still using something highly toxic?" Jiang Ji almost threw the thermometer away.

"Hey, hey, hey! Hold it steady! It's extremely poisonous if you drop it. It'll be fine if it doesn't break. That's why I told you to be careful."

If a thermometer is broken and the doors and windows are closed, it is indeed easy to cause mercury poisoning, but Jiang Suying was exaggerating. After all, the thermometer is fragile, and people who use it must be consciously protected!

"Really?" Jiang Ji was skeptical. How could a poison have such characteristics? "What did you just say you wanted to give me?"

"Take this and take the temperature of his anus."

"what?"

"Don't be embarrassed. If you don't want me to come, then you can do it yourself!" Jiang Suying thought he was embarrassed: "You have what he has, so why be ashamed?"

"No, that's not the point! What is anal, where is it?"

"...anus..." Jiang Suying thought about the ancient name for this thing: "valley!"

Jiang Ji: “…”

His face was full of the thought - are you kidding me?

"Yes, you heard it right."

"Frostbite...what does it have to do with the anus?" Jiang Ji unconsciously tightened his anus and abdomen.

"If you really don't want to do it, then put it under his armpit." Seeing that Jiang Ji really couldn't accept it, Jiang Suying could only lower her requirements.

But it is not possible not to measure the temperature. Human feelings will never be as accurate as instruments, and frostbite is not an ordinary disease. If the temperature cannot be raised, it is still life-threatening.

"Okay!" Jiang Ji did it immediately, fearing that his sister would say something earth-shattering again.

Just after measuring the temperature, Jiang Ji raised the thermometer above his head, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and finally asked Jiang Suying uncertainly: "Is this... 33 degrees?"

Forgive him, he has just learned Arabic numerals and doesn’t know how to use them yet.

"Yes." Jiang Suying took it, looked at it, and nodded: "The temperature is still a little low. How long has it been soaking?"

"It's almost quarter of an hour." Jiang Hu replied.

Before freezing and thawing, the degree of frostbite cannot be judged well, but after the patient gradually begins to warm up, large blisters appear on the skin surface. Transparent blood can be seen in the blisters, and there are erythema and edema around them.

Jiang Suying confirmed that this was grade 3 frostbite. Although his current symptoms were those of grade 2 frostbite, once the moisture in his skin evaporated, his skin would turn brown and black.

The skin around the frostbite area will experience severe pain and itching. After the necrotic skin in the frostbite area falls off, a granulomatous wound will form, which is very prone to infection and heals very slowly. Even if it heals, it will form an obvious scar, affecting the function.

"Brother, you-"

Before Jiang Suying finished speaking, she heard the patient cough twice. When he moved, he heard the sound of water and found himself soaked in water. He was a little scared: "What's wrong with me?"

"Don't get excited!" Jiang Ji came over quickly: "You are frostbitten. You are in the clinic now. I am a doctor. How do you feel now?"

The patient blinked: "Doctor Jiang?"

"Brother, do you know me?" Jiang Ji nodded.

"I know you."

How could the patient not recognize the person in front of him? He was Doctor Jiang from Baicaotang. In the past, whenever his family members had a headache or fever, they would basically come to him for treatment. Although it took a little longer to get better, the price was still affordable.

He knew the person, but he was still a little confused: "Why am I here? Why am I taking a bath?"

What kind of family conditions are you using to take a bath now? The firewood is almost gone, what can you use to boil water?

"Your house collapsed due to a snowstorm last night and you were trapped underneath. It was people from the county government who sent you to Baicaotang!" Jiang Ji said.

"My house? It collapsed?!" The patient was so excited that he wanted to stand up, but as soon as he moved, he felt a sharp pain all over his body and fell down. He now found that he was naked, and he saw Jiang Suying out of the corner of his eye. He panicked and didn't know where to cover his body with his hands.

Jiang Suying: “…”

Well, she should just go out. Her business cannot be developed in this ancient time.

The patient just wanted to cover her chest, but Jiang Suying left. It was not right to cover it now, nor was it right not to cover it. But suddenly, she caught a glimpse of large blisters on her chest from the corner of her eye: "I, I, I...what's wrong?"

"I heard you had frostbite! This is your injury!"

Jiang Hu couldn't stand it anymore. Why did this person ask the same question over and over again?

Jiang Ji looked up at Jiang Hu and gritted his teeth!

How can a doctor treat a patient like this! He really deserves to be punished!

The patient was incoherent: "I know I have frostbite, but... my skin..."

"Don't get excited!" Jiang Ji calmed him down: "You are in the clinic now, what are you afraid of?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm in the clinic! Doctor Jiang, please give me some medicine, I'm in so much pain!" The patient frowned in pain, and suddenly thought of something and excitedly grabbed Jiang Ji's wrist: "You just said that my house collapsed, then where are my wife and children?"

Jiang Ji really didn't know that, although they lived under the same roof, this person had been here for such a long time, but no one else had been sent here. Either they hadn't been rescued yet, or the body had been dug out and there was no need to send them here anymore.

How should I tell this to the patient?

At this time, there were heavy footsteps. It seemed that someone was entering the clinic. At the same time, Jiang Yipei's voice was heard: "Wife, it's a child!"

"Child?" The patient struggled to stand up by holding the edge of the tub, but the pain in his feet caused him to fall. A person weighing more than 100 pounds fell into the bathtub, splashing a lot of water. If Jiang Ji and Jiang Hu had not hidden far away, his clothes would have been wet.

The patient stretched out his hands and begged, "Doctor Jiang, please, please help me, child, is that child my child? I want to go out and take a look!"

"Don't worry! How can you go out like this? What if you get cold again?" Jiang Ji held down the patient's hand, and finally sighed and said, "Just stay in the bath and I'll go out and take a look."

"But……"

"Uncle, don't worry, just wait patiently. No matter whose child is outside, they will be sent in to take a bath, and you will be able to see them then."

"Really?"

"Really!" Jiang Hu: "In the clinic, you don't even listen to the doctor, who else can you trust?"

The patient pecked at rice like a chicken: "Yes, yes, yes, I'll listen to the doctor!"

Jiang Hu was quite pleased.

Jiang Ji, Jiang Ji felt his fist harden.