Team Saber, the second (1)
“Kiseok has contacted me. He says he will arrive within 30 minutes.”
“You’ve managed to come here.”
Hyukpil Jang breathed a sigh of relief.
I’m already looking into articles about the road where there was a traffic accident.
Control is still in progress.
If Choi Ki-seok had waited idle, there could have been a disruption in the transfer.
Of course, I wouldn’t have left him waiting in the car in vain, but I liked him for doing his work without having to say anything.
“Let’s have one last briefing before heading to Rosette.”
Hyukpil Jang explained the surgical procedure to the staff gathered in the conference room.
Soon, the Saber team members visited the operating room and changed into surgical gowns.
Time passed anxiously.
Everyone was busy peeking at their watches, pretending they weren’t.
“30 minutes have passed.”
Kim Tae-sik frowned and called Choi Ki-seok. But there was no connection.
What bothered me was that it wasn’t that Choi Ki-seok wasn’t answering the phone, but that the power had been completely turned off.
“Professor. Ki-seok isn’t answering the phone. What should I do?”
“You have to wait. You can’t do a heart transplant without a heart.”
“That’s true, but…”
While the two were talking, a phone call came into the operating room.
“I’ll take it. It’ll be the manager’s call.”
Hyukpil Jang personally answered the phone.
[Professor Jang, don’t you have surgery?]
I could feel the discomfort in Jo Ji-hwan’s voice.
Currently, Cho Ji-hwan is waiting in the observation room with the Norwood team and several other staff.
“As I said earlier, there has been a slight delay in transport. I hope you can wait a little longer.”
[It could be overlooked if only our staff observed, but that’s not true. Staff from a Chinese university hospital are visiting, so are you going to look ugly?]
“I’m really sorry. I’ll make up for making you wait by making the manager and the overseas staff wait with a good surgery.”
[Call Mr. Choi and tell him to come quickly!]
Jo Ji-hwan said only what he had to say and hung up.
“They bring in foreign staff for no reason and make them tired.”
Jang Hyukpil’s eyebrows twitched.
But right then!
Jump up!
“sorry.”
Choi Ki-seok came into the operating room in a huff. There was blood on the gown from what had happened.
“Why are you so late… are you hurt?”
“Ha… No. Ha… I was busy treating a stab wound patient at the station…”
Choi Ki-seok answered with a gasp to Kim Tae-sik’s question.
“I’m glad you weren’t hurt. We’ll talk about the backstory later, everyone get ready!”
“yes!”
The staff responded courageously to Jang Hyuk-pil’s words.
Gourd. Gourd. Gourd. Gourd.
Choi Ki-seok put on his scrubs and entered the rosette with the patient.
The staff settled down neatly.
Anesthetist Shin A-reum prepared the anesthetic medication behind the curtain, and heart-lung technician Yoo Byeong-se set up the heart-lung machine.
Kang Ha-na laid out the surgical tools and prepared the optimal advice. Unusually, she set up surgical tools behind Choi Ki-seok and Kim Tae-sik.
Meanwhile, the surgeons settled into their respective positions and attached monitoring devices to the patients.
The movements were neat and orderly, like orchestra members preparing for a performance.
“Check your heart condition first.”
“yes.”
Choi Ki-seok placed the icebox on the shelf and opened the lid. For a moment his eyes widened.
“And… Chief.”
“why?”
“My heart isn’t beating.”
At Choi Ki-seok’s words, Rosette’s atmosphere became cold.
The originally removed donor heart must beat before transplantation.
A heart that does not beat means the same thing as a dead heart.
“Fuck. It’s real.”
Kim Tae-sik, who ran first, performed a heart massage. At his touch, my heart began to flutter little by little.
But that only lasts for a moment.
When I stopped massaging, my heart stopped moving.
“Our surgery… failed, right?”
“You can’t transplant a heart that has stopped.”
Yoo Byung-se and Kang Ha-na looked at each other with worried expressions.
“The donor heart stopped?”
Jang Hyuk-pil joined last.
Everyone was worried, but only he did not lose his composure.
He looked back and forth at his heart and nodded.
“If you look at the blood vessels, they stopped beating not long ago. There is enough room to save them.”
“….”
“Do you know how to revive a donor’s heart when it stops?”
Hyukpil Jang stared at interns Taesik Kim and Kiseok Choi in turn.
“I know, but I don’t know if it’s possible now.”
“Then tell me what you know.”
“I heard that overseas people use heart boxes.”
Choi Ki-seok answered calmly.
A heart box is a device that supplies blood and nutrients to the heart. Using this, it was possible to restore much of the lost function of the heart. However, there were not many thoracic surgeons equipped with heart boxes.
It is quite rare for a donor’s heart to stop. That’s why people feel burdened by the cost of purchasing a heart box.
“That’s correct. Ki-seok, you should quickly go to the CSS (Central Supply Room). The heart box arrived last week. The blood pack exclusive to the heart box is also included.”
“Maybe the professor wants to apply…”
“Yes. I applied in advance because I didn’t know if something like this might happen.”
“I’ll be back.”
Choi Ki-seok left the operating room in good health, and in the meantime, Jang Hyuk-pil and Kim Tae-sik began to save the heart.
Kim Tae-sik gave a heart massage, and in the middle, Jang Hyuk-pil stimulated the heart with electric paddles.
Wiggle, wiggle.
My heart began to move little by little.
“I brought it.”
Choi Ki-seok placed the heart box on the shelf.
The heart box is made of transparent plastic and looks like a miniature cradle.
“Good job.”
Jang Hyuk-pil connected the heart box-specific blood pack to the machine and carefully lifted the heart and placed it into the heart box.
Then, he connected the tube to the cardiovascular system and closed the box lid.
Weeeeeee.
A mechanical sound was heard and special blood was added. It flowed into my heart.
“Are there cases like this in China?”
Jo Ji-hwan asked the vice director of a Chinese university hospital sitting next to him.
“No. I’ve seen it in papers, but this is my first time actually experiencing it.”
The interpreter translated the words of the vice hospital director.
“That machine called Heart Box is really amazing. In less than 5 minutes, my heartbeat became healthy.”
“That’s right. “It’s a useful machine that can be used at any time.”
Jo Ji-hwan said as if he had been using the heart box for a long time. In fact, he strongly opposed it when Hyuk-pil Jang pushed for the purchase of the heart box. Why
buy a machine that is expensive and has no use? I mean,
he was taking a hard line by mentioning the Saber team, so I gave up on him, but I didn’t know it would be used in this way.
‘God is helping me.’
A gentle smile appeared on Jo Ji-hwan’s lips.
China’s heart transplant technology is still far behind Korea’s. The
manager next to him also came to observe for that reason.
If the surgery goes well, it looks like they will be able to establish a cooperative relationship with Changjin University Hospital. I thought it would be possible to attract VIP patients from China.
“It looks like the surgery is starting now.”
Changjin University Vice Hospital Director stared at the monitor with bright eyes.
“The donor’s heartbeat has returned to normal. .”
Jang Hyuk-pil nodded at Choi Ki-seok’s shout.
“Let’s start the heart transplant surgery.”
“Yes!”
The staff answered in unison.
Shin Areum was the first to put general anesthesia on the patient. Afterwards, Choi Ki-seok disinfected the patient’s chest widely. He said and put a blanket on it.
“Scalpel.”
Jang Hyuk-pil received a scalpel from Kang Hana and cut the patient’s chest.
Jeeeeee.
When he used the chainsaw, the sternum was split in half.
Choi Ki-seok pulled the intern and the retractor to both sides and cut the surgical site. [Use the Dragon’s Eye skill. It provides an optimal surgical field of view and
allows selective use of zoom-in and zoom-out modes.] [
Enter video mode operation shooting.]
[Use the Must Save skill. All abilities are temporarily increased.]
[The cold effect and bravery effect of the frozen heart are in effect.] [
The ambidextrous skill proficiency effect is in effect.]
Tirring!
[Special team buff United hearts You have obtained it.]
[United Hearts: Teammate’s kill speed is doubled and kill accuracy is increased by 1.5 times.]
When I used the skill, notifications constantly ran through my head.
Among them was the good news that a special buff had been created. ‘
This surgery will definitely be successful.’
Choi Ki-seok strengthened his resolve in his heart.
Grrrrrrr.
When the cannula was connected to the vein and artery, the artificial heart-lung machine started to run. The
curtain on the heart transplant surgery began.
Click!
Tae-sik Kim tied the aorta, superior vena cava, and inferior vena cava with vascular forceps. It prevented blood from flowing to the heart.
“Scalpel.”
Jang Hyuk-pil smiled after receiving the scalpel from Kang Hana.
Because she gave him the 18th scalpel he wanted.
Even without saying anything, the surgeon provides the surgical tools he wants.
This is a great strength. .
Ssssssssssssssssssss.
Jang Hyuk-pil cut the superior vena cava that extends above the heart.
In order to perform a heart transplant, the patient’s heart must first be completely removed. To do this, key blood vessels must be cut, and the order is the superior vena cava, aorta, pulmonary artery, and inferior vena cava.
When the superior vena cava was cut, blood flowed, and Kim Tae-sik sucked the blood out with a suction device.
After the surgery began, the atmosphere in Rosette became tense.
There was almost no conversation between the staff, and only the fishy smell of blood and the sound of surgical tools moving broke the silence.
Suddenly!
A major blood vessel was cut and the patient’s heart fell onto the curved platform. The
broken heart was unable to pump out blood properly.
Soon, Jang Hyuk-pil stared at Choi Ki-seok in silence. But Choi Ki-seok recognized the meaning and placed the donor’s heart in the heart box. The heart was taken out.
“Starting suturing now.”
“I will help.”
Hearing Jang Hyuk-pil’s words, Choi Ki-seok stepped forward.
He pulled the retractor with one hand and lifted the heart with the other hand to align it with the blood vessels.
Exquisite Positioning.
The puzzle pieces seemed to fit together.
What was surprising was that there was no tremor at all even though the heart and blood vessels were aligned with one hand.
“With this, I will forgive you for being late.”
Jang Hyuk-pil’s eyes drew a half-moon shape.
“Professor. . In this situation…”
“Okay. We can suture it together.”
Originally, if the first assistant fixed the heart, the surgeon would suture it. However, Ki-Seok Choi stepped forward and took over the role of the first assistant. In other words, the first assistant also had some room. “Suction
is Leave it to me.”
Kang Hana chimed in.
“I’m glad to hear that. Taesik. Let’s go.”
“Yes!”
Jang Hyuk-pil and Kim Tae-sik moved at the same time.
Jang Hyuk-pil sutured the patient’s left atrium and the donor’s left atrium, and Kim Tae-sik began suturing the pulmonary artery. The inferior aorta and superior vena cava were then sequentially connected to the donor heart.
“That’s about it…”
Kwon Il-soo muttered quietly while looking at the monitor.
The difficulty level of heart transplant surgery is lower than that of other transplant surgeries. Perhaps it was a pediatric heart transplant. The transplant surgery currently being performed by the Saber team was less difficult than the surgery he performed yesterday.
“It seems great to me.”
“That?”
The words of Minjoo-hyuk, who was sitting next to me, touched my heart.
“I don’t know anything else, but the speed of the surgery is amazing. At this pace…”
Minjoohyuk trailed off, and only then did Kwon Ilsu look at the clock.
Heart transplant surgery usually takes 4 to 6 hours. However, the Saber team was completing the surgery in two hours.
Truly amazing speed.
I felt ashamed of myself for only insisting on the level of difficulty.
‘Is it starting from there?’
Kwon Il-soo bit his lip and stared at Choi Ki-seok.
Choi Ki-seok’s hand holding his heart without moving an inch.
How much time has passed?
The suturing of the heart and blood vessels was completed successfully.
Click!
When Jang Hyuk-pil released the blood vessel forceps, the blood vessels twitched and blood flowed to the heart.
“Professor. The blood flow is established, but there is no pulse.”
“Paddle.”
Hyukpil Jang held a spatula-like paddle and stimulated his heart. Then the heart began to stir slightly, but soon began to beat healthily.
“There is nothing wrong with my vitals.”
Anesthetist Shin Ah-reum’s voice was cheerful.
Eventually, the staff closed the suture area and the heart-lung machine stopped working.
The surgery was a great success.
match. match. match. match.
“It’s amazing. It’s the best.”
The Vice Hospital Director of Changjin University stood up and applauded, and the staff also stood up and applauded.
This is the moment when Jo Ji-hwan’s smile deepens.
