Chapter 390: Hospital-Wide Mobilization

“Major traffic accident!”

“Prep the trauma room!”

“Critically injured patient with massive blood loss! Get blood bags ready!”

“Notify all departments to send personnel for a joint consultation!”

“Patient ETA is five minutes!”

“All personnel, stand by!”

“Be ready to receive and resuscitate the moment they arrive!”

「Ten minutes earlier, at Jilin University Ninth Hospital.」

When the emergency response plan for major traffic accidents was activated, every medical staff member in the Jilin University Ninth Hospital Emergency Department sprang into action.

Emergency Department Director Dai Zhen personally took command. Numerous surgeons and ER nurses gathered at the emergency entrance, ready to ensure the patients could be treated the instant they arrived.

“Sigh…”

“Another major traffic accident.”

“Two hours ago, Jilin University Seventh Hospital activated their own emergency response for a major traffic accident. I heard a private car skidded and lost control on the elevated expressway, flying straight off it.”

“The two people in the front died on impact. The three in the back were all critically injured. There’s been no update yet, so who knows if they’ll even make it.”

Wang Lingyu, who had just managed to rest for a little over ten minutes in the break room, hurried toward the emergency entrance with a weary expression, sighing to her colleague beside her.

“Must’ve done something terrible in a past life to end up a healthcare worker in this one.”

“At least you got to eat and squeeze in a ten-minute nap. I haven’t even had a sip of water since my shift started this morning.”

At this, Cao Meng also let out a long sigh. “I’m so jealous of Xu Mo. Over there in ophthalmology, she has nothing to do all day. We’re here in the ER, worked like dogs, while she clocks out on time, every time. It’s the life of a goddess!”

“Well, what can you do? She’s got a great boyfriend—handsome, rich, and on top of that, he’s thick as thieves with Dean Jiang.”

“Even back when Dean Jiang was just the vice dean, his word carried so much weight. Now that he’s been promoted to the top spot, Xu Mo can basically do whatever she wants in this hospital.”

Wang Lingyu and Cao Meng were both young nurses who had just started working. They used to work under the same head nurse as Xu Mo, so they had personally witnessed the day Xu Mo “showed her true power” in front of everyone.

“What’s meant to be, will be. No use forcing what isn’t.”

Cao Meng looked at the emergency entrance just ahead and patted Wang Lingyu’s shoulder. “We’re all just worker drones in this hive. Come on, fellow drone, let’s get to work! Super-drone, activating!”

Wang Lingyu shrugged and merged into the crowd of staff.

At this moment, Emergency Department Director Dai Zhen stood at the very front.

Behind him, a steady stream of doctors and nurses arrived, all standing ready with solemn expressions, their nerves stretched taut.

Many of the regular patients in the emergency room saw the formation and instinctively cleared a path—the lifeline to the trauma room.

“Everyone, get ready!”

As the mixed wail of ambulance and police sirens grew closer, Dai Zhen gave the order in a low, serious voice.

In an instant, the atmosphere became extremely tense.

In the crowd, Wang Lingyu and Cao Meng, who had just been complaining about their exhausting work, now wore looks of intense focus, all traces of fatigue vanished without a trace.

Once they put on this uniform, saving lives was their sacred duty and mission.

They were just two ordinary people among thousands of medical staff, insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but even the smallest of people can have their moments of brilliance.

Save him!

Save him!!

Save him!!!

This was the only thought in their minds, the only thought in the mind of every medical professional present.

The mixed sirens grew closer from the distance, approaching with incredible speed.

As the first ambulance arrived and the critically injured patient was wheeled out by several paramedics, the expressions on Director Dai Zhen and the others at the front turned grave.

Blood!

He was completely covered in blood!

Even with three nurses simultaneously applying pressure to stop the bleeding, blood continued to pour from the patient’s body.

“Quick, quick, quick!”

“You three, get on the gurney and take over applying pressure!”

“Begin resuscitation, now!”

Dai Zhen pointed to three nurses. As the gurney was wheeled out of the ambulance, they immediately took over for the three paramedics who had been trying to control the bleeding inside, kneeling directly on the gurney to continue applying pressure to the patient’s wounds.

The entire handover was swift and orderly, a perfect demonstration of the phrase “every second counts.”

The three nurses Dai Zhen had just pointed out were all highly experienced. New nurses like Cao Meng and Wang Lingyu, who had been on the job for less than a year, could only stand back and wait for orders. Usually, they were only called upon as replacements after all the senior nurses had been assigned.

Cao Meng and Wang Lingyu watched as the gurney whizzed past them. When they saw the patient’s deathly pale face, drained of color from blood loss, their eyes went wide.

“Is that…”

“Xu Mo’s boyfriend?”

Cao Meng wasn’t entirely sure, so she asked Wang Lingyu.

“I think it is Xu Mo’s boyfriend!”

“So handsome, so young… It has to be him!”

Wang Lingyu hadn’t been sure either, but after hearing Cao Meng say the same thing, her doubts vanished.

“Oh my god!”

“What happened?!”

“How could Xu Mo’s boyfriend be so badly injured?!”

Cao Meng instinctively covered her mouth.

“He’s friends with Dean Jiang.”

Wang Lingyu hesitated. “Do you think… should we tell Director Dai?”

“We probably…”

“…should.”

Cao Meng was also hesitant, but she ultimately agreed with Wang Lingyu’s suggestion.