When the Doctor Uses A Hack
Chapter 1074 - 1077: The Old General's End

In the morning, an emergency call rang out.

"Hello, we are the LeSports Ecological Center, which is located at the Wukesong Sports Arena. We have an athlete here with severe, intense precordial pain..."

An emergency call came in, prompting Nurse Cheng Yi to quickly get up and run to the office: "Team leader Ma, there's an athlete at Wukesong Sports Arena experiencing sudden severe precordial pain."

Ma Yuehui, upon hearing this, quickly got up.

Severe precordial pain?

A heart attack?

Or what?

After hesitating for a moment, Ma Yuehui said to Chen Cang, who was busy at the time, "Chen, come with me in the ambulance!"

Chen Cang put down what he was doing and clapped the on-duty doctor on the shoulder: "I'll be stepping out for a bit."

Then headed outside.

Ma Yuehui immediately briefed Chen Cang about the condition: "Just now, an athlete at Wukesong Sports Arena suddenly experienced severe precordial pain, and they are calling for an ambulance now!"

Hearing this, Chen Cang began to contemplate all possibilities, turning to look at Ke: "Ke, prepare the equipment box and thrombolytic drugs..."

Old Ma saw this and didn't say much.

Better to be prepared than sorry.

Emergency work is just like this.

Sudden precordial pain in an athlete must certainly not rule out a heart attack, but there's another condition that cannot be overlooked either—the sudden onset of a vascular disease, such as aortic dissection.

It's essentially damage to the inner lining of the aorta, causing formation of a flap of tissue between the vessel walls, obstructing blood flow and causing severe pain.

This flap is generally treated more commonly with interventional procedures.

But!

If this flap is highly dangerous and prone to rupture, surgery must be carried out.

The reason why Chen Cang brought surgical instruments was the concern about where exactly the dissection of the aorta might have occurred.

If it's on the ascending aorta, not reaching the hospital could be fatal.

After getting prepared, a group hurriedly boarded an ambulance.

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Inside the Wukesong Arena, the Beijing team and a European team were playing a friendly match.

There were also a lot of spectators at the venue!

But during the game, a veteran suddenly fell to the ground, clutched his chest, and couldn't stand up again.

The staff immediately ran over for substitution.

And the game still continued!

The Beijing team does have a team physician, but most team physicians specialize in sports medicine and rehabilitation medicine and don't have much to offer for sudden cardiac events and special diseases, so they promptly contacted the 120 emergency center.

Tian Zhengkai lay on the ground, hands clutched in front of his chest, feeling a creeping sensation of inevitable death approaching!

The match went into the third quarter, and he, who had not started in a long while, had already scored 12 points and grabbed 8 rebounds.

These were statistics that garnered respect from everyone!

For a 33-year-old basketball veteran, these stats were not easy to come by.

In every match, he gave his all to impress and earn the recognition of his coach and team members.

Athletic sports are always the cruelest industry, survival of the fittest is the law of the jungle.

He trained tirelessly and focused intensely while playing.

All to prove himself, to show he could do it.

But just at that moment when he fell to the ground, he felt an overwhelming despair.

This feeling brought a sense of unprecedented despair and desolation.

It seemed he could clearly feel the life draining away!

The team physician also brought over oxygen for him to breathe in, continuously telling him to relax, to breathe...

Tian Zhengkai held the team physician's hand: "I... I feel like I'm going to die..."

The team physician also got startled upon hearing this, and the assistant coach kept comforting him!

"Hold on, Old Tian, you'll start in the main lineup once you get better! You're definitely going to the Olympics this year!"

Tian Zhengkai was breathing rapidly, his complexion deathly pale, this was his dream, the 2020 Olympics...

A few veteran players quickly gathered around Tian Zhengkai, holding his hand and continuously talking to him.

Old Tian was the hardest working and most competitive among them.

Chinese athletes peak between age 25-28, while those exceptionally talented NBA stars peak around 31, at age 33, they are considered veterans!

Physical fitness will decline, and injuries will gradually destroy the once hailed "genius"!

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About 20 minutes later, an ambulance drove right up to the door.

An athlete was already waiting at the door for a long time, and upon seeing the vehicle, he hurried over to call them.

"Doctor! Over here!"

As soon as the ambulance stopped, Chen Cang grabbed the medical kit, Xiao Ke carried the equipment box, and Ma Yuehui ran inside directly with the stretcher.

Chen Cang also liked to play basketball. Upon arriving in the capital, he said he hoped to watch a game live; after all, there were quite a few stars in the capital like Jeremy Lin...

But he never expected his first visit here to be in such a capacity.

However, now was not the time to think about that, he quickly followed the athlete running inside.

Once in the locker room, he immediately saw a tall man, over two meters high, lying flat on the ground. Seeing the man, Chen Cang was momentarily stunned!

Tian Zhengkai!

This was the man who was Mr. Yao's backup during the 2008 Olympics, who made a name for himself in a game against the Dream Team with a great block, even forming a twin tower lineup with Yao.

Back then, Tian Zhengkai was 22, two meters two tall with decent physicality, an exceptionally talented player with long arms and big hands, became known as the "Little Giant of the East"!

Later, he transferred between several teams, and signed with the Beijing team three years ago.

Seeing this, Chen Cang hurriedly dispersed the crowd: "Everyone, please make some space."

Everyone stepped away.

Since he was in basketball attire, it was easier to manage.

"How do you feel uncomfortable?" Ma Yuehui asked directly.

Tian Zhengkai's expression was very pained: "I feel like I'm about to die, it hurts unbearably here! Severe pain, and it's radiating to my back!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang quickly said to Xiao Ke: "Measure the blood pressure in both arms."

Then he picked up the stethoscope and began listening to his chest.

In the aortic valve auscultation area, Chen Cang heard a diastolic booming murmur. Additionally, he could also feel the gun-shot pulse in the femoral arteries!

Chen Cang was instantly stunned!

Something's not right?

Is this the sound of aortic insufficiency?

Soon, Xiao Ke said: "Left arm blood pressure 110/70mmHg, right arm blood pressure 140/90mmHg!"

Hearing this, Old Ma and Chen Cang looked at each other!

And Chen Cang's mind quickly processed this, a discrepancy between each arm's blood pressures is manageable if it's within 5-10mm Hg, but a discrepancy of 30mm Hg is definitely problematic.

Xiao Ke also understood this, could it be a technical issue?

Immediately, Xiao Ke measured again, and the result was the same.

Chest pain, near-death feeling, discomfort radiating to the back, such a difference in blood pressures between the sides, plus signs of aortic insufficiency...

Suddenly, Chen Cang thought of a possibility!

"Aortic dissection?!"

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ps: Four more chapters in the afternoon, hehe…

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