Chapter 252: Chapter 249: Saving Lives and Healing the Wounded

Among the four people, one is older and the other three are younger. One of the young men is clearly injured and is being carried over.

Ling Chengyan frowned and looked at their captain, Han Daqing: “Why is the injured person still being brought over instead of being sent outside the mountains promptly?”

The direction they are heading is into the mountains. Retreating would take only a day’s journey, but moving forward would require at least three to four days to get out of the mountains.

Captain Han said: “Captain Ling, this person has been bitten by a venomous snake. We have already applied snake medicine, but when we encountered him, he had been bitten for quite a while, and just using snake medicine isn’t enough. I remembered you had serum, so I brought him over.”

Ling Chengyan has personally dealt with snake bites before and has studied relevant materials after returning. Encountering snake bites again, she feels calm and not panicked.

Ling Chengyan bent down to check the condition of the injured person, and Geng Wei quickly brought over a flashlight to illuminate.

The snake bite is located on the ankle. The wound has been covered with snake medicine, but the injured person’s foot and calf are still swollen and appear bluish-black, indicating that the snake venom was not cleared in time and has already spread.

Seeing this situation, Geng Wei glanced back at Captain Han and said coolly, “Serum is not a regular medicine. Not carrying it might be understandable, but you should know to clear the venom from a snake bite immediately!”

Han Daqing was already not a generous person. Being forced by circumstances to come and seek help from Ling Chengyan already made him feel ashamed. At this moment, being provoked by Geng Wei made him both embarrassed and angry, and he couldn’t even maintain his smile.

Fortunately, he knew that this was the time to seek help and it wouldn’t be good to fall out with people, so he glared fiercely at Geng Wei but didn’t say anything.

Geng Wei saw him silent and decided not to persist. He turned back to provide illumination and items to Ling Chengyan.

To avoid misjudgment, Ling Chengyan asked about the characteristics of the snake that bit the person and confirmed it was the common “pit viper” found in Taihang Mountain. She had the injured person brought to their camp and used the backup serum to inject the injured person.

Saving lives is always seen positively, and Han Daqing certainly didn’t want to allow Ling Chengyan to take the credit. So he instructed his team to find a place to camp, and he brought two people over to accompany.

Ling Chengyan took out disinfected items stored in an aluminum box. She washed her hands clean and first took out a small syringe to withdraw the medicine, skillfully performing a subcutaneous test on the injured person.

Seeing Ling Chengyan skillfully using a syringe, Yang Hua noted, “Captain Ling’s injection skills are truly impressive. She even performs the duties of a medic.”

Ling Chengyan was not interested in entertaining this person’s chatter, but Yang Hua didn’t let the person off easily and laughed, “Captain Han has seen very little, understandable if he doesn’t know. Our captain is a hero among people, adept at both academics and combat, can write books off the battlefield, and fight enemies on it. Not someone an average person can compare to.”

This statement defined Captain Han as someone with limited knowledge and an average person.

Han Daqing’s face darkened slightly, and he managed a dry laugh, “Captain Ling’s team is indeed impressive.”

After the injection was complete and waiting for the time to observe the allergic reaction, Ling Chengyan began to treat the injured person’s wound again.

With her signal, Geng Wei took out a glass suction cup for cupping therapy from the medical kit, ignited an alcohol-soaked cotton ball, and placed it into the cup for burning. Ling Chengyan cleaned the snake medicine off the wound, and Geng Wei timely prepared the cup, removed the burning alcohol ball, and capped the cup over the wound.

The swollen, shiny wound bulged under pressure, as a stream of dark purple blood flowed out from the wound. The bleeding, initially like a fountain, gradually slowed and stopped. Once it mostly stopped, Geng Wei removed the cup, and Ling Chengyan continued, pressing along the leg’s meridian to promote the expulsion of toxic blood.

Geng Wei prepared another glass cup and capped it over the wound again.

In this repeated manner, they collaborated and switched six glass cups altogether, and most of the toxic blood was expelled, with the color transitioning from initially dark to mostly a normal bright red.

Back when Ling Chengyan had her team learn emergency medical knowledge, handling snake bites was among the subjects, and everyone had learned it.

Ling Chengyan and Geng Wei began treating the wound while others handled contaminated cups, needles, and similar equipment.

A series of operations were done with seamless coordination and skilled movements, clearly showing they had undergone extensive training.

The university professor, Wang Wen, who followed along was shocked but felt relieved—seeing this operation, along with the matching antivenom serum, meant the student’s life was saved.

After Ling Chengyan checked the test results without allergic reactions, she slowly infused the medicine into the injured person.

Professor Wang Wen exclaimed: “Witnessing such professional emergency rescue today, I am truly impressed and humbled. Even though we often conduct fieldwork, we need to learn from you all to ensure preparedness for such eventualities.”

Ling Chengyan smiled at him, “Professor Wang’s humility is something we should learn from.”

While speaking, Ling Chengyan completed the intravenous injection, handed the syringe over for cleaning, and said to Han Daqing: “Captain Han, the injured person will stay here for now. When you set up your tent, it will be about time for the second injection. After that’s complete, then you can take him.”

Ling Chengyan isn’t bothered by the hassle; such life-saving efforts count as merits and can enhance performance evaluations. Though she offered significant help, she expressed her stance, not intending to take credit.

Han Daqing somewhat embarrassedly said: “Our two teams are considered to have fought in the same trench; I won’t be too formal with Captain Ling. I will offer my hospitality once the training is completed.”

He said this, saluting both Ling Chengyan and Professor Wang Wen, and turned away with a smile.

On this hillside, the Huicheng Special Service Company occupied the largest piece of relatively flat land. Han Daqing led his team to find another location, then set up camp by the stream where they previously had caught fish.

In May, the weather in the north had not yet entered the flood season—however, the mountain climate is always capricious and changeable, with instances of rain below and sunshine above, or rain south of the mountain and clear skies to the north.

After Han Daqing left, Ling Chengyan took some food and drink to the injured person’s three companions and chatted briefly. She learned that the middle-aged man was a professor from Yu Province University, leading three students into the mountains to collect samples, carrying snake medicine but no serum.

Usually, for regular snake bites, timely wound treatment followed by snake medicine application wouldn’t result in serious consequences. Since they frequently conducted outdoor work, they had a fair amount of experience with these matters.

Unexpectedly, today when one student was bitten by a snake, he didn’t feel much pain initially, leading to negligence. By the time discomfort was noticed, his leg was already swollen, and he was a bit confused, prompting an emergency exit. Before going far, they encountered Han Daqing’s squad and eventually came to Ling Chengyan to seek help.

Professor Wang Wen drank water from a cup and sighed, “Thankfully, we met you today; otherwise, I wouldn’t know how to face that child’s parents…”

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