435: Chapter 424: Pull It Out 435: Chapter 424: Pull It Out The first-aid kit was soon brought over by the foreman, and Song Yun, upon opening it, discovered that there indeed were plenty of supplies for emergency treatment.
He took out bandages, medical alcohol, and disinfectant cotton swabs and shouted to the workers, “I need two people to help me hold him down.”
The middle-aged man from before and a young man came forward.
Following Song Yun’s directions, one held the upper body while the other secured both legs.
Song Yun dipped the cotton swab in the medical alcohol and said, “You have to hold his legs down tightly, absolutely do not let him thrash about.”
“I understand,” the middle-aged man nodded solemnly.
Song Yun cut away the trousers around Xiao Wang’s right leg wound with scissors, then began disinfecting the area around the wound.
Who knows how much bacteria might be on the steel bar—if they didn’t disinfect quickly, the wound might worsen, leading to bacterial infection.
Don’t think that a little bacteria can always be overlooked.
You should know that during the invasion by the R army, the most terrifying were those bacterial weapons.
Once deployed, they were utterly devoid of humanity.
After a rough treatment around the wound, Xiao Wang’s injury on his right leg was fully exposed, a harrowing sight, Li Shishi saw it and ran out covering her mouth.
You couldn’t blame Li Shishi; after all, these were peaceful times—no one had any business seeing such bloody scenes.
Not to mention Li Shishi, even the surrounding workers felt nauseous.
“Everyone, please step back a bit and give the injured man some breathing space,” Song Yun called out.
When everything was ready, Song Yun first examined the steel bar in Xiao Wang’s right leg and found that by some miracle, it was only a few centimeters away from a major artery.
“I’m starting now,” Song Yun said seriously to the two men holding Xiao Wang down, tore off two strips of bandage, twisted them into rope forms, and tied them above and below the wound.
Although this method wasn’t ideal, it was an emergency, and stopping the bleeding came first.
“Go dissolve these pills in warm water,” Song Yun took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket.
The medicine inside couldn’t be deemed “bringer of life, mender of flesh and bones,” but it could numb and heal the wound for a short time.
Before long, a worker hurriedly brought over a bowl, carefully handing it to Song Yun.
He poured half a bowl into Xiao Wang’s mouth and then evenly distributed the rest around the wound.
As the medicine washed away blood and the reddishly swollen flesh, its effect began to take hold, noticeably slowing the flow of blood from the wound.
“Go find out how long it will be before the ambulance arrives,” Song Yun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked.
The foreman returned from the call with a somber face, “The ambulance is stuck in traffic; the hospital said it will take another ten minutes.”
“Damn it, even if his bleeding is controlled now, he won’t live ten minutes without a doctor’s treatment!” Song Yun cursed aloud.
“Now there are two choices.
The first is to just wait for the ambulance to arrive; after all, I’ve already disinfected and stopped his bleeding.
But he has lost a lot of blood before, and he might not make it until the ambulance arrives.”
“The second is that I’ve found the steel bar didn’t hit the major artery.
If possible, we could remove the bar right here and then bandage it up.
Both decisions carry significant risks.
Since you and Xiao Wang are from the same village, you make the choice.”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man’s entire face crumpled as he pleaded with Song Yun, “Boss, isn’t there a third option?
I believe you can come up with a perfect solution.
I beg you on behalf of Xiao Wang’s entire family.”
“Don’t beg me; I really don’t have another way.
I’ve done all I can.
If we continue to stop the bleeding and anesthetize, I can’t guarantee he’ll be able to move his right leg after being saved,” Song Yun said sincerely.
After listening, the middle-aged man fell into a dilemma.
As he hesitated, Xiao Wang opened his eyes, and with clenched teeth, revealed a miserable smile saying, “Choose the second option.
If I die, it’ll be my destiny; if not, I’ll live forever.
It’s up to King Yama now whether he wants to take this lowly life.”
“Are you sure you want the second option?
The first has a sixty percent chance of danger, while the second has eighty percent.
If you pick the second option, there’s a high chance you could end up paralyzed from the waist down,” Song Yun said.
“Just do the second, it’s not much different from the first,” Xiao Wang said with a smile.
“Alright, I’m about to pull the steel bar out now.
You two must press down hard and not let him move,” Song Yun nodded and instructed.
“Understood,” the middle-aged man said with a despondent face to Xiao Wang.
“You’ve got to hang in there.
Your kid just came into this world; you can’t leave him fatherless.”
“Enough with the nonsense.
Get ready; I’m starting,” Song Yun said as he felt the steel bar, muttering, “Damn, this is not easy.”
Although Xiao Wang’s right leg had already been locally anesthetized by Song Yun’s medicine, the sensation of having an object embedded in his leg made Xiao Wang howl again as Song Yun touched it, his legs losing control and trembling.
“Hold him down tightly for me!” Song Yun shouted.
The middle-aged man’s face turned the color of a liver—clearly, he was using all his strength.
Such physical force was incomparable when one suffered an injury, and Xiao Wang was a case in point.
Already muscular, he seemed like a berserk bull, full of inexhaustible strength.
“What are you all gawking at?
Come over and help hold his leg down,” Song Yun called to the other workers.
Then they all realized and rushed to hold Xiao Wang’s right leg firmly.
Song Yun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then gripped the steel bar tightly, giving it a hard pull backward.
Swish~~
As the steel bar was pulled from Xiao Wang’s body, blood gushed out, splattering all around.
Song Yun was soaked in blood from head to toe.
Without a moment’s hesitation about the blood on his face, he found several points on Xiao Wang’s right leg to stop the bleeding and, with his middle finger slightly bent, he struck those points fiercely.
“Ah~” Now Xiao Wang’s entire body convulsed, screaming loudly in his mouth.
The pain was unbearable for any person—if not for the small amount of local anesthesia Song Yun had administered earlier, he might have already passed out.