Chapter 363: Great Destiny, Great Fortune, Great Fortune

Gao Yang and the other six arrived at Rio de Janeiro Airport first. While waiting for the plane from Rio de Janeiro to Punta Arenas, forty-five hours had passed since they learned about Yelena's accident. Gao Yang received the message for the first time. good news.

Yelena and Catherine were transferred to the Chilean Navy's frigate Lynch, which is now sailing towards the port of Punta Arenas at full speed.

The medical conditions on the Chilean Navy's Lynch frigate were much better than those on the Bob Barker. After Yelena was picked up by the helicopter on the Lynch frigate, she woke up not long after, and The vital signs are very stable, which means that although Yelena is not out of danger yet, her life can be said to have been saved.

Catherine's condition was still very bad. Although she was on the Lynch, which had better medical conditions, she was still in a critical stage.

Yelena and Catherine's main threat is severe hypothermia, which is freezing.

In the range of severe hypothermia, when the body temperature drops to 31 degrees Celsius, the human body begins to shut down almost all peripheral blood circulation, reduce breathing and pulse frequency, and enter a state similar to hibernation. When the body temperature drops to 30 degrees Celsius, the human body will enter suspended animation. State, when the temperature is between 30 degrees and 27.8 degrees, the pulse and respiratory rate will become very slow, accompanied by cardiac fibrillation. When the body temperature is as low as between 27.8 and 25.55 degrees, the person will completely lose consciousness, and the heartbeat and breathing will be almost imperceptible. The pulse is so weak that it is almost imperceptible, and a small impact may cause ventricular fibrillation and death.

But the body temperature dropped as low as 25.55 to 24 degrees Celsius. Heart and respiratory failure are inevitable. but. Most of the human body's body temperature had already died before it dropped to this level. However, Yelena and Catherine did not die in the state of extreme hypothermia. It can only be said that fate is great and good fortune is great.

The treatment method for hypothermia is far from being as simple as directly warming the body. As long as one improper operation is performed, patients with severe hypothermia will die immediately, but it is okay, because they mainly move in the Antarctic Ocean, and the ship on board Bob Barker Doctors have plenty of experience with hypothermia. However, although Yelena and Catherine's body temperatures were safely restored, their degree of hypothermia was too severe, especially since Catherine had organ failure. This was the most dangerous place for Catherine.

Now that she has been taken to the warship, Yelena should be out of danger soon. However, for severe organ failure, the medical facilities of a warship are still not enough, but anyway, she is on the warship. The situation would certainly be much better than staying on the Bob Barker.

To pick up a ship from the vast Antarctic Ocean with extremely harsh sea conditions to carry out a rescue operation requires the use of national-level forces. In all of South America, only the Chilean Navy was able to rescue the Bob Barker.

The Chilean Navy is the second strongest naval force in South America.

Second only to Brazil, which has one aircraft carrier, but regardless of the number and sophistication of warships other than aircraft carriers, Chile is stronger than Brazil.

The Lynch that rescued Yelena and the others is a British Type 23 Duke-class frigate, and none of the British Type 23 frigates have yet to be retired. Except for three in Chile, the remaining Type 23 frigates will be in service in the UK until 2020. .

The Lynch was originally named the Krafton. After serving in the British Navy for eight years, it was handed over to Chile in 2007. Therefore, the Lynch is actually a very new frigate. It is very fast and has a displacement of The 4,200-ton Lynch is equipped with the hmk.1 Merlin heavy anti-submarine helicopter.

In addition to good hardware, geographical location is also extremely important. The Lynch is stationed in the port of Punta Arenas, and Punta Arenas is the southernmost city on earth and the closest city in the world to the Bob Barker. As for the nearest city, only the Lynch that departs from the port of Punta Arenas can pick up the ship, which can shorten some time. If the ship departs from other places, Bob Barker will not wait to rendezvous with the Bob Barker. The Buck should have reached Punta Arenas.

Due to the high speed, the Lynch, which was moving at full speed, was able to rendezvous with the Bob Barker faster than expected, and with heavy-duty helicopters, it was possible to pick up Yelena and Catherine aboard the Lynch in harsh weather conditions. .

Thanks to the help of the Chilean Navy, Yelena and Catherine were sent to the hospital in Punta Arenas fourteen hours earlier than expected, and Gao Yang and the others finally arrived in Punta Arenas an hour after Yelena entered the hospital. Ta Arenas.

After getting off the plane, Gao Yang and Grolev rushed to the hospital immediately, while Li Jinfang and the four of them went directly to find a hotel to stay. The reason why Gao Yang did not let them show up was because he was worried that they would be Reporters photographed them all and then linked them to a series of major events that were sure to happen.

Many media gathered at the largest hospital in Punta Arenas. Fortunately, the hospital took strict measures to prevent reporters from interfering with the emergency treatment of Yelena and Catherine. After confirming the identities of Gao Yang and Grolev, they arrived in advance. After receiving Natalia's certificate, Gao Yang and Grolev were able to enter the hospital.

"Thank God Yelena is okay."

The tearful Natalya immediately threw herself into Grolev's arms as soon as she saw him, but the first words she spoke made Grolev and Gao Yang finally relax. It took more than forty hours of tension.

After treatment on the Lynch, Yelena was already awake when she arrived at the hospital, and she was very conscious. After being sent to the intensive care unit, after the doctor's confirmation, the doctor announced that Yelena was out of danger, but The doctor protectively put Yelena back into deep sleep, and she was not able to visit her yet.

As for Catherine, amid the intense rescue efforts, she was not yet completely out of danger.

Yelena and Catherine are in two adjacent rooms, but Yelena is in the intensive care unit, and Catherine is in the operating room. The lights in the operating room are on, indicating that an operation is taking place inside, and the corridor outside the operating room is empty except for relatives. Anyone can enter, so there are only three people, one man and two women, in the corridor outside the operating room.

Gao Yang knew one of the women, that was Adele. Although Adele also fell into the sea, she was rescued earlier, so Adele's condition was much better, while other volunteers continued When rescuing Yelena and Catherine, they were attacked by high-pressure water cannons on the Nisshin Maru. Yelena was rescued half an hour late, and Catherine was a full forty-five minutes late.

As for the two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, they are a couple. They are Catherine's parents.

Adele's eyes were red, and her face was full of exhaustion and panic. After seeing Gao Yang, Adele stood up, two lines of tears immediately flowed down again, and she whispered softly: "I'm sorry, Gao."

Gao Yang saw clearly from the TV that when Yelena fell into the sea from the boat, Adele and Catherine jumped into the sea at the same time to rescue Yelena. Adele was fine just because she was rescued first.

Gao Yang had no idea that Adele had anything to apologize for. He hugged Adele, patted Adele's shoulder gently, and said softly: "You don't need to apologize at all, Adele, be strong. Yes, Yelena is already fine, and Catherine will be fine too, relax, they will both be fine."

Catherine's father's eyes were also red and he was looking straight at the light on the door of the operating room. His wife buried her head in Catherine's father's lap and was sobbing helplessly. She sighed Gao Yang and said to Catherine's The father whispered: "Mr. Taylor, I am a friend of Catherine. I believe that Catherine will be fine. She is a good girl and God will not abandon her."

Catherine's father nodded numbly, but did not move his eyes at all.

Yelena was fine, which allowed Gao Yang to comfort Adele and Catherine's parents first. Then, he stood outside the intensive care unit and looked at Yelena sleeping in the bed through an observation window on the ward door.

Yelena, who was sleeping soundly, looked haggard. Although she was asleep, she still had a frightened expression on her face.

Although he knew that Yelena was out of danger, the expression on Yelena's face still made Gao Yang's heart feel like it was grabbed by a big hand and then twisted hard. It was only then that Gao Yang realized how distressed he was. What a feeling.

Gao Yang and Grolev stood at the door of the ward, looking motionless at the sleeping Yelena.

Gao Yang didn't know how many hours he stood there. Except when medical staff were about to enter the ward, Gao Yang would get up and get out of the way. The rest of the time, he kept looking at Yelena, Natalia and Adele. Voices urging him to take a rest fell on deaf ears.

Finally, Gao Yang saw Yelena moving on the hospital bed. Then, he saw Yelena's eyes slowly opening. After opening her eyes, Yelena also cast her sight on the door with a round window. When she saw the faces of Gao Yang and Grolev outside the glass, Yelena immediately burst into tears, and then struggled to sit up.

The nurse was taking care of Yelena beside the hospital bed. She was preventing Yelena from getting up, but Yelena looked at Gao Yang in horror. At this time, Gao Yang couldn't bear it anymore. He immediately opened the door of the ward and rushed to Yelena's side.

After hugging Yelena tightly, Gao Yang let out a long sigh of relief. At this time, Yelena cried and said: "Dad, mom, Gao, I thought I would never see you again."

After Gao Yang realized that Grolev and Natalia were still around, he slowly let go of Yelena, and at this time Grolev, Natalia and Yelena hugged each other tightly.

The nurse beside the bed frowned, but finally said: "The patient's mood is very unstable. You staying here may help her mood, but don't make the patient too tired. Let her lie down and talk. Yes, you can only stay together for an hour at most, and don’t disturb the patient too much until her body can bear it.” (To be continued.)

ps: Chapter 5 is here, and there will be another chapter next. I don’t know how many more chapters will be released tomorrow, but please don’t worry, it will definitely be fun tomorrow.