"Do you understand amniotic fluid embolism?" the director asked.
"I've heard of it, but I don't really know the details." Usha shook his head.
"Amniotic fluid embolism is extremely dangerous, with a very high mortality rate. In some exceptionally rare cases, the patient suffers cardiac arrest almost immediately after letting out a single scream. There can also be pulmonary embolism, blood in the urine, seizures, widespread bleeding, and other symptoms. It varies from person to person," the director explained.
"In my experience, once acute amniotic fluid embolism sets in, the rescue window is only a few minutes. If you fail to act within those minutes, the patient dies. Even if you seize that window and begin resuscitation, it still requires a massive blood transfusion and exchange. When I was young, I once rescued a patient with amniotic fluid embolism. It took a full thirty thousand milliliters of blood to save her, and we struggled for more than ten hours!"
Usha nodded repeatedly, his expression tense.
"This morning's patient suffered an amniotic fluid embolism after giving birth, but we were out of blood. All we had left was the Artificial Blood we'd just gotten from the Airdrop Box." The director said, "At the time, I hesitated. I'd never heard of Artificial Blood before, and in thirty years of practicing medicine, I'd never used it. The bag even said it was still in the clinical trial stage, so I was even more afraid to use it."
"I mentioned a nurse to you before. She'd donated so much blood that she'd passed out. She bravely suggested a method: she would donate blood to the mother, and we'd infuse her with Artificial Blood. If the Artificial Blood failed, she would bear the consequences."
"Several other medical workers in our operating room said that one