Chapter 1036: You almost installed it!

Chapter 1036: You almost installed it!

“What is an AED?”

Hearing Li Xiangnan say the name of this thing so confidently, almost everyone present turned their heads and looked at him at the same time.

Li Xiangnan looked at the person who was speaking...

"This is Director Liu from the Third Department of the National Science and Technology Commission!" Lin Jianzhou just remembered to introduce him to Li Xiangnan at this time, and his tone was apologetic.

"Director Liu!" Li Xiangnan nodded, walked to the table, pointed to the long line of letters on the front of the instrument, and said, "Automated External Defibrillator! AED for short, that's the abbreviation of this line of English!"

After hearing this answer, many people scratched their heads and were still somewhat confused.

Instead, Shen Yujing said angrily: "Li Xiangnan, you don't know this either. I know the abbreviations too! We are obviously asking what it means!"

You almost installed it!

so close!

After all this time, you are playing a joke on logic!

abbreviation?

Thank you for thinking it through!

Anyone who has received some college education and has some culture knows to use abbreviations starting with English letters to summarize something as an abbreviation!

After all this time, you, Li Xiangnan, still don’t know how to do it!

I really thought you knew everything!

"Yes, comrade, what do we mean by that? What is the purpose of this instrument? It's not just knowing how to abbreviate it! If you say so, then all of us know it! What exactly does it do..."

Someone at the side was speaking anxiously, and there was some dissatisfaction in his tone towards Li Xiangnan. It seemed that his attitude was the same as Shen Yujing's, thinking that Li Xiangnan was showing off his knowledge.

"Xiangnan, this is Director Fang from the Department of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Trade!" Lin Jianzhou quickly introduced.

"Hello, Director Fang!" Li Xiangnan smiled politely and was not angry.

He smiled and looked at Teacher Wan, who was sitting nearby wearing thick glasses and flipping through a dictionary quickly.

"Comrade, don't worry, don't worry, I'm looking for it and will translate it soon!"

I'm afraid Teacher Wan has never encountered such an embarrassing moment in his life.

"Don't worry, Teacher Wan!" Li Xiangnan smiled slightly.

In 79, teachers who could teach English in county middle schools were already rare.

But after all, the times were just beginning to change, and Teacher Wan was in his forties or fifties. He had only mastered some basic English grammar, vocabulary, and daily structural knowledge. As for some advanced and professional English vocabulary, he was actually blank!

The English dictionary in her hand was missing many pages, and she didn't know where she borrowed it from.

Li Xiangnan did not expect her to answer everyone's questions. He just hoped that so many senior officials present would not be angry with her because of the county's translation level and they could not find out the truth about the two instruments in time.

"Teacher Wan, this is a professional medical device. You can take note of what I say next!"

"Huh?" Teacher Wan was stunned and looked up with some confusion.

Li Xiangnan turned around and looked at Director Fang of the Foreign Economic Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Director Liu of the Third Department of the National Science and Technology Commission, and Shen Yujing of the Science and Technology Department of the Planning Commission, and said calmly: "This AED is the abbreviation of Automated External Defibrillator, and this name was actually created later based on the specific use of the instrument! It didn't exist in the dictionary before! It means...Automated External Defibrillator!"

"..."

The pupils of everyone present shrank.

His eyes involuntarily fell on Li Xiangnan's confident face.

Almost no one expected that Li Xiangnan really understood the two advanced instruments on the table, and they were all stunned.

Especially Shen Yujing, the first thing he did was to open his mouth, with a look of confusion, shock, helplessness, and even doubt.

Li Xiangnan... Who on earth is this birdman? How come he knows everything?

no! ?

Does he really know how to do it?

How could he?

Damn it... Didn't that mean that what I just said has been used again by this kid?

Damn it!

Shen Yujing silently clenched his fists, wanting to punch Li Xiangnan's harmless face...

"Comrade Li... Li Xiangnan! What kind of defibrillator is this..."

A cry of surprise came from the side.

"Automated external defibrillator!" Li Xiangnan added.

"Yes, an automated external defibrillator!" Director Liu said in admiration, "What is its purpose?"

"I'm sorry, it turns out you really know what this thing is. I was too anxious just now! Comrade Li Xiangnan, please tell us about it!" Director Fang on the side said apologetically.

Li Xiangnan walked to the table, reached out and touched the electrode pads of one of the defibrillators, his eyes filled with reminiscence.

It has the most basic defibrillator equipment, very similar to early landline telephones, except that it has two long-line defibrillator electrode pads.

In later generations, he had access to the most advanced defibrillators and used the latest biphasic defibrillator technology.

The defibrillator in front of us, although old and simple, is precisely because of its appearance that countless people who have suffered cardiac arrest have been pulled back from the brink of death and survived after rescue.

It can be said that it is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.

"AED is a life-saving device used to rescue patients suffering from cardiac arrest!" Li Xiangnan summarized the purpose of this automatic external defibrillator in a simple and understandable sentence.

Everyone present looked at each other, and only then did they reveal a look of sudden realization.

However, Li Xiangnan had not finished speaking yet.

"Did you know? Cardiac arrest is the disease with the highest mortality rate among cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in our country!"

Hearing his faint words, everyone's heart suddenly shuddered.

"In my country, 54.4 people die from cardiac arrest every year, the highest in the world, with about one person dying every minute. Currently, the success rate of rescue in advanced countries has increased to nearly 1%, while in my country it is only 40%."

Li Xiangnan even used a set of data to directly provide everyone with an intuitive reference.

"This is a report I saw in a magazine I borrowed from the library!"

He then picked up the defibrillator's electrode pads, stared at it and said, "Since a Harvard University professor invented the world's first external defibrillator in 1956, they have been developing it for more than years! They are far ahead of us in terms of heart treatment!"

Then, he turned around, looked at the astonished crowd, and finally shifted his gaze to Lin Jianzhou.

"Minister Lin, I suggest that these two defibrillators be returned to the Ministry of Health, and that the Department of Physics and the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Yenching University immediately conduct joint anatomical research, and strive to realize the localization of these automatic external defibrillators as soon as possible!"

"..."

Everyone was shocked.

Lin Jianzhou stood up with his scalp tingling.

“Xiangnan! I didn’t expect that this trip to Dongshan would actually bring me a blessing in disguise!”

Everyone agreed with this.

However, Shen Yujing, who was standing aside, had an extremely gloomy expression on his face.

Damn it, today not only did you get to pretend, but... you also made money!