Everyone’s attention shifted back to the fetus.

Xie Wanying, with the crucial weight of her body, pressed down effectively, causing the fetal head to emerge smoothly.

Du Haiwei held the baby steadily, separating it from the mother.

At the moment the baby emerged, everyone’s face changed dramatically.

Dr. Tang inwardly exclaimed, finally understanding why her husband wanted to hasten the pace and not replace Xie Wanying. Because there was truly no time.

The baby that came out was on the verge of death inside the mother.

Li Qi’an was so frightened that he dared not look again, hiding behind Lin Hao.

The baby’s entire skin was nearly purple, severely deprived of oxygen, and the amniotic fluid on its body was not clear but slightly tainted with meconium. Anyone who had interned in obstetrics knew the baby’s life was hanging by a thread.

"What caused this? Didn’t Yingying catch the umbilical cord?" Lin Hao murmured nervously, swallowing hard, not daring to speak loudly.

Everyone tacitly agreed that after the baby was out, they must first conceal the baby’s condition from the mother.

After cutting the umbilical cord and catching the baby, Dr. Tang handed the baby immediately to Song Xueling to deal with, as she needed to assist her husband in continuing the delivery.

The talented scholar from Beidu was someone absolutely reliable in the teachers’ eyes.

Song Xueling realized that tonight there was no escape, he would just have to persist till the end like Dr. Xie.

Holding the baby, Song Xueling rushed outside, finding a place to resuscitate the newborn away from the mother.

"You two go help," Dr. Tang shouted at the two other medical students.

Others on site could not leave for the moment because they needed to continue assisting the mother. Lin Hao and Li Qi’an received the order to go assist Song Xueling.

The two ran into the living room. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

At this moment, Song Xueling placed the baby on the dining table, conducting a quick assessment and judgment.

Probed the small nasal cavity, breathing stopped? Felt the child’s carotid artery, weak pulse, heart rate estimated to be less than 60 beats per minute.

As for why Xie Wanying catching the umbilical cord was ineffective. That was wrong; she had done her utmost to save the little life. After Lin Hao and Li Qi’an approached, they could see a u-shaped mark on the baby’s small neck, startling them into gasping cold air: this mark appeared to be from an umbilical cord around the neck, at least one full circle around the baby’s neck.

The most common reasons for the umbilical cord around the neck are a long umbilical cord and excessive amniotic fluid; the greatest impact is the tight cord causing fetal hypoxia. If not for Xie Wanying grabbing one end of the long umbilical cord to prevent it from tightening, the child might not have endured until now.

Bending down, Song Xueling blew air into the child’s mouth and nose. The child’s heart rate was too low, signaling the need to start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

"Breathing bag, positive pressure ventilation," Li Qi’an remembered this crucial step and shouted.

Lin Hao turned around, rushing downstairs to the ambulance to fetch a newborn breathing mask and oxygen.

Inside the room, Li Xiaobing only knew she hadn’t heard her baby’s cries after it came out, grabbing Cao Yong beside her and asking, "Why isn’t the baby crying? What’s wrong with the baby, Cao Yong?"

Others comforted her, "It’s okay, it’s okay. The baby’s cries were just a bit weak, and you didn’t hear it."

Li Xiaobing didn’t believe a word they said and insisted, "I want to see the baby!"

Everyone dared not show her the baby with a stopped heartbeat at this moment.

Beep, beep, the electrocardiogram of the defibrillator showed some abnormal waveform of the mother’s heart rate.