Turns out many people have wondered what does a doctor do when they are operating on a patient and an earthquake takes place. After all, while this happens relatively often, it’s a job that, more than any other, calls for steady hands.
事实证明，很多人都想知道，当发生地震时，医生在给病人做手术时会做什么？毕竟，虽然这种情况发生得相对频繁，但这项工作比其他任何工作都更需要稳定的双手。
Now they have their answer, courtesy of the 3.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Wuqia County of Kizil, Suzhou, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 16:07 on 26 May, at a depth of 18 kilometres.
现在，他们有了答案，5月26日16时07分，新疆维吾尔自治区苏州克孜尔乌恰县发生了震源深度18公里的3.8级地震。
An earthquake of such a magnitude is clearly felt. As it struck, a medical-aid team from our very own Jiangsu was assisting local doctors in an operating theatre on the ninth floor of Wuqia People’s Hospital.
如此震级的地震是可以明显感觉到的。消息传来，来自江苏的一支医疗队正在吴恰人民医院九楼的手术室里为当地医生救治。
The patient had suffered a lumbar-spine fracture due to a fall from a height; in charge of the work was Director, Sun Zhiyong, who had arrived at the hospital on 22 May to assess the general condition of the patient and make the necessary preoperative preparations.
患者因从高处坠落造成腰椎骨折；负责这项工作的是孙志勇主任，他已于5月22日抵达医院，评估患者的一般情况并做好必要的术前准备。
Then the quake struck during the procedure. As can be seen in a video published by the Yangtze Evening News, the doctors make tacit communication with their eyes and by way of gestures, to unanimously decide to continue the operation.
然后在手术过程中发生了地震。从扬子晚报发布的视频中可以看到，医生们通过眼神和手势进行默契沟通，一致决定继续手术。
First though, Sun immediately went to the side of the patient’s head to monitor their vital signs and to carefully check whether the shaking had caused failure in the lumbar’s negative-pressure drainage.
不过，孙先生首先立即走到患者头部一侧，监测患者的生命体征，并仔细检查是否因晃动导致腰椎负压引流失败。
Just as important was whether the patient’s position on the operating table had moved, for were they to fall to the floor, the consequences would be unimaginably disastrous.
同样重要的是手术台上病人的位置是否移动，万一摔倒在地，后果不堪设想。
Finally, Sun needed to check the integrity of all surgical-operation equipment and the C-Arm mobile imaging unit, together with its associated computer workstation.
最后，Sun 需要检查所有外科手术设备和 C 臂移动成像装置及其相关计算机工作站的完整性。
With it safe to proceed, Director Sun stood firm while his colleagues; Wang Kun, from Changzhou; and Ali Mujiang, Attending Physician of the Second Department of Orthopedics in Kezhou People’s Hospital; continued to operate on the patient as the room shook around them.
孙主任在确保安全的情况下，坚定地站着，而同事们则坚守着自己的立场。王坤，常州人；克州市人民医院骨科二科主治医师阿里木江；当房间在他们周围摇晃时，他们继续对病人进行手术。
After more than 5 hours of hard work, the operation was successfully completed.
经过5个多小时的奋战，手术顺利完成。
The curious therefore now have their answer. Do doctors terminate a surgery to get themselves and the patient out as fast as possible? No. They remain completely fearless in the face of danger.
好奇的人现在有了答案。医生是否会终止手术以使自己和患者尽快康复？不会。面对危险，他们依然无所畏惧。
