My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points-Chapter 418 - 193: The Patient Vomiting Blood. Return to the Emergency Department, Nervous as One Approaches Home_2

Chapter 418: Chapter 193: The Patient Vomiting Blood. Return to the Emergency Department, Nervous as One Approaches Home_2

The elderly couple was extremely precious about their son.

A rough estimate would suggest their son was at least thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, yet they still doted on him as if he were a two or three-year-old child.

Indulgence is as harmful as murder.

Their son had become an alcoholic, and their indulgence played a significant role in this.

"Have any tests been done?"

Director Jia, seeing the patient vomiting blood, did not dare to take it lightly.

Mainly afraid of complications.

"We haven’t done any. We were planning to go to the Emergency Department, but we heard that your medical skills are excellent, so we bought a scalper ticket in the hope that your treatment would be more reassuring."

Judging by the couple’s attire, they were definitely city dwellers.

They were willing to spend money to save their son.

They even resorted to buying a scalper ticket for Director Jia’s consultation for the same day just to get a more skilled doctor to treat their son.

Of course, it’s also possible that the scalper exaggerated to sell the ticket to the elderly couple.

"Goodness me, he’s vomiting blood! With such a serious condition, you must promptly seek a doctor for treatment! An ordinary doctor might not be sufficient, if you go to Director Jia from Digestive Surgery, he can surely save your son..."

Scalpers excel at reading people and sweet-talking.

Mouths as smooth as theirs can both bluff and intimidate. After heaping praise on Director Jia, the couple, anxious to save their son, obediently spent a hefty sum on the scalper’s ticket.

Scalpers hoarding specialist consultation appointments sometimes face risks too.

If they can’t sell them, they are stuck with them, right?

One of these special appointment slots can be worth several hundreds.

Thus, in the hospital outpatient halls or at the hospital’s front entrance, one can often see scalpers wandering about, looking for targets.

These people are very clever.

Knowing that hospitals clamp down on scalper activities, they pretend to offer ’accommodation or meal services,’ approaching potential customers around the hospital entrance. They have their own unique ways to survive.

Apart from covertly offering benefits to hospital security guards to maintain good relations, they also provide patients and their families with services like temporary accommodation, meals, and transportations for rent.

It’s generally hard to get an appointment with a specialist in a major hospital.

Especially for patients who travel from afar, waiting another day means significantly higher additional costs. And their conditions cannot afford delay.

Reluctantly, they turn to scalpers as the only option.

Zhou Can witnessed firsthand how a scalper sold a consultation slip signed by a specialist. The patient’s family, with that slip, indeed got a specialist appointment for that day.

It must be said, these people have their ways.

And it can’t be ruled out that some specialists themselves might be involved.

After a brief inquiry about the patient’s condition, Director Jia conducted a physical examination.

"This looks like an upper gastrointestinal bleed. I’ll order five tests: complete blood count, stool analysis, liver function, coagulation profile, and a gastroscopy. You need to take him to get these done urgently, as this condition can’t wait."

The likelihood that the patient required hospital admission and surgery was very high.

Having these essential standard tests done was also in preparation for admission.

The elderly couple took their treasured son for the tests.

"This patient, I think his sickness is not difficult to treat, the difficulty is getting him to quit alcohol. Even if we cure him this time, he’ll likely drink again."

"If anyone is to blame, it’s his parents for being too indulgent with their child."

Qiu Hong continued the conversation.

"That’s right! Indulgence is as harmful as murder, as parents, giving in to every whim of the child’s is akin to harming the child."

Due to Director Jia’s reputation, as soon as the vomiting patient left, another new patient came in. This was Zhou Can’s first time shadowing a specialist and it was a real experience of what busy means.

Each patient came with different requests. Some of their conditions were complex, while others were relatively straightforward.

Director Jia treated each patient with utmost seriousness.

Shadowing Director Jia not only provided an opportunity to learn a great deal of practical knowledge, broaden horizons, and gain insights, but also influenced one to approach the diagnostic and treatment process with greater diligence and responsibility.

As it approached noon, the patient who had vomited blood due to drinking returned after completing his tests.

The diagnostic results indicated esophageal varices and bleeding from rupturing.

Director Jia took a look at the endoscopy results.

"Oh dear, your blood vessels have ruptured! Fortunately, the tear isn’t especially large; we can first try a more conservative treatment approach. First, he needs to fast for a while. Second, we’ll treat by lowering portal pressure and provide appropriate nutritional support to improve liver function. Third, we’ll use medication to enhance coagulation, such as Thrombin or vasopressin."

The patient’s symptoms seemed severe, but the tests showed a better outcome than expected.

"Doctor, we will do as you say, please start treating my son quickly!"

The patient’s father urged.

Director Jia, however, looked troubled.

"In his case, hospitalization is definitely necessary for safe treatment, but we don’t have any beds available right now! He can’t wait with his condition; perhaps you could take the diagnosis to another hospital where beds aren’t so scarce, would that be alright?"

This patient would have been better off going to Digestive Internal Medicine.

The Surgical side’s bed availability was too strained.

Many patients awaiting surgery were already lined up for beds; it was difficult to find space for non-surgical cases.

This sort of situation is common in well-known large hospitals.

When beds are seriously limited, patients with less critical ailments often have to be referred elsewhere.

"Director Jia, please I beg of you, think of something! My son has been vomiting blood until now, and taking him to another hospital means registration, waiting; we’re afraid of the risks!"

The patient’s mother was on the verge of kneeling down.

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