My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points-Chapter 43 - 37: Fainting Pregnant Woman

"Dr. Xu's past, I'm not very clear either. I've only been at Tu Ya for five years. I only know that Dr. Xu seems very influential in surgery, at least a lot of attending surgeons particularly respect him. Even some deputy directors and chief surgeons are very polite to him. Even our Emergency Department's Director Lou and Deputy Director Han don't have that much face."

This would suggest that Dr. Xu could possibly have been a major figure in surgery.

Perhaps he offended some powerful individuals or made a mistake, and was relegated to the 'cold palace' of the Emergency Department.

Zhou Can speculated silently.

"There's another interesting incident. Once, the Emergency Department received a severely injured patient who needed urgent surgery. Several director-level physicians showed up, but eventually it seems they asked Dr. Xu to perform the most critical part of the surgery."

This was another sensational piece of news.

Any of these director-level physicians could become the ace of a prefecture-level hospital.

Yet, it was Dr. Xu who managed the part of the surgery they couldn't handle.

What kind of skills does Xu Yidao, who has created legends, really have?

Zhou Can was becoming more and more curious about him.

"Although Dr. Xu is somewhat strict, he is actually quite nice to people, and his expertise spans multiple areas of surgery. I wanted to become his student as early as two years ago. He said my talent was poor, but staying in the Emergency Department wasn't a bad thing. Occasionally, he would guide me through some surgical techniques. Unfortunately, my comprehension is limited, and my surgical thinking isn't very flexible, so my improvement has been slow. But I still feel that, having been in the Emergency Department for two years, my surgical and diagnostic abilities have greatly improved under Dr. Xu's guidance."

Doctor Lin said this with a satisfied smile on his face.

For him, being less gifted, such improvement was very fulfilling.

"Dr. Zhou, I know you might find this too forthcoming, but don't mind me saying. I see that Dr. Xu values you highly, you should seize this opportunity and learn earnestly from him. Your talent far surpasses mine, and I believe if you follow Dr. Xu for a few years, you will achieve significant progress."

Doctor Lin said sincerely to him.

"Thank you, Dr. Lin, for your valuable advice. Rest assured, I am not the type to aim too high without foundation. From the moment I joined the Emergency Department, I resolved to commit myself here. Having a mentor as excellent as Dr. Xu is my greatest fortune. I will cherish this opportunity."

Zhou Can, who joined the Emergency Department deemed a 'cold office', was fortunate to receive close guidance from a superior who was on par with a chief surgeon.

He was already content.

Even if he joined a more prominent department, given his qualifications, it was unlikely that a chief surgeon would pay him such attention.

...

Back in the Emergency Department, in the operating room, only Dr. Lu, Jin Mingxi, and Tang Ling were performing surgery on a patient.

The patient's palm was cut by a sharp tool, and they were cleaning and suturing the wound.

Without an attending doctor present, Dr. Lu could only perform Level 1 surgery.

"Dr. Zhou is back! Your master asked you to go to the resuscitation room first; it seems a comatose pregnant woman needs to be saved," Tang Ling told him.

"Dr. Xu is just his superior, not his master. Don't assign roles recklessly," Dr. Lu, visibly jealous, took this opportunity to rebuke Tang Ling under the guise of criticizing.

In the operating room, the lead surgeon has absolute authority.

When the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king.

With Dr. Xu absent, Dr. Lu's status is the highest.

He is the lead surgeon.

Despite being able to only perform Level 1 surgeries, he still holds considerable sway.

Zhou Can ignored his disgruntled comments and directly walked out of the operating room.

Heading straight to the resuscitation room.

Outside the room stood a very elegantly dressed, distinguished-looking elderly lady, anxiously peering inside.

Upon entering the resuscitation room, Zhou Can saw Director Lou and Dr. Xu present, along with two other somewhat familiar senior doctors.

He had seen them a few times during his intern phase in the Emergency Department.

The skinny, tall, middle-aged male doctor with a slightly hunched back is the deputy director of the Emergency Department — Han Changqing. Despite his unimpressive appearance, he is the chief physician of the internal medicine department in the Emergency Department.

Of course, there might be some inflation in such a title.

But to be rated as a chief physician at Tu Ya, even inflated credentials couldn't be that bad.

The other, of medium build and slightly plump, with brown curly hair, is a comprehensive attending physician of the Emergency Department.

What does comprehensive mean? It means she can diagnose and treat diseases across internal, external, obstetrics, and pediatrics.

However, given the limitations of personal energy and time, it's almost impossible to master all these disciplines at once.

She is most likely a jack of all trades, master of none.

The gathering of so many directors and attending doctors in the resuscitation room was rare, indicating a particularly critical situation with the patient.

"Hello Director Lou! Hello to the other teachers!"

Zhou Can actively greeted everyone.

Deputy Director Han Changqing gave him a glance, frowned, and said, "Why has an intern come in?" His tone hinted at displeasure.

The situation with the pregnant woman was dire and not progressing, and he was annoyed.

Having an intern come in, wasn't that just adding chaos?

"It was me who called him here." Dr. Xu spoke indifferently.

Even when facing the department's deputy director, Dr. Xu still stood firm, unwavering.

Zhou Can suddenly felt that as long as one truly excels, even just being an attending physician could be incredibly impressive.

Be it Dr. Xu calling Deputy Director Liu directly as an equal, or the way the orthopedic attending physicians worshiped and respected him, or even the way he now confronted the deputy director with an indifferent tone,

it was all deeply admirable.

"He is Zhou Can. I picked him up yesterday. He was the top in overall training scores, and since coming to the Emergency Department, his performance has been remarkable. Including him in the diagnosis is also a way of training newcomers!"

Director Lou also spoke up for Zhou Can.

Deputy Director Han, who originally didn't even bother to give Zhou Can a proper look, now turned his head to seriously examine this trainee who had caught the favor of two major figures in the Emergency Department.

"Are you Zhou Can?"

The way Deputy Director Han asked this... was somewhat foolish.

Director Lou had already introduced him.

And yet he asked like this.

It was nothing more than an arrogant display, intending to establish his status as the deputy director of the department and head physician of internal medicine in front of Zhou Can in a way that was half-intimidating, half-warning.

"You can just call me Xiao Zhou."

Zhou Can had just joined the Emergency Department and was still in a learning phase. Naturally, he wouldn't offend the deputy director over such a small matter.

Lowering his stance was definitely a display of high emotional intelligence.

When Zhou Can grows in the future, it will be Deputy Director Han's turn to look up to him, the junior.

"I heard your performance was outstanding yesterday, truly a promising talent! Since both Director Lou and Dr. Xu think highly of you, I'll give you a chance to observe and learn from our diagnostics up close. Cherish it, as normal residents don't get this treatment!"

Deputy Director Han's words were filled with a condescending seniority.

It made him seem particularly arrogant and conceited.

Zhou Can didn't even want to talk to someone like that, merely nodding in response, then he stood behind Dr. Xu.

"Take a look at this data first."

Dr. Xu unapologetically took the data and handed it over to Zhou Can.

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This action caused Deputy Director Han and the other general attending physician to take another look at Zhou Can.

"Heh, Dr. Xu seems really attentive to this new trainee here!"

"Mainly because the kid is timid, if I didn't hand it to him, he definitely wouldn't dare to take it from you all on his own." Dr. Xu's explanation was spot on.

Zhou Can quickly started reviewing the patient's records and X-rays.

With so many senior doctors present, he couldn't monopolize the data all the time.

The time given to him was limited.

"Patient, female, 36 years old, 24 and a half weeks pregnant, has a history of hypertension, felt uncomfortable and gradually lost consciousness during a taxi ride to her parents' house. Upon arriving at the hospital, it was found that her heart rate was as high as 180, her blood pressure was 192/120mmHg, and fetal heart monitoring showed weakness..."

Patients with hypertension are already a high-risk group.

Pregnant patients with hypertension are even more terrifying.

Moreover, the patient being over 35 years old belongs to the category of advanced age maternity.

All these data were enough to send chills down any medical professional's spine.

A systolic pressure above 180 is classified as Level 3 hypertension, the most severe level.

The patient's systolic pressure reached 192.

It's hard to imagine, she managed to make it alive to the hospital.

Preliminary abdominal and pelvic ultrasounds were done, head CT scan as well. Blood tests are standard for such critical conditions but the results were not yet out.

The urinary catheter wasn't inserted yet, so no urine samples were available, and it seems urine hadn't been tested yet.

After reviewing all the data, Zhou Can returned it to the table in the resuscitation room.

This awareness and timing somewhat endeared him to the senior doctors. If he, a trainee, kept holding onto the data to study, it would likely irritate the senior doctors.

After all, Zhou Can was there to learn as part of this diagnostic session.

Frankly, he was just a supporting role.

No one expected him to contribute anything significant to this diagnosis.

Deputy Director Han, the only head physician of internal medicine in the Emergency Department, was the absolute main force of this diagnosis.

At this moment, he had already circled around the resuscitation bed three times, seemingly with no intention of stopping this 'confusing' behavior.

Director Lou was the first to lose patience.

"Old Han, you are the only one in our Emergency Department with deep knowledge in internal medicine, have you figured out anything yet?"