Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic-Chapter 73: Seeking a Renowned Bone Setting Master
Having such a high level of skill, suturing skin in the surgery rooms of big hospitals is an easy task.
For the first time, she felt a bit impressed by this small clinic doctor who was only a few years older than her.
The superiority complex of a big hospital doctor had long vanished.
After the surgery was over, they strictly performed secondary disinfection, and then covered the wound with gauze and bandaged it well.
"Alright, a tetanus shot and you can go home."
Li Jingsheng said to the family member.
The Master Level interrupted suture is really awesome, with its built-in hemostatic effect being exceptional. It’s practically a cross-category attribute special effect!
It’s important to know that the suture method with a built-in hemostatic effect is typically only found in horizontal mattress sutures.
Now it seems, all methods lead to the same goal.
Once you practice a suture method to a certain level, it can naturally acquire some effects of other suture methods.
Another possibility is that simple interrupted sutures and continuous sutures are the basis for almost all suture methods. Once these two are mastered, they naturally bring some special effects of other suture methods.
"Thank you! Thank you all!"
The child’s mother saw that her son had stopped bleeding after treatment, and the belt wrapped around his hand was already unfastened.
Her worried heart was finally at ease.
"You’re welcome, saving lives is what we healthcare workers are supposed to do. I’ll give the child a skin test first, and only then can we administer the tetanus shot once it’s confirmed to be safe."
Li Jingsheng said to the family member.
Successfully completing a surgery made him feel very happy.
Including the tetanus shot, making over two hundred and sixty yuan shouldn’t be a problem.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that he grosses around twenty thousand a day now, but money earned through skill feels more secure.
Tetanus shots typically involve tetanus antitoxin, and a skin test must be done first.
There’s also a pricey tetanus immunoglobulin, which is very safe and doesn’t require a skin test, just a bit expensive.
It costs at least 300 yuan per shot, and the key is there’s not much profit.
If a patient insists on this, small clinics usually charge around 400 yuan.
It’s not overpriced because the isolation, extraction, and preservation costs aren’t cheap.
Most patients are not even aware that there are two types of tetanus vaccines.
After conducting the skin test on the child, there were no issues.
Then Li Jingsheng administered the tetanus vaccine to the child.
"Dr. Li, how much is it in total?"
"The tetanus shot costs 100 yuan, and the surgery fee is 260 yuan."
"Can I pay by scanning the code?"
"Sure."
Li Jingsheng pointed to two payment codes.
After scanning the code, the patient readily paid 360 yuan.
As a rule, payment is usually made before treatment. However, due to the urgency of the situation at the time and the low treatment cost, he opted for a more humane post-treatment charge system.
He made roughly 260 yuan, surgery money comes fast.
And the Master Level interrupted suture used on the patient should yield excellent results. If the family feels satisfied, they might spread the word, potentially bringing in one or two more surgical patients.
As long as his small clinic can survive, business will surely flourish and get better and better.
After seeing off the patient, Li Jingsheng looked at the female doctor.
"Thank you so much for today. Oh, by the way, I still don’t know your name!"
"Ou Qinglan!"
Such a unique name, beautiful person and beautiful name too.
"Alright, it’s getting late, I should be heading back. That night, I heard you mention that your small clinic’s business was terribly bleak, so we in orthopedics were planning to recruit two more resident doctors. We originally intended to suggest you come for it. But now it just seems you’re being modest."
She appeared carefree, yet actually had a meticulous side.
Upon entering, she noticed many of the medicines behind the counter had sold out.
And also from hearing that family member say that Sunshine Clinic had made it to the newspaper.
Naturally, she didn’t believe that Li Jingsheng’s clinic was doing poorly.
"I’m not lying, my clinic’s business is really bad. It’s just that I got lucky these past two days, with unusual busyness. It’s absolutely impossible for me to apply to your hospital as a doctor, as I have to stay at the clinic, I simply can’t leave!"
Li Jingsheng explained earnestly.
Even though it was only the second meeting with Ou Qinglan, they weren’t even friends yet, at most half-acquaintances.
But as always, he sincerely hoped not to be misunderstood by her.
"I see!" She nodded. "Haha, I thought you couldn’t make it by running the clinic and was thinking of letting you try applying to our hospital, we’re in urgent need of staff now, and the recruitment criteria are quite relaxed. But since your clinic has turned around, that’s great, keep at it, I believe everything will get better."
She shook her right fist encouragingly at Li Jingsheng.
"Thank you!"
It wasn’t for nothing that he aided her that night.
He suddenly remembered something.
"Oh right, does anyone in your hospital know how to perform bone-setting rebounds?"
For Li Jingsheng, learning just the basics of Bone-setting Skill was enough.
Asking her could save him quite a bit of trouble.
Big hospital doctors are generally not likely to take on students casually, having a familiar introduction could significantly boost success chances.
"Yes, we have a dedicated bone-setting rebound clinic in our hospital. Many doctors can handle simple joint repositioning, but for more difficult bone-setting rebounds, only Doctor Xu can manage it. Why are you asking about this?"
She instinctively glanced at Li Jingsheng’s lumbar spine.
Men are most prone to waist injuries.
Was it assumed that Li Jingsheng had injured his waist?
"Don’t misunderstand, my waist is just fine! I want to find a mentor to learn bone-setting techniques. Are you familiar with Doctor Xu?"
He immediately got interested.
It seemed like he had found the right person.
The way doctors are addressed does have a bit of knowledge. Saying Doctor So-and-so generally refers to interns, resident trainees, and resident physicians.
Sometimes, a more courteous referral extends to resident physicians being called a doctor too.
In most instances, for attending level, if there are no other titles, colleagues directly address them as Physician So-and-so.
If a person is an associate chief physician or chief physician, they uniformly get addressed as Director So-and-so.
In essence, it’s better to call by a higher title than a lower one.
More nuances apply to nurses’ addresses. If a doctor, medical rep, or salesperson meets nurses, they often address them as Teacher So-and-so. If it is family members or patients, it’s advisable to avoid calling them nurse, but rather doctor, as it tends to please them more.
Injections and medication changes would also be more thorough.
He inferred that this Doctor Xu was likely an attending physician.
"I manage beds in the inpatient department, Doctor Xu is in the outpatient department, we’re not very close, but we’re acquainted. If you want to take Doctor Xu as a mentor, I’d recommend letting go of that idea."
She wasn’t very old, likely at most at the level of a resident physician.
Interns, resident trainees, and resident physicians are practically the main labor force in inpatient departments.
Those who sit in outpatient services are at least attending physicians.
Li Jingsheng used to be an old workhorse in the inpatient department, diligent and hard-working.
Every medical student comes through hard work like this, and once reaching an attending position, there’s something to look forward to. Status, rewards, and work content would significantly improve.
"Why?"
Li Jingsheng asked curiously.
Having finally gained information about a doctor with good bone-setting skills, he wouldn’t easily let go.
"Well... Doctor Xu’s personality is a bit peculiar, not only for you but even our hospital’s orthopedic surgeons can’t learn bone-setting from him as he doesn’t agree to it. I’ve heard from colleagues that he’s a practitioner in both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and many doctors around his age have already earned associate senior titles, but he keeps getting overlooked, thus his personality has become weirder."
Ou Qinglan lowered her voice, sharing some secrets about Doctor Xu.
Indeed, women have a penchant for gossiping.
Even a calamity-level beauty like Ou Qinglan couldn’t escape from this rule.
