Chapter 208
She still harbored a bit of hope, after all, the final results were not out yet.
“You as a standardized training resident being able to diagnose to this extent is quite commendable. Remember, the simultaneous appearance of edema and purpura does not necessarily indicate a thrombus; it could also be due to limb rejection. The patient’s limb was almost severed, with only a layer of skin connecting it when he was brought in for surgery. The surgery performed was not much different from limb reattachment and was even more challenging.”
Director Shen made a conclusive statement.
It seemed like he was guiding Zhou Can, but it was more about saving his own face.
“Send the patient for a color Doppler ultrasound, just check below the knee.”
Zhou Can’s lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely noticeable smile.
Director Shen said it wasn’t a thrombus, but the tests he ordered for the patient betrayed his true thoughts.
A color Doppler ultrasound is the most commonly used non-invasive tool in clinics to check for thrombosis in the vessels.
It can effectively assess whether there are thrombi in the limbs’ arteries, veins, or the vessels of organs.
Everyone present, whether attending physicians or resident doctors, were well aware of this.
It seems this standardized training resident really has some skills!
No one dared to underestimate Zhou Can anymore.
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Director Shen quickly finished his rounds.
Right after he left, Doctor He pulled Zhou Can into his office.
“Dr. Zhou, you were too reckless earlier. Even if you truly felt there was an issue with the patient’s post-operative condition, you could have waited until after Director Shen and others finished their rounds to raise it. That surgery, which was proudly performed by Director Shen, Dr. Shan, and others for over 11 hours, you blatantly pointed out issues in front of the patients and so many doctors, aren’t you essentially sabotaging them?”
Doctor He was nearly scared to death.
Because upsetting Director Shen would definitely implicate him too.
“I understand all that. But did you consider that if I didn’t raise the issue while Director Shen was making rounds, any delay could compromise the treatment of the patient? The sooner the leg is dealt with, the better for the patient. If delayed, it could be too late.”
Zhou Can’s intelligence and emotional intelligence were both without question.
If it wasn’t urgent, why would he risk offending his superiors?
“No matter what, please be more careful in the future. Otherwise, it’s hard for me as your superior.”
Doctor He reluctantly set a strict rule for him.
Not every doctor is willing to risk their career for the benefit of their patients.
Because that would be foolish.
This incident during the rounds did not impact Zhou Can too much.
It was business as usual.
Besides being a bit timid and overly concerned with his career and benefits, Doctor He was quite excellent in other aspects.
He patiently taught Zhou Can how to manage patient beds, handle emergencies, and he even used patient scans to teach him how to interpret them.
Viewing ultrasounds, X-rays, CT scans, and MRI scans.
In Orthopedics, X-ray usage was more frequent.
During his internship, Zhou Can had learned to interpret scans, but only superficially.
Later, after shadowing Dr. Xu for three months, his ability to read scans improved, though not exceptionally.
He could only understand the basics.
He couldn’t like those experienced attending physicians or directors who could immediately discern deeper information from the films.
Like one time, Dr. Xu instantly diagnosed cardiovascular disease from a patient’s sonogram.
And it turned out to be true.
The patient had severe coronary arteriosclerosis.
How Dr. Xu figured it out is still a mystery to Zhou Can.
This is what skill is.
Currently, with Doctor He’s guidance on how to read X-rays of patients, he was learning quite a lot.
Especially some subtle signs of fractures, heavily testing a doctor’s visual acuity and experience.
Sometimes, doctors in medical imaging could only label part of it, as their ability to read films is also limited.
This requires the diagnostic and surgical doctors to have eagle eyes.
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When it was time to get off work, though it was initially decided that Zhou Can would take the night shift, Doctor He eventually did not assign this tough job to him.
Maybe seeing Zhou Can’s impressive potential, he thought of building good karma for future needs.
Exploitation can only be satisfying momentarily.
If Zhou Can harbored resentment because of this, it would be a losing deal.
After work, Su Qianqian, wearing large sunglasses, was already waiting for him in the outpatient hall of the hospital.
“When did you arrive? Have you been waiting long?”
Zhou Can quickly walked over, his gaze fixed intensely on the girl he deeply loved.
By now, he and Su Qianqian had been in a relationship for nearly a month.
It still felt somewhat surreal.
Others might rush into marriage, but theirs was almost a lightning-speed romance.
Their love had almost no warning.
It seemed to happen overnight the evening he accompanied her for drinks, plunging straight into love.
Of course, for Su Qianqian, there might have been a bit of a romantic buildup.
Specifically, it might have started when Zhou Can delivered her keys late at night and heroically scared off some hoodlums.
After all, any girl would hope to have a strong boyfriend to protect her.
No girl likes a cowardly man.
The strength and dominance Zhou Can showed were greatly admired by girls.
And later, when Zhou Can intervened in the social gathering to rescue her, and he did not take advantage of her while she was drunk, her impression of him reached an exceptionally good point.