Chapter 152
Zhou Can heaved a sigh of relief. He decided to avoid making casual jokes with girls in the future.
…
The next day at work, just as he entered the operating room, he saw Qiao Yu.
“Hi!”
She greeted Zhou Can with a radiant smile and a wave.
“I’m finally able to work with you on a surgery again! It’s a pleasure to collaborate!”
Zhou Can walked over with a smile and extended his hand.
She cooperated and shook hands with Zhou Can.
“Hehe, looking forward to working together!”
They shook hands in a courteous manner. Zhou Can noticed her hand was meatier than most girls’, soft yet firm.
It is said that a powerful figure could easily glimpse another person’s general character through a handshake.
Those with a weak handshake are often seen as lazy and lacking responsibility.
A firm handshake indicates a pragmatic approach.
There are many other details, too numerous to mention. A person’s character, no matter how well disguised, always seeps through in their words and actions.
That cunning and manipulative Tian Tian was finally gone.
This was what Zhou Can was most pleased about.
Whoever encountered her was unlucky. Yesterday, he took the opportunity to clear this troublemaker out of the operating room, and now he wouldn’t have to worry about being paired with her ever again.
The nursing department must have made some adjustments overnight.
A new operating room nurse arrived, slim and pretty, named Song Chunyan.
A rather vulgar name.
She was assisting Dr. Song, so Zhou Can had no way to assess her professional level just yet. But she seemed especially shy when speaking, with a very soft voice, and her face would easily turn red.
She seemed like a young woman fresh into society.
Dr. Lu seemed quite fond of this assistant, often making flattering or witty remarks that kept her laughing.
Zhou Can couldn’t help but worry a bit about this naive young woman.
He had seen Dr. Lu’s despicable side at the back door of the hospital. Given that Dr. Lu is an old hand like a cunning and experienced wolf, this girl was like a simple lamb, easily misled by Dr. Lu’s smooth talk.
Of course, this wasn’t Zhou Can’s business to interfere with.
Everyone needs to grow on their own.
He wasn’t a savior, and he couldn’t save everyone.
Let alone this Song Chunyan, with whom he had no relationship, even when Qiao Yu was being pursued by Dr. Lu, it was entirely up to her to decide.
The surgery started quickly.
Zhou Can’s surgical skills had already improved significantly, and now, with Qiao Yu as his best partner, it felt like he was performing with a cheat code.
In less than an hour, he completed three level-1 surgeries.
This speed, if known, would truly be alarming.
Dr. Lu had only completed one operation so far. And that was with no slacking off.
In the past, it might have taken him two hours just to perform a minor surgery.
“Next!”
Zhou Can forged ahead, pressing towards his personal goals.
He hoped to master all level-1 and level-2 surgeries in the remaining month, as he wouldn’t have the same opportunities when it was time to rotate departments.
He might not get the chance to participate in surgeries even once in ten to fifteen days.
During his internship in general surgery, he had heard a senior complain. They had spent three months in orthopedic surgery, doing tasks like writing patient records and assisting in surgery with chores like pulling hooks.
They hadn’t even had the chance to suture once.
Let alone more substantial surgical procedures.
The operating room door opened, and a woman groaning with her hand over her stomach was wheeled in. Judging by her condition, the probability of acute appendicitis was very high.
After performing many surgeries, Zhou Can could now roughly guess the illness based on the patient’s pain location or certain symptoms.
Just as expected.
It was acute appendicitis.
Dr. Xu examined the medical reports and inquired into the patient’s condition in detail.
After confirming the patient had been fasting for over six hours and met the surgical conditions, he called for the anesthesiologist.
For such emergency cases with short fasting periods posing anesthetic risks, yet urgently needing surgery, it’s usually the attending physician who handles the initial treatment.
First, they would conduct examinations according to protocol to determine the cause of the ailment, then administer pain relief and anti-inflammatory drugs to the patient. They would wait until the stomach contents were emptied before proceeding with surgery in the operating room.
Emergency departments differ from specialized hospital wards where patients are often hospitalized and managed for two to three days before scheduling surgery.
Sometimes, out of a desire for swift surgery, patients unaware of the consequences of residual stomach content may conceal the actual timing of their last meal from medical staff.
Like the last vomiting elder, there were such suspicions.
In these cases, the emergency doctors really feel helpless.
The patient needs urgent surgery, and the doctors are focused on rescuing them, hardly expecting that the patients and their families might deceive them.
Of course, if anything goes wrong, there’s a consent form for surgery.
It clearly states the terms, and if it comes to a lawsuit, it’s often the patient and their relatives who lose.
The anesthesiologist arrived quickly.
After Dr. Xu finished the surgery at hand, he didn’t call the next patient in.
Instead, he allowed Zhou Can to perform the surgery on this patient, watching and instructing from the side.
Facing level-2 surgery, Dr. Xu dared not take any chances.
Zhou Can had already performed several appendectomy surgeries, and now he worked so fluently that he didn’t even need any guidance from Dr. Xu.
Incising the abdomen, locating the appendix, separating the omentum and intestines, ligating the base of the appendix and blood vessels… every action was skilled and precise.