My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1550: Chapter 628: The Demeanor of a Major Hospital Doctor—Criticism Is a Form of Care (Part 2)

Zhou Can spoke honestly to the two family members.

The human heart is complex, and though Cheng Xiaolu now tearfully begs the hospital to save her mother, and her father appears honest and simple.

However, once her mother dies on the operating table or passes away post-surgery, the attitude of the family cannot be predicted.

Almost every clinical doctor and nurse has experienced the real-life version of the farmer and the snake.

"Rest assured, we are not that kind of people."

Cheng Xiaolu immediately stated.

Her father didn’t say anything but nodded in agreement beside her.

"Alright, I’ll first get your mother admitted, and once you fill out the inpatient form, we can bring her in. This way, the two accompanying medical staff can head back sooner." Zhou Can nodded and started arranging.

The two accompanying medical staff listened the whole time.

They had a subtle change in their gazes toward Zhou Can.

Whether it was Zhou Can’s pre-admission conversation with the family or his warm understanding words, both deeply felt the responsibility and demeanor of the hospital’s doctors.

It’s certain that when these two return, the impact on them will be profound.

In future medical work, they’ll inevitably regard Zhou Can as a role model.

Learning from the strong and the advanced is an instinct for everyone.

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After the patient was admitted, various additional checks were conducted.

These were all preparations for the surgery.

With the patient’s current condition, traditional craniotomy is certainly not bearable. However, if it’s minimally invasive intracranial endoscopy, upon evaluation by the anesthesiologist and Zhou Can, if there are no issues, the surgery can proceed.

Zhou Can’s anesthesia skills are now at the level of an attending physician, though still far from the next level.

But it’s already adequate.

It not only allows him to administer anesthesia clinically, including general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia, etc., but also significantly enhances Zhou Can’s ability to assess surgical safety for various patients.

And during critical patient rescue, his treatment proficiency.

As multiple medical skills have gradually reached attending physician levels, Zhou Can discovered each medical skill is independent, yet are interrelated, all leading back to life.

All medical skills, ultimately, serve to ensure the stable and healthy functioning of life.

That’s his fresh insight after master’s level medical experience.

In the office, Zhou Can carefully studied the supplementary examination reports for Cheng Xiaolu’s mother, thoroughly evaluating every detail, and slowly formulated a feasible surgical plan in his mind.

After getting everything prepared, he sent a joint consultation request to Wu Baihe from Neurosurgery.

Out of respect, generally, it starts by consulting the other department’s specialist, jointly brainstorming the surgery plan, and then proposing the joint surgery face to face.

Directly calling them for assistance with surgery would never find an agreeable specialist except in one situation—during surgery if problems arose requiring rescue.

In such cases, requests for aid from related departments are usually met, but not definitely.

Given potential risks, running over to support is also risky.

Thus mentioning the significance of connections.

Sustaining good relations with doctors and nurses from various departments is quite necessary.

At least at the level of chief and deputy chief physician, expanding connections appropriately matters.

Around eight twenty in the evening, Wu Baihe had just completed a highly demanding neurosurgery.

Upon seeing Zhou Can’s SMS consultation request, he replied with a few words.

"Just finished surgery, will come over after dinner."

"Thank you, much appreciated!"

Zhou Can initially thought it would be nice if Wu Baihe could make some time for the consultation the next day, but unexpectedly, Wu Baihe agreed to come for a consultation that very night upon seeing the message after surgery.

This truly moved and surprised Zhou Can.

Since the patient’s condition was critical but not acute, having occurred nearly four days ago.

The patient was admitted yesterday, underwent routine tests like blood count, urine, and stool tests that night.

As for laboratory biochemical tests, Tuya Hospital’s technical competence is solid, ensuring peace of mind by verifying results internally.

The county hospitals’ rigor and precision are quite lacking.

Many advanced biochemical tests cannot be conducted.

The patient is now in deep coma, where several test data aspects are crucial.

Such as whether acidosis occurred, and variations in key blood counts?

These are all vital reference indicators for evaluating surgical safety.

Around eight fifty, Wu Baihe hurried over. Though he appeared energetic, profound fatigue was noticeable in his eyes.

"Director Wu, sorry to have you come for a consultation so late at night!"

Zhou Can quickly stood to welcome him.

"Spare me the superficial courtesy, show me the patient’s materials. Also, your Emergency Department should have drafted a preliminary surgical plan, right? Give that to me as well."

Wu Baihe disliked pleasantries.

He preferred going straight to the point.

Knowing he would be coming, Director Lou and Dr. Xu and others all rushed from their homes to the consultation room.

Wu Baihe simply nodded at them, like greeting, before earnestly reviewing the patient’s scans and reports.

Dr. Xu seemed accustomed to his temperament, waiting patiently.

Director Lou showed a slightly helpless smile.

Rank-wise, Director Lou was not superior to Wu Baihe, but in terms of position, Director Lou is a department director of a major unit, which is certainly above Wu Baihe.

However, Wu Baihe is the Neurosurgery department director and a technical ace in that critical department.

Thus, Director Lou holds no advantage in terms of status.

Consider Director Xie of General Surgery, who could easily pressure the Emergency Department, showing clearly how low Director Lou’s standing is.

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, and Orthopedic Surgery... the directors of these crucial departments likely don’t consider Director Lou much.

"Who developed the surgical plan?"

"I did!"

Zhou Can didn’t consult Dr. Xu because Dr. Xu had left work to spend time with family by then.

Dr. Xu is not proficient in endoscopic surgery.

Even if Zhou Can invited him, he might not be of significant assistance.

"The plan is correct, and the surgical approach is astute, but the order of operations needs change. You proposed starting an approach to the mid-head and first checking for potential brainstem hemorrhage, which is absolutely inadvisable. Such bold, aggressive thinking is permissible in diagnostics but needs gradual progression in surgery."

Wu Baihe sternly criticized Zhou Can.

Through careful diagnosis, Zhou Can considered a high likelihood of brainstem hemorrhage in the patient.

His surgical style often involves tackling complex issues first, then handing off the straightforward parts to other doctors.

His approach to designing the intracranial endoscopic surgical plan got influenced by this habit.

"Old Xu, didn’t you teach him the basic surgical procedures?"

Wu Baihe directed his gaze toward Dr. Xu.

Suddenly, Zhou Can became extremely tense, unexpectedly causing his mentor to receive reprimand.

Unexpectedly, Dr. Xu didn’t get angry but felt somewhat embarrassed and said, "Of course, I’ve taught the basic procedures, but this kid is like a wild horse, sometimes way too independent, hard to persuade. I figured since he hasn’t caused any accidents during surgeries, I’d let him be. Your criticism is valid, something I overlooked previously."

Dr. Xu rarely concedes in medical skills.

Even against Director Hu Kan, Dr. Xu also holds his ground.

Yet now, before Wu Baihe, Dr. Xu was surprisingly humble, truly startling Zhou Can.

"Never having caused an accident doesn’t equate to never causing one, surgical procedures have strict norms, and haphazardly breaking the rules is fine until problems occur, at which point they’re major issues."

Wu Baihe sternly admonished Zhou Can.