Chapter 269: Famous doctors are looking for successors to inherit the skills of the two famous surgical surgeons
"Director Xue, we can't help you here. I still have patients to treat, so I'll go back to the inpatient ward first." The deputy chief physician who held a conservative opinion saw Zhou Can standing on the operating table and was worried that if something happened to the patient, it would get him into trouble.
He found a reason to leave on the spot.
Other doctors also left.
Including Director Liu from the Department of Critical Care Medicine and others.
It’s not necessarily that everyone is afraid of getting into trouble, but that something really happens.
Doctors and nurses are extremely busy, and overtime work is common.
Soon, only Director Xue, Director Le, an attending physician, two residents, and three operating nurses were left in the operating room. Then came Doctor Guan and Doctor Feng from the Department of Anesthesiology.
The operating room became much quieter.
Zhou Can is carefully separating the lung tumor from the patient and then removing it. With his current surgical skills, it is no problem for him to challenge such a difficult operation.
With the encouragement and support of Dr. Feng, Dr. Guan regained his confidence and once again took on the anesthesia work for the patients.
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After about an hour and a half, the operation was successfully completed.
The patient's lung tumor was successfully removed.
Fortunately, the patient was alive and well until the end of the operation and did not suffer from any problems such as cardiac arrest.
"Push the patient to the recovery room to wake him up from anesthesia! His condition is still quite dangerous, and it is not appropriate to transfer him to the general ward immediately. First transfer him to the intensive care unit for two days, and then transfer him to the general ward for care when his condition stabilizes."
Don’t be fooled by the fact that Dr. Feng seems to be sitting there calmly. In fact, he is just relaxed on the outside but tense on the inside.
He didn't do anything to take care of the patient throughout the whole process.
Only when Doctor Guan is undecided or the patient's vital signs fluctuate greatly will he be given timely advice.
After the operation, the first thing he did was to carefully check the patient's various indicators. He was not as relaxed as he seemed.
After evaluation, you may feel that the risk is a bit high.
The final decision was to keep the patient in the intensive care unit for two days to prevent any accidents.
"How is it, has your confidence returned?"
After treating the patient, Dr. Feng did not leave in a hurry.
Rather, I was concerned about the doctor's mentality when asking questions.
"It's much better than before. At least I don't feel nervous or scared when facing patients." What Doctor Guan said might be a little exaggerated, but his previous performance was indeed very bad.
It was not easy for him to complete the anesthesia work for this operation.
"It's a good thing to be able to drive away the fear in your heart. This is also a huge progress. I believe that after going through this experience, you will definitely become more calm and confident in the future."
Dr. Feng praised and affirmed his progress.
After talking with Dr. Guan, he turned to look at Zhou Can who was taking off his gloves.
Wearing disposable protective clothing and insisting on completing the operation, Zhou Can felt like he had taken a free sauna. His clothes were already soaked.
"Zhou Can, have you been transferred to the internal medicine training recently?"
"Yes! It's been almost a month since I was transferred to the Department of Gastroenterology!" Zhou Can replied.
"No wonder I haven't seen you for a long time. If you have time, you can come to the anesthesiology department to find me and follow me to the operating room to practice and learn more! If you wait until you have been trained in internal medicine for one or two years before starting to learn again, the effect will be much worse."
Doctor Feng made a small request to him that others would be happy to fulfill.
"Okay! I will return to Tuya Hospital in a week. As long as I am free, I will come to ask you for advice." Zhou Can agreed immediately.
The essence of an anesthesiologist is the product of the combination of multiple disciplines such as anesthesiology, life science, and nursing.
It is more powerful than you think.
Its role in clinical practice is no less important than the two most important medical skills: pathological diagnosis and pharmacological differentiation.
Other doctors divide internal medicine into eight major systems, including the nervous system, respiratory system, digestive system, and blood system. But in Zhou Can's eyes, internal medicine is a combination of three medical skills, namely pathological diagnosis, pharmacological differentiation, and anesthesia.
As long as you master these three medical skills, you won’t be afraid to travel around the world.
Looks like I'll have to work overtime from now on!
He definitely couldn't go to the anesthesiology department to perform anesthesia surgery with Dr. Feng during his normal working hours.
Then I can only work overtime.
At this moment, he once again deeply felt that a person's time and energy are limited. Medicine is vast and boundless, and there is no way to learn it all in a lifetime.
Perhaps as Zhou Can's strength continues to improve, this feeling of being unable to cope with so many tasks will become more obvious.
In the end, he could only choose one or two specialized fields like other famous doctors, and devote most of his energy and time to studying them. As for other non-specialized medical fields, he learned as much as he could.
After coming out of the operating room, he did not rush home, but went to visit Director Hu Kan who had suffered another myocardial infarction.
It was much better than expected. Director Hu Kan only had arrhythmia this time. Coupled with the strong mental stimulation, he felt worried about the patient, powerless, a little panic and fear, and finally fainted.
After treatment, the person has regained consciousness.
But he no longer looked as calm and strong as when Zhou Can first met him.
At this moment, he looked extremely weak and very old lying on the hospital bed. In the past six months or so, since he had a heart attack and surgery, he seemed to have aged by a dozen years.
Zhou Can still remembers the first time he met him, which was at the surgical safety meeting more than a year ago. At that time, Director Hu Kan was like an uncle next door, calm and steady, like a rock in the river, standing tall. His aura was also particularly strong at that time.
Unexpectedly, within less than two years, Director Hu Kan's condition took a turn for the worse due to an accident during surgery.
The profession of doctor is really dangerous.
On the other hand, Dr. Xu, who once lost to Director Hu Kan, also suffered a major setback and even lost the qualification to perform level 3 and 4 major surgeries. However, Dr. Xu has been working hard and getting stronger over the years.
All Dr. Xu needs is a chance to break free from his shackles.
"Director Hu, are you okay?"
Zhou Can stood in front of the bed, looking at this amiable and respectable "old man".
Although I say old, I am not really old.
At most, he is less than 60 years old.
It was only because of the great work pressure, coupled with the two major challenges and setbacks in his life, that he was exhausted and his body suffered from two heart attacks, which made him look so old.
"I'm feeling much better now. How's the patient?"
Director Hu Kan was lying on the hospital bed, but he was worried about the patient's condition.
This moved Zhou Can.
He dedicated his entire life to the medical profession. Even when he was lying in bed, he was still thinking about the patients he had treated, and did not care about his own body.
"The patient is out of danger after rescue. Don't worry!" Zhou Can came over. Firstly, he wanted to see the good teacher who had taught him, and secondly, he wanted to tell him the good news that the patient was out of danger so that he could put down his mental burden.
"At that time, I urgently performed a thoracotomy on the patient, but a large amount of blood and bubbles flowed out of his chest cavity. According to my clinical experience, this patient is definitely dead. Are you deliberately making up a white lie to comfort me?"
Director Hu Kan is skeptical about this.
Just at this moment, a nurse from the cardiothoracic surgery department came over with a tray to measure Director Hu Kan's body and prescribe medicine.
After hearing that, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Director Hu, you can rest assured! Doctor Zhou didn't lie, the patient is indeed fine after the rescue. I heard that Doctor Zhou, Director Xue and others also performed a lung tumor removal surgery on the patient."
The nurse is so well-informed.
This nurse was just a nursing nurse in the ward, but she knew so much about what happened in the operating room.
Needless to say, it must have been those three loudmouthed nurses who participated in the operation who spread the news.
"Lung tumor resection surgery? Does that patient have a lung tumor? Oh my, I was careless, I was careless!" Director Hu Kan is knowledgeable and has extremely rich clinical experience.
When I heard that Zhou Can and Director Xueyan had performed a lung tumor resection surgery on the patient, I immediately understood why the first rescue effort failed on the patient.
"Director Hu, I came to see you! Doctor Zhou is here too!"
Director Xueyan had already changed into her white coat and came to the ward to visit Director Hu Kan.
She should be considered as one of Director Hu Kan's disciples.
He is highly valued by Director Hu Kan.
Among the many chief physicians in cardiothoracic surgery, her position has always been very high.
After the patient was arranged, she rushed to visit Director Hu Kan as soon as possible, wanting to tell him the good news.
"I'm going to work in another hospital for a week and will leave tomorrow, so I thought of coming to see Director Hu."
Zhou Can explained.
"Why don't you go to Xinxiang Women's and Children's Hospital to participate in the expert clinic activities? I am not surprised that the hospital has selected you to be the first batch of supporting medical staff. The requirements for the first batch of selected teams are lower for those chief and deputy chief physicians. The requirements for young doctors like you are extremely strict. Everyone who can be selected is the elite among the elites."
She is the chief physician and one of the middle and senior management of the hospital. Naturally, she knows something about this major event.
"I am not an elite at all. I am just a junior trainee. I still have a lot to learn. If I hadn't had your help when I took the medical license exam, I would have definitely failed."
Zhou Can brought up this matter again because he had always remembered this favor.
At the beginning, it was really thanks to Director Xueyan who helped him circle the key points and select the must-know questions.
Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for him to complete the medical comprehensive examination questions in just a few months.
"You are always so humble!"
When Xueyan heard Zhou Can mention helping him get a medical license, she felt extremely relieved in her heart, although she didn't say anything.
The smile on her face and the gentle look she gave Zhou Can said it all.
"Xiao Zhou is a really excellent kid. I really envy Lao Xu for having such a good apprentice!" Director Hu Kan exclaimed from the side.
He had many disciples, but none of them could inherit his legacy.
This also made Hu Kan envy Dr. Xu even more.
"Director Xue, how was that patient saved? How did he develop a lung tumor? Tell me everything."
Director Hu Kan is most concerned about this matter.
The rescue of the patient was very urgent at that time, and he had no time to think deeply. He could only rely on his clinical experience to implement a series of rescue measures for the patient.
The rescue method is definitely correct, but it ignores some possible interfering factors.
If he had known that the patient had a tumor in his lungs, he would have surely thought of the tumor rupturing and bleeding, forming a blood clot.
"At that time, you fainted and the operating room was in chaos. I was actually very panicked and had an inexplicable fear. You have always been the strongest mountain in my heart. Your sudden collapse really caught me off guard. But I also understand that the only way to give you the best explanation is to try my best to stabilize the situation and do my best to save your life and the patient's life."
Director Xueyan still looks horrified when she talks about the situation at that time.
"I first arranged for someone to send you for diagnosis and treatment, and then immediately organized a series of rescue efforts for the patient. However, many methods were ineffective. Director Liu from the Department of Critical Care Medicine came over, but he was helpless. Fortunately, when I was panicking, I thought of Dr. Zhou who had repeatedly created medical miracles. I invited him over, and maybe he could create another medical miracle. I'm not afraid of Dr. Zhou's opinion, but I really just wanted to give it a try..."
She told Director Hu Kan the details of what had happened.
"It turned out that the massive bleeding was caused by a ruptured lung tumor! At the time, I only knew it was hemothorax, but I didn't think about it in that regard. X-ray examinations still have certain disadvantages. You must take this as a warning in your future medical practice. My accident this time is the best negative example."
Director Hu Kan was deeply moved after listening to this.
"Xiao Zhou, thank you for saving me again, and for saving the cardiothoracic surgery department of Tuya Hospital. My personal reputation being ruined is nothing. What I am most worried about is that my image will collapse, causing a chain reaction and leading to a rapid decline in the diagnosis business of the cardiothoracic surgery department. Then I will really become the sinner of Tuya Hospital."
Director Hu Kan is a monument and a signboard of Tuya Hospital.
He can't fall.
Otherwise, this would be a disaster for the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Tuya Hospital.
"When I was a resident in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, you and Director Xueyan did your best to train me. I can never repay you for your kindness. Now, I am just doing what I can do. If there is anything in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the future, as long as I can help, I will never refuse."
Zhou Can expressed his stance in front of them.
Let them understand his intentions.
There are many things that must be expressed and cannot be kept in the heart.
The human heart is the most complicated.
It is extremely inappropriate to let others guess your thoughts, because it is easy to guess wrong and cause misunderstanding.
"Okay, okay! When I recover, I will pass on all my life's learning to you so that you can become stronger in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. Even if you can't stay in the cardiothoracic surgery department, you can help me look after the cardiothoracic surgery department when I can't work anymore. That way, I can rest assured."
Listening to what Director Hu Kan said, it sounded like he was leaving his last words.
Of course, it may also be that the two accidents made him think about retiring.
Retiring when you have achieved success is often the wisest choice.
If you want to retreat after you have fallen, the results will be completely different.
Throughout history, many people do not understand this truth, and have to wait until they are in trouble, even ruined, and their families are exterminated before they regret it. By that time, it is actually too late to regret.
Know when to quit, very few people can really do that.
"Director Hu, you are still very young. It is no problem for you to work for another 30 years. Of course, I would be more than happy if you are willing to teach me more medical knowledge, surgical skills and experience."
Zhou Can would naturally not refuse such a good thing.
He was originally Dr. Xu's apprentice, and Dr. Xu taught him everything he knew. If he could also learn Director Hu Kan's lifelong skills, he would have combined the strengths of both schools.
By then, his achievements might reach a height that he himself dared not even imagine.
You can't have both speed and stability.
However, this did not affect his learning of Director Hu Kan's clinical surgical experience, surgical skills, and methods of dealing with various diseases and critical situations.
For doctors to achieve success, talent and hard work are important, but the most important thing is experience.
Even a mediocre doctor can achieve remarkable medical achievements if he can obtain the lifelong experience and surgical skills of two top surgeons.
Zhou Can is extremely talented, and with the help of the medical skills experience value system, and the lifelong inheritance of two famous surgical knives, his future achievements are really unimaginable.
"I'm old! Everyone gets old! Ever since I had my last heart attack surgery, I've felt that my health is not as good as before. What I worry about most is that I will suddenly collapse one day, and there will be no one to take up the responsibility of cardiothoracic surgery. By that time, the building of cardiothoracic surgery will collapse in a moment. It's always better to be prepared for anything in advance."
Director Hu Kan lives a very clear life.
