When the Doctor Uses A Hack

He visited Chen Cang’s pericardial surgeries when he was free.

Hmm, he always felt quite delighted.

Of course, someone of Xia Gaofeng’s caliber wasn’t so idle and bored as to waste time like this every day.

In fact, he was inspired more or less every time he watched Chen Cang’s surgeries.

Although Chen Cang’s pericardial skills indeed needed improvement, his philosophy on the pericardium was quite good. During surgeries, even though his technique was very… well, very “hmm,” his ideas were excellent.

Needless to say, this was thanks to the explanation of the system.

While the teaching mode didn’t help Chen Cang learn surgery by heart, it did help him grasp many key points.

Currently, no gap was visible, but in the future, once his surgical capabilities improved, a natural advantage would emerge.

And as a behemoth in the field of cardiothoracic surgery, Xia Gaofeng was better at research than Tao Zi from the Second Provincial Hospital, and more inclined toward creative improvements in traditional surgical procedures.

Therefore, he’d take the time to watch Chen Cang’s surgeries whenever he could, thinking it might inspire his own work.

In truth, every doctor had their own surgical philosophy.

Improving a surgical procedure was certainly a badass feat.

But successfully completing a surgery was equally the mark of a good doctor.

Therefore, one couldn’t judge whether Tao Zi was better or Xia Gaofeng was, from that standpoint.

However, under the current climate, any evaluations depended on projects, research, and papers, causing departments to emphasize and scout for research talent.

Nowadays, every hospital was eagerly recruiting talent.

Of course, the quality of talent was a mixed bag.

But Xia Gaofeng was extremely satisfied with Meng Xi, even to the point of utmost satisfaction.

He had thought Meng Xi was just a research-oriented talent flaunting a prestigious school’s reputation, but unexpectedly, Meng Xi’s clinical skills also proved to be solid.

Sometimes Xia Gaofeng couldn’t help but wonder if the heavens were in an exceptionally good mood when creating Meng Xi, bestowing such an abundance of halos!

Even the first student he received was so satisfactory.

Then looking at Chen Cang, turning around to glance at Ge Huai, Xia Gaofeng couldn’t help but sigh.

Comparing people could really kill you.

Ge Huai was Xia Gaofeng’s postgraduate student, who stayed on after getting his master’s and, with Xia Gaofeng’s guidance, also earned his doctorate, becoming a core strength in the department.

Ge Huai was quite outstanding and satisfied Xia Gaofeng, except for being somewhat immature in character.

But now, after watching Chen Cang, Xia Gaofeng suddenly found himself increasingly critical of his senior disciple.

He was dying to ask Meng Xi if they could swap students, give Ge Huai to her, and take Chen Cang for himself?

At this thought, Director Xia immediately shook his head, daring not to entertain such an idea.

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Chen Cang felt helpless and was at a loss for words…

Looking at the three spectators in front of him—no, now there were four, one more person than yesterday.

Qian Liang had somehow seen Chen Cang and also came to join in the excitement!

Is watching my surgery that entertaining?

Seeing Xia Gaofeng and Qian Liang standing there, laughing and joking, watching Chen Cang’s surgery with a teasing gaze and commenting, Chen Cang really wanted to rip his heart out and throw it at their faces.

What’s so funny!

Have you never seen a newbie?

Ge Huai was even more content as he commented, “Little Chen, not bad, much stronger than the last time. This time it took you only two and a half cuts to open the pericardium! Hmm, much better than before, keep it up.”

Chen Cang sighed, I’ll endure!

Just wait, all of you mortals.

This is already my fourth procedure, and after one more, I will certainly outperform all of you nobodies.

Chen Cang was determined that once he reached an advanced level, he would use skill points to jump straight to master level.

After all, Chen Cang’s skill points had once again reached a total of 24!

Very inflated!

Looking at Xia Gaofeng’s mocking gaze, Chen Cang squinted and smiled: Director Xia, you will be surprised very soon.

Compared to others, it was the first time Chen Cang realized how wonderful a teacher Meng Xi was, broad-minded and exceedingly tolerant—how great…

However, Chen Cang was not without progress; he was improving slowly and had become much more proficient, now on his fourth procedure.

After half an hour, the surgery was over.

Chen Cang looked up at Meng Xi and smiled slightly, “Meng Teacher, it’s finished.”

Meng Xi made an acknowledging grunt, “You’re progressing too slowly; go back and practice more.”

Chen Cang: …

That praise came a bit early.

And besides, where on earth could he practice?

This was pericardial surgery, not skin suturing, which you can practice on synthetic skin.

Chen Cang sighed helplessly.

Now, Chen Cang basically came to the surgery room of Dong Da First Hospital every noon to scrounge a surgical meal, then headed back to his hospital after the operation, and returned for more surgery after his evening shift.

Although he was exhausted, he found it fulfilling, and it also saved him the cost of two meals.

Especially when he thought about the envious looks of these mortals in a few days, Chen Cang didn’t feel tired at all.

After the surgery was over, Chen Cang felt a bit stifled, having been teased by these bigwigs for the past two or three days, wishing he could find some newcomers to torment!

Looking at Qian Liang and Xia Gaofeng, the two directors were really competitive!

To watch his own surgery instead of going home for their wives’ cooking, here they were, fighting over surgical meals with him — what for?

And the happiest of all was Ge Huai.

Ge Huai’s fondness for his “disciple” Chen Cang grew even more; mhm, he needed to show enough sympathy for the weak.

After all, only then could he reflect his excellent qualities of being helpful and caring for newcomers…

Leaving the surgery room and following the three back to the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Chen Cang was about to hang up his clothes in the changing room and leave.

Now he had two lab coats, one from the Provincial Second Hospital, and one from Dong Da First Hospital.

It kind of felt like being a spy…

Right after he came out, suddenly there was a burst of ringing from a phone.

After the nurse’s station picked up, the nurse called out in a hurry: “Emergency! A car accident victim has arrived with massive intrathoracic bleeding, requesting an urgent consult!”

When the nurses at the station call out to the doctors’ office in such a hasty tone, it means the situation is quite serious.

As expected, hearing the shout from the nurse’s station, Xia Gaofeng, Meng Xi, and the others were stunned.

Without time to change, they grabbed their lab coats and hurried downstairs.

Massive chest bleeding could mean many things, but regardless of the cause, it was all very dangerous — these were life-threatening injuries.

Most of the important organs in the human body are located in the chest, and a major hemorrhage in this area means trouble for either the heart or the major blood vessels!

At this moment, not many people were in the elevator, and the group hastily made their way down, anxious and uneasy inside the lift.

It was as if they could hear each other’s heartbeats.

The ordinarily brief elevator ride suddenly felt incredibly long.

Time ticked away minute by minute.

Finally, the moment the elevator doors opened, Meng Xi was the first to sprint out.

Chen Cang followed closely behind, running towards the emergency department!

He was already familiar with the emergency department of Dong Da Hospital.

The car accident victim, bleeding profusely… the situation was very dangerous.

By the time the three rushed in, the patient was already in the resuscitation room.

Since it was just past one in the afternoon, there were only two doctors on duty.

Seeing Meng Xi come in, Wu Peng quickly said, “Director Meng, the patient is now suffering from an open pneumothorax and a hemothorax. We’ve sealed the wound, and the pneumothorax is relieved, but now there’s too much bleeding in the chest cavity, more than 500 ml!”

His words immediately caused everyone’s expressions to change.

Hemothorax!

And it was a moderate hemothorax with over 500 milliliters of blood.

The situation was urgent!

There was both an open pneumothorax and a hemothorax caused by significant blood loss.

The condition turned critical in an instant.

Meng Xi’s expression changed, and he quickly asked, “Where are the thoracic surgeons? Why haven’t they come down yet?”

Wu Peng: “We have called to urge them, and they should be here shortly!”

Chen Cang looked at the patient’s monitor, feeling profoundly apprehensive inside!

The blood pressure was getting lower, only 60/40 mmHg, the respiratory rate had reached 31 per minute, and the heart rate increased to 110 bpm!

The overall situation was not looking good.

Now, it was crucial to stop the bleeding and replenish fluids swiftly.

Xia Gaofeng also ran in at that moment, and seeing the patient’s condition, his face immediately darkened.