14: Chapter 14 Should I use this chance to win a prize?
Zhao Yaqin stood by the entire time, and only spoke after Zhou Ze had walked away.
“Were you like this when you were in the General Surgery Department?”
“Like what?”
“This way of stirring up trouble everywhere.”
Lu Chen thought about it.
“I don't stir up trouble every time; most of the time, I'm quite well-behaved.”
Zhao Yaqin glanced at him with a half-smile.
“You, when you're not talking, you look especially obedient, but as soon as you open your mouth, you give people a heart attack.”
“Teacher Zhao, when you say it like that, I feel a lot of pressure.”
“It's only right to have pressure.”
Zhao Yaqin turned around to walk back.
“Let's go, back to work. Don't just stand here like a pole.”
Lu Chen followed behind her. After a few steps, Zhao Yaqin spoke again.
“Regarding that patient's situation, I will report it when Director Li returns.”
“You weren't wrong in what you did. Your methods were a bit off, but your intentions were right.”
“Next time you encounter a situation like this, come directly to me.”
Lu Chen nodded.
“Thank you, Teacher Zhao.”
“Don't thank me. You made me lose face along with you today.”
Zhao Yaqin's tone was somewhat helpless.
“I went to the Yellow Zone to take a look at the time, checked the Electrocardiogram results, thought it was fine too, and then I left.”
“And then the person collapsed.”
“I'm also one of those people you mentioned who was fooled by an Electrocardiogram.”
Lu Chen opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond.
“But where you're better than me is,” Zhao Yaqin stopped her pace and looked back at him, “you weren't fooled by the Electrocardiogram.”
“You saw something beyond the Electrocardiogram.”
“This ability is more valuable than any instrument.”
Lu Chen was quiet for a moment.
He knew that what Zhao Yaqin meant by 'something beyond the Electrocardiogram' was, in her understanding, likely keen clinical observation and a solid theoretical foundation.
But in reality, it was the Eye of Truth.
But no matter what it was, the result was the same.
He saw something others couldn't see and had the courage to speak up.
That was enough.
...
3:00 PM.
The Cardiology Department's interventional surgery was finished.
The thrombus was removed, the blood vessel was cleared, and a stent was placed.
The patient's vital signs stabilized, and he was sent to the CCU for monitoring.
He was temporarily out of danger.
The woman knelt down at the CCU entrance, her whole body trembling as she cried.
But this time, they were tears of joy.
She didn't know the name of that young doctor.
But she remembered that face.
That young face who was the first to rush to her husband's side in front of the pharmacy.
She would silently remember him for the rest of her life.
...
Lu Chen returned to the Green Zone.
He sat in the consultation room and opened the system panel.
[Event settling...]
[Participated in the early identification and warning of an acute myocardial infarction patient. Although not directly leading the treatment, prediction accuracy reached 100%, indirectly saving the patient's life.]
[Experience Reward: +3000 (Prediction Bonus)]
[Internal Medicine Diagnostics: Proficient (Progress: 12/100)]
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine Mastery Progress: 22/100]
[gratitude points: +50 (Indirect treatment bonus is lower)]
The experience points weren't that many.
Because he didn't directly perform the life-saving measures this time; the main treatment work was completed by Zhou Ze and the Cardiology Department.
But at least the experience points for Internal Medicine Diagnostics had finally started to increase.
Furthermore, his reputation in the Emergency Department had also quietly undergone a change.
Even though he was just an intern, the label of 'the intern who spotted the myocardial infarction' had already quietly spread among the Nurses and doctors of the Emergency Department.
This kind of reputation was intangible, but very useful.
Lu Chen closed the panel and continued seeing patients.
...
Over the next few days, Lu Chen's life returned to tranquility.
After Director Li Sen heard Zhao Yaqin's report, he didn't call Lu Chen for a talk, nor did he publicly praise or criticize him.
He only said one thing during the morning meeting the next day without mentioning names.
“A recent case has given us a reminder: a normal Electrocardiogram does not mean there is no myocardial infarction, especially in the early stages of an inferior wall MI, where the Electrocardiogram can be completely normal.”
“When all emergency doctors receive patients with chest tightness or chest pain, regardless of the Electrocardiogram results, if high-risk factors for coronary heart disease exist, High-sensitivity Troponin must be routinely checked.”
“This is a mandatory requirement, to be implemented starting today.”
Everyone present knew which case he was talking about.
The gazes of several people inadvertently swept toward Lu Chen, who was sitting in the back row.
Lu Chen kept his head down, taking notes in his notebook, appearing as if he hadn't noticed anything.
Zhou Ze sat in the second row and didn't say a word, but his expression was not very good.
After the meeting ended, he left silently.
He didn't cause any more trouble for Lu Chen, nor did he say anything else to him.
It could be considered a silent reconciliation.
...
Two more days passed.
Friday afternoon.
Lu Chen was seeing patients in the Green Zone.
There weren't many patients today, so he was a bit idle.
Idle enough that he started pondering in his mind about that unused gacha opportunity.
[Available Gacha Attempts: 1]
Should he give it a spin?
Just as he was hesitating, the door to the consultation room was pushed open.
The person who entered wasn't a patient.
It was a young female Nurse from the Emergency Department's Yellow Zone.
Her name was Lin Xiaoyu, twenty-three years old, with a round face and two dimples when she smiled.
“Dr. Lu, are you busy?”
“I'm alright. What's up?”
“Nothing, I just wanted to come and see you.”
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.
“See me? What for?”
Lin Xiaoyu's face turned slightly red.
“Well, it's just that there's nothing going on over in the Yellow Zone, so I came to the Green Zone for a look around.”
“Oh, then have a seat.”
Lin Xiaoyu sat down on the chair next to him, her hands wringing the hem of her clothes, occasionally stealing a glance at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen didn't pay it any mind and continued organizing medical records on the computer.
After a while, another person pushed the door and entered.
It was another Nurse, from the Emergency Department's Green Zone, named Sun Tiantian. She was a year older than Lin Xiaoyu, wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and looked quite refined.
“Dr. Lu, these are the pre-triage records for the Green Zone this afternoon. I brought them for you to take a look.”
Lu Chen took them and flipped through.
“Okay, thanks a lot.”
Sun Tiantian nodded, but she didn't leave.
Standing at the door of the consultation room, she also started stealing glances at Lu Chen.
When Lin Xiaoyu saw Sun Tiantian arrive, the expression on her face turned subtle for a moment.
The two of them looked at each other, then each averted their gaze.
The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat eerie.
Lu Chen kept his head down looking at the records, completely unaware of the undercurrent flowing in the air.
“Dr. Lu, are you thirsty? I brought you a cup of milk tea.”
As if by magic, Lin Xiaoyu pulled out a cup of milk tea from behind her.
“Huh? Thanks, no need to be so polite.”
“Dr. Lu, did you have breakfast today? I just came back from outside and picked up a sandwich on the way. Do you want it?”
Sun Tiantian also pulled a sandwich out of her pocket.
Lu Chen looked at the milk tea, then at the sandwich, a bit dazed.
“What's the situation here?”
“No situation, just worried you'd be hungry.”
“Yeah, you've been sitting here all afternoon by yourself, it must be so tiring.”
The two of them spoke in unison, then looked at each other again.
This time, there was a hint of gunpowder in their gaze.
Lu Chen still didn't sense it.
He took the milk tea and the sandwich, said a sincere thank you, and continued working.
The two girls stayed in his consultation room for a full twenty minutes before leaving.
As they left, they ran into a third person at the door.
An intern Nurse from the Emergency Department's Nurse Station named Zhou Xiaoman. She had a ponytail and looked like the very lively type.
“Hey, is Dr. Lu inside?”
Lin Xiaoyu and Sun Tiantian looked at her at the same time.
“What are you looking for him for?”
Zhou Xiaoman blinked her eyes.
“Teacher Zhao asked me to bring this test result over. Why?”
“Oh.”
The two of them made way.
Zhou Xiaoman walked in and placed the test result on Lu Chen's desk.
“Dr. Lu, here's the blood count result for bed number 3.”
“Okay, thank you.”
After dropping off the item, Zhou Xiaoman didn't leave either.
She leaned against the doorframe of the consultation room, tilting her head as she looked at Lu Chen.
“Dr. Lu, your skin is so fair. What kind of facial cleanser do you use?”
Lu Chen looked up, his face full of bewilderment.
“Safeguard.”
“Safeguard?”
“Yeah, the kind that's nine-ninety a bar.”
Zhou Xiaoman was somewhat stunned.
“You use bath soap to wash your face?”
“Is there a difference? It's all soap.”
Zhou Xiaoman was silent for three seconds.
“Dr. Lu, for your face to look like this even when washed with bath soap is truly infuriating.”
“Huh?”
Lu Chen had no idea what was going on, but he felt like he was being looked down upon.