31: Chapter 31 Vice Dean Zeng Dayang! Emergency Surgery Skill Enhancement Card (Rare)!
Lu Chen was changing the dressing for a patient under observation.
The abrasion on the right arm had been treated yesterday, and today he was re-examining the wound.
The wound was healing well with no signs of infection.
Lu Chen changed the dressing again and instructed the patient on precautions for going home.
After finishing the dressing change, he looked up and saw two people standing at the entrance of the Yellow Zone corridor.
One was Director Wang from the Medical Affairs Department, whom he knew and had met occasionally.
The other, wearing a gray jacket, was someone Lu Chen didn't recognize, but judging by his posture, he didn't look like an ordinary visitor.
Director Wang from the Medical Affairs Department saw Lu Chen and waved.
"Lu Chen, come here for a moment."
Lu Chen took off his gloves and walked over.
As he got closer, he noticed the gaze of the man in the gray jacket.
It wasn't an appraisal, but rather more like a confirmation after having already reached a conclusion.
Director Wang from the Medical Affairs Department introduced him.
"This is our Hospital's Vice President, President Zeng Dayang."
"He heard about your situation yesterday and came specifically to see you."
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, but only for a brief second.
He immediately composed his expression and nodded politely.
"Hello, President Zeng."
Vice President Zeng Dayang sized him up for a few seconds, then spoke.
His voice wasn't loud, but it was very steady.
"You are Lu Chen?"
"Yes."
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-four."
"Still a Trainee Physician?"
"Yes, first-year Trainee Physician."
President Zeng gave an affirmative sound and continued to ask.
"That child with the epidural hematoma yesterday, how did you discover it?"
Lu Chen knew what to answer; he spoke naturally about such questions.
"When that child was wheeled in, he just looked drowsy and listless."
"Many people might have treated it as a concussion first, but I noticed his blood pressure was slightly higher than normal, and his heart rate was slightly lower than normal."
"These two indicators, when appearing in a patient with head trauma, require high vigilance for increased intracranial pressure."
"Then, when I performed the physical examination, I found that his right pupil had started to become unequal, which was already an early sign of Cushing's triad."
"So I immediately requested an emergency consultation with the Neurosurgery Department and simultaneously ordered an urgent CT scan for confirmation."
President Zeng listened and was silent for a while.
"Where did you graduate from?"
"The local medical school."
"Did you go to graduate school?"
"No, I went straight to the Trainee Physician program after my bachelor's degree."
President Zeng nodded without saying anything else.
He just glanced at him, then turned to Director Wang of the Medical Affairs Department and said a sentence.
"Have Director Li Sen find a time to arrange for Lu Chen to come to my office for a chat."
Director Wang agreed.
President Zeng looked back at Lu Chen once more.
"Keep up the good work."
After saying that, he turned and left.
His steps were still not fast, but he walked with a strong sense of purpose.
Lu Chen stood in place, watching the Vice President's back for about three seconds.
Then he turned and walked back to the Yellow Zone.
Head Nurse Fang Ying popped up from somewhere and leaned in beside him.
Her voice was very low, but her eyes were bright.
"That was President Zeng just now, right?"
"Yes."
"What did he come for?"
"Just looking around."
"What did he say?"
"He asked Director Li to arrange for me to go to his office for a chat."
Head Nurse Fang Ying was stunned for a full two seconds, then covered her mouth in a gesture very unbecoming of a Head Nurse.
"My god."
Lu Chen ignored her and walked back to the duty station.
He looked down at the system panel and checked his balance of gratitude points.
1080 points.
He could draw a prize.
He stared at this number, thought for a moment, and then closed the lottery interface.
No rush; he would wait until he got off work tonight.
There were still patients waiting now, and more than forty people under observation in the corridor to watch over; these were more important than the lottery.
At 2:30 PM, Director Li Sen called Lu Chen to his office.
It wasn't an interrogation, just a normal conversation, but Director Li Sen's expression was a little less serious than usual.
It looked like there was something indescribable, as if he were weighing something.
"President Zeng asked you?"
"Yes, he came to take a look this morning."
"He said he wanted you to go to his office for a chat; do you know what this means?"
"Not really."
Lu Chen really didn't know; he hadn't been in the Emergency Department long enough to have figured out the Hospital's administrative ecosystem.
Director Li Sen said in a low voice.
"President Zeng is the Vice President in charge of medical operations; he doesn't usually take the initiative to see a Trainee Physician."
"But he knows you now, and he came to find you on his own initiative."
"You need to understand this signal."
Lu Chen thought about it and understood what Director Li Sen meant.
In a place like a Hospital, being approached by a Vice President is not a bad thing.
In fact, it is a rather scarce resource.
For a Trainee Physician, this level of attention is almost impossible.
"Director, are you trying to say..."
"I'm saying, keep working hard; opportunities won't be lacking. What you lack is time. Take it slow, don't rush."
Director Li Sen's tone was very flat when he said this, but Lu Chen could hear it.
This was some very practical advice, not just polite empty words.
He nodded.
"Understood."
"One more thing."
Director Li Sen paused.
"You were also at the scene for the two death cases yesterday. Have you been affected?"
Lu Chen thought for a moment.
"A little, but not much."
"Which case?"
"The second one, that old lady."
Director Li Sen was silent for two seconds.
"That situation was not a treatment issue in the Emergency Department, you know that, right?"
"I know. It was because the anti-slip work at the main entrance wasn't done properly; it had nothing to do with the medical treatment in the Emergency Department."
"But you were still affected."
"Yes, because she shouldn't have died here. That situation was completely avoidable."
Lu Chen's tone was very flat, but every word he said was solid.
"If there had been anti-slip mats on those steps at the main entrance, or if someone had been there guiding the family members, she wouldn't have fallen, wouldn't have had intracranial hemorrhage, and wouldn't have died in the Emergency Department."
Director Li Sen stared at him for several seconds.
"Your perspective is very interesting."
"It's an objective fact."
"Hmm."
Director Li Sen nodded, his tone sinking a bit more.
"President Zeng already gave instructions for the anti-slip rectification this morning. A construction team will come to handle it this afternoon. This kind of situation won't happen again in the future."
Lu Chen lowered his head and acknowledged.
Director Li Sen waved his hand.
"Alright, go ahead, you still have a shift this afternoon."
"Okay, Director."
Lu Chen stood up and walked toward the door.
Director Li Sen said one more thing behind him.
"Lu Chen."
He turned back.
"Don't waste that surgical skill of yours."
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"I won't waste it."
After getting off work in the evening, Lu Chen returned to the on-call dormitory.
He took a shower and put on clean clothes.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, he opened the system panel.
The lottery interface opened; 1080 gratitude points could be exchanged for one draw.
He thought for a moment and pressed it.
The lottery wheel spun in front of him, slowing down more and more, and finally stopped at a position.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Emergency Surgery Skill Enhancement Card (Rare), Effect: The efficiency of gaining experience points for the host's Emergency Surgery-related operational skills is increased by 50%, Duration: 30 days]
Lu Chen stared at this reward for a while.
50%, lasting 30 days.
He calculated in his mind; according to the current workload in the Yellow Zone, the skill experience he could get in these 30 days... conservatively estimated, it would be equal to at least two or three months in the past.
He used this card, and the system popped up a confirmation.
[Emergency Surgery Skill Enhancement Card has been activated, effect is in effect, remaining time: 30 days 0 hours 0 minutes]
Lu Chen put down his phone and lay down.
The drizzle outside the window was still falling, but it was much lighter than yesterday, so light that it was almost just background noise.
He stared at the ceiling, reviewing the day's events in his mind.
Vice President Zeng Dayang, met him, wants to see him.
What Director Li Sen said today was valuable and must be remembered.
Internal Medicine Diagnostics, broke through to Proficient level.
There is still a long way to go, but the direction is right.
The child with the epidural hematoma, woke up, recovering well.
Overall, today was good.
Lu Chen summarized it in his heart and then closed his eyes.
Making money, building a career, saving lives, leveling up and fighting monsters.
These four things, he didn't miss a single one.
Just like this, it's quite good.
He fell asleep faster than usual, because he was indeed tired today.
But the last thought before falling asleep was about that young boy when he woke up today; he didn't know what he said.
He didn't see it, but, he didn't need to see it.
It was enough.