38: Chapter 38 The Last Day of Exchange and Learning
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
The official exchange activities began.
Director Qian Fangxu arranged three segments: a department tour, case discussions, and observation of emergency procedures.
Lu Chen followed the exchange group on a tour of the Emergency Department at Guangfu Hospital.
It had to be said that the hardware facilities at Guangfu Hospital were indeed better than those at Central Hospital.
The equipment was newer, the space was larger, and the staffing was more abundant.
However, regarding process management and clinical response speed, Lu Chen felt there wasn't much of a gap between the two.
After all, these things relied not just on hardware, but more on the people.
After the tour came the case discussion segment.
Both sides presented several recent typical cases to discuss in the Conference Room.
Lu Chen did not speak up at all throughout the process, merely listening quietly.
It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but he was very clear that, in a setting like a case discussion, it wasn't appropriate for a Trainee Physician to interrupt.
His Suturing in the morning had already been high-profile enough; stealing the spotlight again would be a bit much.
He remembered Director Li Sen's words: endure when you should, shine when you should, and the timing must be right.
The timing in the morning had been right, but the current timing was not.
But his ears were not idle.
The few cases presented by Guangfu Hospital were indeed of good quality.
There was an emergency treatment case of acute aortic dissection that made him listen very attentively.
A notification popped up at the edge of his vision on the system panel.
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine mastery progress: 34% (+1%)]
Being able to increase progress just by listening to the discussion showed that the information content of these cases was indeed high.
Guangfu Hospital was worthy of being a provincial key Grade A tertiary Hospital; the foundation was clearly there.
At 5:30 PM, the first day of the exchange activities officially ended.
Guangfu Hospital arranged dinner, and people from both sides had a meal at a restaurant near the Hospital.
The atmosphere at the dining table was much better than in the morning.
After that Suturing comparison in the morning, the attitude of the people from Guangfu Hospital toward Central Hospital had clearly softened.
When Director Qian Fangxu raised his glass, he specifically looked at Lu Chen.
"Little Lu, why didn't you say a word this afternoon?"
"I was learning."
"Learning?"
"The aortic dissection case you discussed today was handled beautifully; I learned a lot from it."
Director Qian Fangxu had not expected him to answer like that.
A young man who had just crushed his own disciple in the morning was now saying he was learning in the afternoon.
Whether he was truly learning or just putting on a show, this attitude made Director Qian Fangxu feel very comfortable.
"Good, ask more tomorrow, don't be shy."
"Thank you, Director Qian Fangxu."
After dinner, the members of the exchange group were arranged to stay at a hotel near Guangfu Hospital.
Lu Chen returned to his room and locked the door.
He took a shower first, then sat on the bed and opened the system panel.
[Daily Settlement]
[Participated Activity: Inter-Hospital Technical Exchange (Guangfu Hospital)]
[Suturing Technical Demonstration: Completed]
[Suturing experience +45]
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine mastery progress: 34% (+1%)]
[Internal Medicine Diagnostics (Passive experience gained from auditing case discussion): +8]
[gratitude points: No change (No direct participation in patient treatment today)]
The experience points didn't increase much, but today's gain wasn't in experience points.
The real gain today was opening up the situation at Guangfu Hospital.
Director Qian Fangxu acknowledged him, Zhou Wenjie accepted the gap, and even those young doctors behind Director Qian Fangxu who had originally looked down on him were much more polite to him in the afternoon.
These things couldn't be seen on the system panel, but they were useful in the real world.
Lu Chen closed the system panel and took the Emergency Medicine textbook out of his bag.
He opened a new chapter and began to read.
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine mastery progress: 34.3% (+0.3%)]
Mm, steady progress.
He read for about an hour, closed the textbook, and lay down.
The phone screen lit up; it was a message from Teacher Zhao Yaqin.
[Zhao Yaqin: I heard you beat their silver award winner at Guangfu Hospital today?]
News travels really fast.
[Lu Chen: We just exchanged some Suturing techniques; it can't be called winning.]
[Zhao Yaqin: Director Wang sent a message to the department group chat saying you performed excellently, and Director Li replied with a single "Mm."]
[Lu Chen: Director Li replying "Mm" is enough.]
[Zhao Yaqin: Alright, keep performing well tomorrow. Don't embarrass the department.]
[Lu Chen: Don't worry, Teacher Zhao.]
He put his phone down and closed his eyes.
Today was the first day of coming to Guangfu Hospital.
There were two days left.
He didn't know the content of the exchange for tomorrow and the day after, but no matter what was arranged, he was prepared.
His current Suturing was at the Perfect level, Basic Surgical Operations was at the Proficient level, and Internal Medicine Diagnostics was at the Skilled level.
With this level configuration, he didn't think there were any peers at Guangfu Hospital who could threaten him.
But he didn't come here just to win; he came here to learn.
Guangfu Hospital was indeed better than them in some aspects, and today's aortic dissection case was proof of that.
Learn from others' strengths to make up for his own weaknesses.
And by the way, let them know that the Trainee Physician from Central Hospital was not a vase.
It was a win-win situation.
The corners of Lu Chen's mouth curled up slightly, and then he relaxed.
Today was very fulfilling.
Continue tomorrow.
...
The second day of the exchange activities was normal.
The morning was spent observing the practical operation of emergency procedures, and the afternoon was a special lecture on trauma assessment.
Lu Chen was very serious throughout the entire process, listening to what he should, taking notes on what he should, and whenever he encountered something he didn't understand, he would find an opportunity to ask the young doctors around Director Qian Fangxu.
After yesterday's Suturing showdown, the people at Guangfu Hospital were much better toward him, and they were basically willing to answer whatever he asked.
Even a few Resident Physicians took the initiative to add his WeChat, saying they could communicate more in the future.
Lu Chen did not refuse anyone and added them all.
Connections were the kind of thing where the more the better; one could never have too many.
After a day, the numbers on the system panel moved again.
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine mastery progress: 36% (+2%)]
[Basic Surgical Operations experience +22 (observation bonus)]
[Internal Medicine Diagnostics experience +15 (passive acquisition from case discussion)]
It wasn't an explosive increase, but it was steady.
Returning to the hotel in the evening, Lu Chen read the textbook for an hour as usual, then rested early.
The third day.
The last day of the exchange activities.
The arrangement for the morning was free exchange; doctors from both sides could audit outpatient clinics and participate in receiving patients.
Director Wang specifically gave an instruction before they set off.
"Today is the last day, everyone watch your image and don't cause any trouble."
He Wenbin muttered quietly in the back.
"It wasn't us who caused trouble; yesterday, a Resident Physician from Guangfu messed up a Puncture, and I had to help them fix it with a needle."
Wu Fan glanced at him but didn't speak.
Lu Chen followed the team into the Emergency Department of Guangfu Hospital.
Today, Director Qian Fangxu led the team himself, taking them to observe the daily reception process of the Emergency Surgery Department.
The Emergency Surgery Department at Guangfu Hospital did indeed have substance; the number and types of patients were more than at Central Hospital, after all, it was located in the center of the provincial capital and covered a larger population.
Lu Chen followed behind Director Qian Fangxu, observing and silently recording in his heart.
At over ten o'clock in the morning, Director Qian Fangxu received a phone call, saying he had a meeting to attend, and asked Zhou Wenjie to host them instead.
Zhou Wenjie walked over and nodded at Lu Chen.
"Dr. Lu, come with me; I'll take you to see our Debridement Room."
"Okay."
The relationship between the two had actually become more normal after yesterday's competition.
Zhou Wenjie was someone who could handle losing, and Lu Chen didn't show off everywhere after winning; both sides were very decent.
When they walked to the entrance of the Debridement Room, a noisy sound suddenly came from the end of the corridor.
Someone was shouting.
"Move aside, move aside! Someone is injured! Hurry and call a doctor!"
The voice was very urgent, with a sobbing tone.
Zhou Wenjie frowned and walked over quickly.
Lu Chen followed.
At the entrance of the Emergency Department hall, two people were supporting a young man as they rushed in.
The young man was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, wearing a white T-shirt, but the right side of the T-shirt had already been soaked with blood, turning into a large patch of deep red.
His right arm was hanging down, and there was a very long wound from his shoulder to his forearm, with blood dripping down.
His face was pale, his lips had no color, but he was still conscious, just grimacing in pain.
The two people supporting him also looked to be in their early twenties, dressed very ordinarily, with panicked expressions.
And behind them, there was also a girl following.
When Lu Chen's gaze fell on that girl, it paused for about half a second.
The girl was about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, not tall, with a very small face, and her features were excessively exquisite.
Big eyes, a high nose bridge, and skin so white it seemed to glow.
But at this moment, that face was full of panic and fear; her eyes were red, and tears were swirling in them, looking like she was about to cry at any moment.
She was tightly clutching the uninjured hand of the injured man, shouting incessantly.
"Brother, Brother, how are you? Don't scare me, Brother!"
The voice was urgent and fearful, with a clear tremor.
Zhou Wenjie went up to meet them and quickly scanned the wound.
"How was he injured?"
One of the young men supporting him hurriedly replied.
"He was slashed by someone, slashed with a knife!"
"When did this happen?"
"Just now, about a dozen minutes ago, we sent him here because it was the nearest place!"
Zhou Wenjie's expression turned serious, and he turned his head and shouted.
"Bring a gurney over, head to the Debridement Room!"
Two Nurses ran over and helped the injured man onto the gurney.
The girl was still standing by, refusing to let go of her brother's hand.
"Miss, please let go first; we need to treat the wound."
"Will my brother be okay? You must save him!"
The girl's tears finally fell, dropping down one after another.