50: Chapter 50 Sister Meng, that new Dr. Lu, his suturing technique is truly outrageous.
Lu Chen did not answer; the needle holder had already clamped the suture needle.
The first stitch was inserted.
Fast.
Accurate.
The apposition of the subcutaneous tissue was precise to a degree of perfection visible to the naked eye.
The injured person looked down and opened his mouth.
"Holy shit?"
He couldn't help but curse.
The second stitch.
Insert, pass through, tie, cut.
It was done in one go, faster than the first stitch, but the quality of the Suturing did not diminish in the slightest.
"This..."
The two companions nearby also leaned over to look.
"Brother, you must have practiced this technique, right?"
Lu Chen did not look up and continued Suturing.
The third stitch.
The fourth stitch.
The fifth stitch.
The spacing of every stitch was almost perfectly consistent, and the tension of the suture was incredibly uniform.
Under his hands, the wound was closing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the degree of skin apposition after closure could simply be described as perfect.
Nurse Xiao Zhou from the Red Zone happened to pass by, glanced at Lu Chen's operation unintentionally, and her steps stopped immediately.
She had worked in the Red Zone for three years and had seen countless doctors suture wounds.
But she had never seen this level of Suturing quality before.
It wasn't that other doctors didn't suture well, it was that Lu Chen sutured too well.
Good to an abnormal degree.
"Dr. Lu, your Suturing is just too beautiful!"
Xiao Zhou blurted out.
Lu Chen did not respond; he was sewing the last few stitches.
The injured person stared down at his wound, his expression changing from initial skepticism to stunned amazement.
A twelve-centimeter wound, fourteen stitches.
Time taken, three minutes and twenty seconds.
Lu Chen put down the needle holder and checked the Suturing effect.
Perfect.
The spacing error for each stitch was no more than 0.5 millimeters, the edges were precisely apposed, and there was no curling or misalignment.
"Alright, Suturing is complete. Go back and pay attention to wound care, do not let it get wet, come back in three days for a dressing change, and have the stitches removed in seven to ten days."
The injured person was stunned for several seconds.
"Done? That's it?"
"Done."
"No, brother, did you fast-forward? Why do I feel like you just started?"
Lu Chen began writing the treatment record.
"Three-plus minutes, not that fast."
"Not that fast?" The injured person glanced at his two brothers nearby. "How long did that one take when you got stitches at another Hospital last time?"
"Twenty-something minutes, I guess."
"And after it was sewn, it looked like a centipede, so ugly."
The injured person looked down at his wound again.
The sutures were arranged neatly, the spacing was even, the surface was flat, and it was almost impossible to tell it was a sutured wound.
"Holy crap, Big Brother, your skill is amazing."
"No need to call me Big Brother, my surname is Lu."
"Brother Lu! If our brothers have any injuries in the future, we'll come find you!"
Lu Chen wanted to say it was best not to get injured in the future, but after thinking about it, he let it go.
"Have you had a tetanus shot?"
"No."
"Go get one, get the order at the Nurse station."
"Alright Brother Lu, thanks!"
The three of them left.
They were very loud when they left, discussing it the whole way.
"I really didn't expect such a young guy to have such awesome skills."
"Let me tell you, I've had stitches no less than five times in my life, and not once has it compared to today's."
"In the future, if we get injured, we'll come to Central Hospital to find Brother Lu!"
Others in the Red Zone heard these words and all glanced at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen calmly packed up the Suturing kit and continued with his work.
Xiao Zhou walked over to Meng Yan and whispered something.
"Sister Meng, that new Dr. Lu, his Suturing technique is truly outrageous."
"Outrageous to what extent?"
"The best Suturing I've seen in the Red Zone."
Meng Yan raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.
But she remembered it.
...
3:00 PM.
Another trauma patient was sent in.
This time it was a Middle-aged man in his forties who had his calf scratched by a piece of rebar at a construction site. The wound was irregular, about eight centimeters long, with varying depths, and the Debridement was significantly more difficult than the last one.
Just as Lu Chen was about to take over, Zhao Yaqin came out of the Resuscitation Room.
"I'll handle this one."
Zhao Yaqin said as she prepared to put on gloves.
The Middle-aged man's coworker was anxiously speaking nearby.
"Doctor, please hurry, he's in unbearable pain."
Just as Zhao Yaqin was about to start, the injured person suddenly spoke up.
"Wait a moment."
"What's wrong?"
"Where is that young guy who sutured so well just now? When I came in, I heard those guys in the hallway saying there's a young doctor with really awesome Suturing skills."
Zhao Yaqin was stunned for a moment.
"You mean Lu Chen?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I think his surname is Lu. Can you let him suture me?"
Zhao Yaqin glanced at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen was also a bit surprised.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure, I heard their description of his skill was amazing. I can't have a scar if this wound isn't sutured well; my daughter is getting married next month, and I can't go out wearing shorts if I have a scar."
Zhao Yaqin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she still stepped aside.
"Alright, Lu Chen, you do it."
Lu Chen stepped forward and looked at the wound.
An irregular laceration; Debridement was indeed difficult, but to him, it was nothing.
He activated Eye of Truth, quickly assessed it, and then began the operation.
Debridement.
Irrigation.
Trimming the wound edges.
Suturing.
Because this wound was irregular, it required a combination technique of modified mattress suture and Interrupted suture.
Lu Chen's hands were incredibly steady.
Every stitch precisely avoided the critical nerve and blood vessel pathways, and the tension of the suture was controlled perfectly.
Zhao Yaqin stood to the side watching, and from initial routine supervision, it gradually turned into serious observation.
Her expression went through a very obvious process of change.
At first, it was calm.
Then, she slightly frowned.
Then, her brow relaxed, replaced by a kind of seriousness tinged with scrutiny.
Finally, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, but she said nothing.
"Done."
Lu Chen put down the needle holder.
An eight-centimeter irregular wound, eleven stitches, time taken four minutes and fifteen seconds.
The Suturing effect was still at a perfect level.
The Middle-aged man looked down, then looked up, his expression almost exactly the same as the previous injured person.
"Young man, with this skill, you could make a lot of money at a plastic surgery Hospital, right?"
"I am in the Emergency Department."
"What a pity, what a pity. Your technique, really, I've worked on construction sites for twenty years, and my coworkers have had stitches many times, but I've never seen it sewn so beautifully."
"Just pay attention to wound care."
"Don't worry, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of it. With such great skill used to sew it, I'm reluctant to even have the stitches removed."
The corners of Lu Chen's mouth twitched slightly.
Reluctant to have stitches removed? If you don't remove them, just wait for it to get infected.
"Remove the stitches on time, don't make decisions on your own."
"Alright, alright, Dr. Lu, right? I'll remember that!"
When the Middle-aged man left, he specifically took a photo of the wound with his phone.
"I'll post it on WeChat Moments and let my coworkers see it. If they get injured in the future, they'll come to the Central Hospital Emergency Department to find Dr. Lu!"
Lu Chen thought to himself, can you guys at the construction site fix your safety measures first?
But he didn't say it out loud.
After the patient left, Zhao Yaqin walked over to Lu Chen's side.
"Your Suturing is indeed good, even better than I expected."
"Teacher Zhao, you flatter me."
"It's not flattery, I'm telling the truth." Zhao Yaqin paused. "When you were competing with Zhou Wenjie at Guangfu Hospital, I wasn't there. Later, hearing others describe it, I thought there might have been exaggerations, but seeing it with my own eyes today, I realize their descriptions might have been conservative."
Lu Chen did not respond.
Zhao Yaqin didn't continue to praise him either, and turned to handle other things.
But her evaluation had already made the point.