81: Chapter 81 triggers a new mission: First battle in the emergency operating room!
Twelve o'clock noon.
The east side of the first floor of the Emergency Department.
A former large treatment room had been converted into a standard Emergency Operating Room.
A brand-new sign hung on the door.
[Jiangcheng City Central Hospital Emergency Department · Operating Room]
Lu Chen stood at the door, looking at the sign.
Zhao Yaqin stood beside him.
"Let's go in and take a look."
She pushed open the door.
The Operating Room was not large, but it was fully equipped.
It had standard shadowless lamps, a full set of basic surgical instruments, monitoring equipment, an anesthesia machine, and a laparoscopic system.
Although it could not compare to the top-tier configuration of the central operating department, it was more than enough for emergency surgeries.
Lu Chen walked in and looked around.
Meng Yan was doing a final inventory check with two Nurses.
"The instrument packs have all been sterilized, the disposable consumables are in place, and the sizes for all types of sutures and drainage tubes are complete."
Meng Yan read them out one by one from the checklist.
Lu Chen walked to the side of the operating table and reached out to touch the adjustment arm of the shadowless lamp.
The height and angle of the lamp head were already adjusted, and the illumination range perfectly covered the surgical area.
He then walked over to the laparoscopic system and checked the connections between the monitor and the light source equipment.
Everything was normal.
"The equipment is in good condition."
Lu Chen said.
Zhao Yaqin leaned against the doorframe, watching him.
"Are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied."
"In the future, you will be the person who uses this Operating Room the most, so cherish it well."
Lu Chen nodded.
He stood in front of the operating table and suddenly felt a very strange sensation.
From the first time he awakened the system in that dilapidated No. 2 Operating Room during a night shift in the General Surgery Department more than three months ago, to standing in his own Emergency Operating Room now.
The speed of his progress felt somewhat unreal even to him.
But this sense of unreality only lasted for a second.
Because he knew that every step was solid and real.
Every surgery, every patient, every rescue.
Not a single step was taken in vain.
Just then.
A system notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Detected that the host has entered the Emergency Department independent Operating Room]
[Triggered new task: First Battle in the Emergency Operating Room!]
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.
A new task?
He quickly opened the system panel in his mind.
[New task: First Battle in the Emergency Operating Room!]
[Task description: The Emergency Department Operating Room is officially in use. As the core surgeon, the host needs to complete the first batch of emergency surgeries in the Operating Room to demonstrate the Emergency Department's independent surgical treatment capability.]
[Task goal: Complete at least 5 emergency surgeries in the Emergency Department Operating Room (no restrictions on type).]
[Task reward: Evaluated comprehensively based on the quantity, difficulty, and quality of the completed surgeries.]
[Additional note: During the task, for every surgery completed, you can receive an additional 30% experience bonus. If all goals are completed within the limited time, an extra reward will be triggered.]
[Limited time: 48 hours]
Lu Chen's eyes lit up.
An extra 30% experience bonus.
Plus the 50% bonus from the Emergency Surgery Skill Enhancement Card that had ten days remaining.
Added together, that was an 80% extra experience bonus.
And if he encountered a high-difficulty surgery that triggered a critical hit.
To what level would the experience points rise?
Lu Chen took a deep breath.
Complete 5 emergency surgeries within 48 hours.
Looking at the patient intake in the Red Zone, this goal itself was not too difficult.
But the key lay in quality and difficulty.
The more beautifully completed, the more generous the reward.
"Lu Chen?"
Zhao Yaqin saw that he had suddenly stopped moving.
"What's wrong? Why are you spacing out?"
"It's nothing, Sister Zhao, I was thinking about the layout and workflow of the Operating Room."
"You, a Resident Physician, are worrying about the layout and workflow?"
"Thinking about it more never hurts."
Zhao Yaqin shook her head.
"Alright, you've finished looking at the equipment, go eat first. You still have a shift this afternoon."
"Okay."
Lu Chen walked out of the Operating Room with Zhao Yaqin.
Just as they reached the corridor, Shen Xiaoning trotted over from the Nurse Station.
She was carrying an insulated bag in her hand.
"Dr. Lu!"
"I made sweet and sour pork ribs today!"
Lu Chen glanced at her.
"You made them yourself?"
"I made them myself! One hundred percent made by me! Sister Fang can testify!"
"Sister Fang can testify that you made them yourself?"
"Yes!"
"Then why did Sister Fang need to be present?"
Shen Xiaoning paused.
"She was just watching from the side and giving guidance on the heat; everything else was done by me!"
"So someone else helped after all."
"Giving guidance on the heat doesn't count as helping! That's called a technical consultant!"
Zhao Yaqin held back a laugh nearby.
Lu Chen opened the insulated bag.
The appearance of the sweet and sour pork ribs was indeed much better than the previous braised pork.
The color was a normal reddish-brown, not blackened.
He picked up a piece and tasted it.
"How is it?"
Shen Xiaoning looked at him eagerly.
"A bit too sweet."
"A bit too sweet—does that mean it's delicious or not?"
"On the sweet side, but edible."
"Can you just say it's delicious!"
"Edible means it's delicious."
"Then can't you just say it's delicious!"
"Delicious."
"Your tone..."
"If you keep being picky about my tone, I won't eat it."
Shen Xiaoning immediately shut up.
After two seconds.
"Then eat more."
"Mm."
When Zhao Yaqin walked past them, she muttered quietly.
"Every day it plays out, every day I watch it; I could almost recite the lines by heart."
Shen Xiaoning's ears turned red.
"Sister Zhao, what did you say!"
"I didn't say anything."
Zhao Yaqin walked away without looking back.
...
One o'clock in the afternoon.
Lu Chen finished his meal and returned to his workstation in the Red Zone.
Sun Ji leaned over.
"Xiao Lu, I heard the Operating Room has officially opened?"
"Mm, it was just put into use this morning."
"That's awesome. From now on, we won't have to beg and plead for the specialized departments to come for our emergency surgeries in the Red Zone."
"Theoretically, that's the case."
"What do you mean by 'theoretically'?"
"The Operating Room is open, but whether we can handle various types of emergency surgeries depends on the actual situation. Equipment is one aspect, and personnel is another."
Sun Ji looked at him.
"You speak as maturely and steadily as an old professor, but do you know who in the entire department is the most excited about this Operating Room?"
"Who?"
"You, don't pretend. I saw your eyes shining when you came out of the Operating Room this morning."
Lu Chen didn't speak.
They were indeed shining.
But the reason was not quite what Sun Ji thought.
The countdown for the system task had already begun.
48 hours.
5 emergency surgeries.
What he needed wasn't to wait.
What he needed was patients.
This thought sounded a bit strange, but that was the reality for an emergency physician.
An Emergency Department without patients is the best Emergency Department.
But for a system host who needed to grind experience.
If he could be busier, even busier.
That would naturally be the best.
...
As if in response to his anticipation.
Two-fifteen in the afternoon.
The walkie-talkie in the Red Zone suddenly rang.
[Emergency Dispatch Center calling Red Zone, please reply if received]
Meng Yan picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Red Zone received, please go ahead."
[A mine collapse accident has occurred at the Jiangcheng City Western Suburb Mining Company. A large number of casualties have been confirmed. The first batch of casualties is expected to arrive in fifteen minutes. Please prepare for intake.]
Mine collapse.
As soon as those three words came out, the air in the entire Red Zone tightened instantly.
Meng Yan's expression immediately became serious.
"How many is 'a large number of casualties'? Are there any specific numbers?"
[Preliminary statistics indicate about twenty people with minor injuries above ground. Personnel trapped underground are being rescued. At least twelve severely injured people have already been rescued. More casualties will be sent later; specific numbers are yet to be confirmed.]