Chapter 149: Surprising the Teacher Again

Huang Zhilei, Dr. Jiang and Dr. Lin  were discussing. They suggested that Xie Wanying stay here tonight with them, as there was a chance for her to go out with the ambulance and gain practical experience in emergency rescue.

As their suggestion made sense, Huang Zhilei regretted being the attending physician on duty, as otherwise, he could personally take the junior sister out in the ambulance.

As the attending physician on duty, he had many administrative tasks and couldn’t accompany the patient throughout the entire resuscitation process. It wasn’t quite suitable for the junior sister who had just started her clinical practice to learn from him.

For the sake of the junior sister, Huang Zhilei had to let go first.

Xie Wanying went with Dr. Lin to perform an electrocardiogram on a patient.

“You know how to read an electrocardiogram, but do you know how to perform one?” Dr. Lin asked her.

Zhao Zhaowei came along to observe because Dr. Lin had told him that he could learn with his classmates.

Xie Wanying replied, “Dr. Lin, may I give it a try?”

“Sure, go ahead.” After witnessing her performance last night, Dr. Lin allowed her to try.

The weather was cold, and performing an electrocardiogram required exposing certain areas of the skin. Most patients who needed an electrocardiogram were suspected of having heart problems, and many of them had hypertension. Exposure to cold would cause blood vessels to constrict, resulting in higher blood pressure.

Pushing the electrocardiogram machine to the patient’s side, Xie Wanying first closed the privacy curtain, taking care to respect the patient’s privacy.

“Female doctors tend to be more gentle and meticulous,” thought Dr. Lin.

The patient lying on the bed was an elderly man in his seventies. Because of his age, he was more sensitive to the cold. His family had dressed him in three sweaters. Even though there was heating in the room, the old man’s body was trembling.

Observing this, Xie Wanying quickly made a decision and pulled the blanket up to the man’s abdomen. The areas that needed to be exposed for the electrocardiogram were unrelated to the chest and abdomen.

The next actions had to be faster and more accurate. She picked up the hemostatic forceps, clamped a cotton ball soaked in alcohol from the jar, and wiped a few spots on the patient’s body. These spots were where the electrodes for the machine’s connections would be placed.

The electrode clips clicked, four of them, each clipped to one of the patient’s limbs.

Six suction cups for the chest leads, and whoosh, they attached to the patient’s chest, forming a curved row.

Beep! She pressed the start button on the electrocardiogram machine.

Whoosh. The electrocardiogram paper printed out.

She could now turn off the machine and quickly remove the suction cups and electrode clips.

Pulling the blanket back up, covering the patient’s body, she then reached in and helped the patient pull down his sweaters.

Xie Wanying performed all these actions in one smooth sequence

“She’s really fast,” the emergency nurse couldn’t help but express her thoughts.

Not only fast, but also considerate of the patient.

Look at that old man, he was dumbfounded. As a patient with a long history of angina, the old man had undergone countless electrocardiogram tests. Whether it was because he was getting older and forgetful or for some other reason, he genuinely didn’t remember any doctor performing the test so quickly. It made him feel like he didn’t need to shiver anymore after seeing how fast it was done.

The emergency nurse and the old man looked at Dr. Lin.

Done so quickly? Is it accurate?

Accurate, indeed accurate.

Dr. Lin could tell from his experience. What surprised him wasn’t whether it could be done so quickly; in fact, he himself could do it just as fast if he wanted. Rather, it was the fact that Xie Wanying was only an intern. To achieve such proficiency in electrocardiograms, it would normally take two or three years of practice.#pleasereadthichapteratwondernovels.com

This young girl continued to surprise him. Perhaps her medical potential was greater than he imagined.

“Dr. Lin, take a look,” Xie Wanying handed the completed electrocardiogram paper to Dr. Lin to examine.

After glancing at it, Lin Doctor asked her, “What do you think?”