I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 203 Against me?
Community hospital, operating room.

Zhou Qiao is the surgeon, Murphy is the first assistant, Stephanie is the second assistant, Ava is the traveling nurse, and Elena is the equipment nurse.The anesthesiologist was senior Nancy.

This operation was too critical, and Zhou Qiao did not have time to teach Murphy in advance. In addition, with such a serious condition, it would be irresponsible for the patient to let Murphy come.

Therefore, Zhou Qiao went up personally.

Stephanie: "..." With beautiful eyes, she glanced at Zhou Qiao and thought to herself, isn't this a cardiothoracic surgery?Zhou Qiao can even do this?

Anesthesia is completed and multi-person verification (time out) is completed.

Zhou Qiao started to cut, and everyone else started to cooperate.

But traveling nurse Ava had nothing to do for the time being, so she went to fiddle with the old sound system on the wall. Although Nancy said that after Ava raised her opinion last time, the hospital had plans to upgrade it, but she didn't know when it would be.

Although this sound system is old, the sound is still quite good after Ava presses the play button.

It has been a long time since I had a major surgery here. For some reason, Zhou Qiao felt particularly friendly.

Especially, when hearing Ava play Chinese songs.

It is a song called "Lady Luxury" by Phoenix Legend.

"Wumeng Mountain is connected to the mountains outside the mountain, and the moonlight shines on Xiangshui Beach..."

It is said that no one cared about this song when it was released, but no one expected that 12 years later, it would catch on to the trend of short videos and suddenly become popular. For a period of time, it swept the entire Internet, and there were so many cover artists. .

Zhou Qiao had listened to this song when he was in college.It was a Christmas party, sung by the goddess I admired. Looking back now, that girl's beauty was just average, less than one-third as beautiful as Elena, Ava, Murphy, and Stephanie.

Any one of these girls would be a school beauty.No, it can crush the school beauty level.

Seeing all the beauties surrounding her, Zhou Qiao's surgery was very comfortable and smooth.

This operation is extremely risky, and the patient's life is in danger at any time.

Zhou Qiao needed to solve three problems during the operation: first, aortic ulceration and massive bleeding. Due to the serious infection of the aortic break, this location is very close to the heart, and a little carelessness will lead to death; second, the patient's esophageal perforation , mediastinal infection; third, digestive tract reconstruction.

Although the patient's condition was urgent, Zhou Qiao remained calm and calm.

Because this kind of thing really cannot be rushed.Especially the surgeon should not be impatient.

The more urgent it is, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Although he was calm and calm, his movements were not slow at all and were very methodical, like flowing clouds and flowing water.

Even when it comes to some key steps, you can allocate your energy and talk eloquently while doing it, explaining the tips and precautions to Murphy and Stephanie.It also resolves the tense atmosphere in the operating room.

The surgeon in charge is so confident and calm, why should everyone be nervous?Just cooperate and do your own thing well.

Nancy nodded slightly, partnering with Zhou Qiao to perform difficult surgeries was always a relaxing and pleasant thing.

When the patient's chest was opened, the situation found was actually worse than expected, which can be called "horrible."

Within the visual field, the patient's chest was full of purulent fluid and purulent fur, and the mediastinal edema was obvious.

There was an obvious ulcer in the thoracic aorta, which became severely ulcerated after infection.

"Artificial blood vessels need to be replaced here, but the operating space is small and difficult. In our Chinese language, it is called a dojo in a screw shell." Zhou Qiao said lightly.

Stephanie couldn't help but ask: "What does it mean?" She had never heard of this proverb.

Murphy curled his lips and whispered: "Do you need to explain this? As soon as you hear it, you will know that you are doing complex scenes and things in a narrow and simple place!"

Stephanie: "..." She stopped talking immediately.Looks stupider than Murphy.

In fact, Stephanie was just not familiar with Zhou Qiao's Chinese proverb and just wanted to understand why it was said so.

Zhou Qiao ignored the overt and covert fighting between Murphy and Stephanie. He connected an artificial blood vessel from the left subclavian artery, a branch of the aorta, to the thoracic aorta above the diaphragm, so that it could be blocked later. , ensuring blood supply to the patient’s lower body.

Subsequently, the diseased aorta is blocked, removed and replaced with an artificial blood vessel, and then the blood supply is restored.

It sounds very simple, but in fact it is a very delicate job.

The difficulty level can be called S level.

Especially when dealing with the esophagus, it was like walking on a tightrope. Stephanie couldn't help but exhale softly several times. Murphy rolled his eyes at her and said calmly: "Can you stop yelling?"

"I'm not yelling..." Stephanie was so aggrieved. She felt that Murphy had been targeting her.Because Murphy, who usually doesn't say more than three words all day long, had to talk to her several times during today's surgery!
Well, you have done more surgeries, and it takes a long time to follow Zhou Qiao, huh, but I will catch up!Moreover, I am better than you in medical psychology.

However, it is a pity that in terms of psychological counseling, she is often the one to handle it, and does not require everyone to work together, and Murphy will not join in the fun.

After all, Murphy has many master-level surgical skills, while Stephanie doesn't have any master-level surgical skills, and she doesn't even have more than five expert-level surgical skills.In terms of surgery, the gap with Murphy is still quite big.

Murphy's vision and knowledge are much higher. When she watched Zhou Qiao's surgery, she knew that although the situation was critical, Zhou Qiao was very stable!For Zhou Qiao, this kind of operation is just a routine operation. Only a novice surgeon like Stephanie who has never seen the "world" would find it thrilling.Of course, if it were another expert, it would most likely be difficult. Every step must be done cautiously, and the operation would be very cautious and slow. However, here with Zhou Qiao, everything is under control.

After completely clearing the infection focus, Zhou Qiao removed the section of esophagus, and then performed gastrostomy surgery on the patient's abdomen.

Seeing Zhou Qiao's long and slender fingers moving around, Stephanie suddenly thought of the word "tentacle monster" and thought to herself, his fingers are really dexterous, even more than mine... She couldn't help but think of dream diagnosis and treatment. Some embarrassing scenes from that time.

She looked at Murphy's hand and wanted to compete with Murphy.I thought to myself, the flexibility of my fingers is not as good as Zhou Qiao, but it may not be weaker than yours!

……

Outside, Xiao Jiang and his mother waited anxiously, like ants on a hot pot.

"Mom, don't worry too much. Dad will be fine." Although Xiao Jiang himself was worried, he couldn't help but comfort his mother.

His mother wiped away tears and said: "Your father is so old, how can I not worry? You don't know that this accident is a tradition in your family."

"What are you talking about? Mom, are you confused?" Xiao Jiang thought to himself, why are you talking about "tradition"?Where are you following?

"You had a cousin in the past. Maybe you were too young at the time and don't remember her. She got stuck on a fish bone while eating fish, and she went to the hospital without being rescued. She left..."

"Ah?" Xiao Jiang was shocked, "Is there such a thing?"

"This time it may be your cousin who comes to pick up your father."

"Mom, don't talk nonsense..." Xiao Jiang looked back and suddenly felt that the hospital was dark and there were gusts of cool breeze.

Originally, the mother and son were very worried, but as a result, they thought of the scene of the death of their "cousin grandma" and couldn't help but become even more anxious. Especially Xiao Jiang's mother, she felt like she was about to collapse.

She has poor ability to withstand stress and has begun to talk nonsense.

"What if... your father passes away. How do you transport these ashes back to China?" Xiao Jiang's mother thought more deeply. She was really confused about the process of this kind of thing.

Although he came to the United States to settle down, when Lao Jiang was alive, bah, before he fell ill, Lao Jiang often said that he would still have to return to his roots after he died.But because I was still young, I didn’t pay too much attention to the details in this area.

Now, we have to face it all at once.Xiaojiang's mother really doesn't know what to do?
Xiao Jiang hesitated and said: "Either, I mean in case... something happens, or we should just find a cemetery in the United States."

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I felt that I was extremely unfilial. How could I say such a thing?I slapped myself in the mouth because my mother had led me astray.

He quickly comforted his mother and said, "Mom, don't worry too much. Dad has his own destiny, and everything will be fine soon."

Xin said, it's just stuck by the fish bone. The operation is not over yet, so why scare yourself.

That was my cousin's fate. The medical conditions may have been poor back then, but now in the United States, even if Zhou Qiao can't do it, there are still many doctors in community hospitals.

"Son, how long do you think this operation will take?" The two of them finally sat down on the chairs in the corridor. Not long after, Xiaojiang's mother asked again.

"No matter what, it will take five or six hours. I heard that some major operations often take more than ten hours, and the doctor still wears diapers during the operation!" Xiao Jiang comforted his mother with the medical knowledge he learned.

Meaning, it’s still early days, so be patient and don’t rush.Slow work produces fine work.

Who would have known that as soon as he finished speaking, the door to the operating room opened with a "squeak"!
Xiaojiang's mother was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground.

Mainly, the time is too short. How long has it been? Is it even an hour?Is the operating room door opening now?
Definitely bad news, definitely bad news!

"Mom~" Xiao Jiang quickly went to help his mother.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qiao walked over quickly and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Doctor Zhou, how is my dad?" Xiao Jiang asked.

Zhou Qiao said: "The operation was successful."

"Really?" Xiao Jiang was a little unbelievable. Didn't he say it was very serious before? This kind of risk, that kind of risk, could be life-threatening at any time?How come it was done so quickly?
Zhou Qiao thought for a while and said seriously: "Your father's condition is really serious and the situation is really critical. Although the operation is over now and it went well, he still needs to continue to be observed in the ICU. After the condition stabilizes in a few days, we can Transfer to the general ward. In addition, once the infection is completely controlled and the condition is stabilized, a second stage of surgery will be performed to reconstruct the digestive tract using the stomach instead of the esophagus."

"Oh. Thank you so much, Dr. Zhou."

"Dr. Zhou, thank you for your hard work!"

Xiao Jiang and his mother reacted, stood up quickly, looked grateful, and shook hands with Zhou Qiao.

Zhou Qiao: "..."

Let me tell you directly that the operation was successful. If you still don’t believe it, I have to say it’s very serious. There is still a lot of work to do in the follow-up, so you can rest assured.

However, Zhou Qiao can also understand the patient's mentality.They just need a doctor's attention, that's all.

Simply put, the more detailed the explanation, the better.

After waiting for a few hours, I was dismissed with a few words, which left a huge psychological gap.

(End of this chapter)