My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1367: Chapter 542: Tragic Amputation—The Consequences of Inadequate Preoperative Examination (Part 2)

Moreover, the patient’s right leg was even more severely swollen.

By this point, the family members were both grief-stricken and furious, shouting that they wanted to kill the doctor responsible for the treatment.

The attending doctor was so frightened that he didn’t dare to show his face.

The hospital leadership exhausted their words to persuade the family to first transfer the patient to a major hospital in the provincial capital for emergency treatment. The priority now is definitely to save the life.

The family was also worried that if they delayed any longer, they might not even be able to save a life.

At this time, they could only suppress their grief and let the City Center Hospital’s ambulance transfer the patient to the Level 3 hospital in the provincial capital.

Actually, the City Center Hospital is also a Level 3 hospital.

However, in terms of strength, there is definitely a significant gap compared to provincial-level Level 3 hospitals like Tuya and the Provincial People’s Hospital.

The son of the family heard that Tuya Hospital had a very high standard and strongly demanded that the patient be transferred to Tuya Hospital for treatment. The accompanying doctors and nurses, fearing a beating, naturally complied.

After the patient was transferred, the accompanying doctors and nurses reportedly slipped away on the spot.

They all work for the hospital, and seeing a dozen family members, each one indignant and menacing, who wouldn’t be afraid?

They would rather return to be scolded by their superiors than be beaten up by the family.

So after leaving the patient, they quickly slipped away.

After Tuya received the patient, they conducted an examination and found that the patient was in shock and had developed wet gangrene in the lower limbs.

They immediately informed the family that an amputation surgery was urgently needed to save the patient’s life.

Upon hearing the news of the amputation, the family was overwhelmed with grief. A person in his forties, the backbone of the family, how would they live after losing a right leg?

They wanted to hold the City Center Hospital’s doctors and nurses accountable, only to find that the accompanying doctors and nurses had long disappeared.

Fortunately, the accompanying doctors and nurses fled quickly; otherwise, they would surely have become the vent for the angry family members.

When medical disputes occur, especially when the patient dies or suffers serious injury, the family becomes extremely dangerous. They are prone to making some extreme and reckless actions.

Some doctors have been beaten to disability, almost always under such circumstances.

Another terrifying situation is retaliation after the fact.

If a medical dispute occurs face-to-face, doctors and nurses can at least be on guard. Some family members and patients suppress their anger face-to-face but later bring weapons, usually sharp knives, into the hospital to find the responsible doctor and stab them madly.

In such cases, doctors and nurses, caught completely off guard, are easily seriously injured or killed.

Why do doctors and nurses get nervous when they see family members carrying long, narrow packages?

Because no one knows whether a sharp knife will be drawn out when the package is opened.

After their unsuccessful attempts to find the medical staff from the City Center Hospital, this family’s members had no choice but to sign for the amputation with tears in their eyes. Saving a life was the most important thing.

Eventually, the responsibility for this amputation surgery fell to Zhou Can.

Patients involved in disputes are often treated with particular caution by the second hospital that receives them.

Having Zhou Can perform the amputation is also a sign of trust in his abilities. They were optimistic about his surgical skills.

Dr. Xu was personally present to oversee the operation.

It could be seen that with Dr. Xu on site, Jiang Wei appeared slightly nervous.

This indicated Dr. Xu had a very strong presence.

At least in front of Zhou Can, Zhou Can’s aura couldn’t overpower hers.

The entire amputation process was simple and brutal, very bloody.

Jiang Wei performed as excellently as always.

“Xiao Zhou, do you know the reason why the patient needed amputation?”

Dr. Xu asked casually.

“Jiang Wei, what’s your opinion?” Zhou Can didn’t answer Dr. Xu but asked Jiang Wei instead.

He wanted to see just how strong this nurse truly was.

So far, he felt that this nurse was unfathomable, and the abilities displayed might just be the tip of the iceberg.

“Based on his postoperative condition, it’s likely caused by deep vein thrombosis.”

She answered decisively.

She didn’t even think about it, indicating she already had this diagnostic conclusion in her mind.

“Qiao Yu, what’s your opinion?”

“I…I don’t really know.” Qiao Yu blushed fiercely.

Her experience and skill in pathological diagnosis needed improvement. She was far from being able to compare with super talents like Jiang Wei.

“Jiang Wei, do you think the patient’s thrombosis was caused before or after surgery?”

Zhou Can asked again.

“I’m not really sure about that. I feel it might have been caused post-surgery!”

Jiang Wei could identify the general cause but couldn’t diagnose more specifically. This was due to the different focus in a nurse’s training.

If nurses were able to diagnose specific causes like doctors, that would be unimaginable.

Just like Zhou Can, who has achieved a high level in pathological diagnosis and surgery, but only has superficial knowledge in nursing, nowhere near comparable to Qiao Yu and Jiang Wei.

“Teacher, I think the patient required amputation due to insufficient preoperative examination, where the thrombosis wasn’t discovered, leading to the current situation.”

Zhou Can looked at Dr. Xu.

Earlier, he managed to grasp some of Jiang Wei’s background.

“That’s indeed a possibility. Even if preoperative examinations are inadequate and issues arise post-operatively, there’s still a chance for rescue. The attending doctor was complacent, thinking it was caused by overly tight elastic bandages, which led to this tragedy. You must be careful in your practice and always prioritize the patient’s life.”

Dr. Xu solemnly admonished everyone.

After the amputation, during the surgery, thrombosis was found in the patient’s iliac and femoral veins.