Chapter 1438: Debridement Must Be Thorough

Chapter 1438: Chapter 1438: Debridement Must Be Thorough

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After contacting Director Xia, Liu Banxia considered it a major task completed.

In fact, he should have joined Chen Xuehai a long time ago, but recently he has been really busy and couldn’t find the time.

Currently, he’s quite indebted, and the creditor is Qiaoqiao. He doesn’t know when he’ll be able to repay this debt, so for now, it will remain this way.

He feels the saying "women hold up half the sky" is quite true, as Qiaoqiao seems to have supported the sky of their home.

Without Qiaoqiao, even if he had the system, what good would it do? He would be busy with family and work, never knowing when it would end.

"Teacher Liu, where have you been?"

Liu Yiqing asked curiously.

"Just wandering around. What’s going on over there? Why are so many people gathered?" Liu Banxia asked curiously.

"Oh...Ran into a real-life rogue. He was strolling with his girlfriend in the mall but dared to take advantage of someone, pinching their butt, and got beaten up for it," Liu Yiqing said.

"Luckily, the other party held back, even though it looked serious, it’s just superficial injuries. It was actually the other party who brought him over to check the injuries, and his girlfriend kept apologizing."

Liu Banxia smirked, "That’s really bold of him, isn’t it? What a reckless thing to do."

"Indeed, he claims it was unintentional. But pinching and then saying it was unintentional?" Liu Yiqing remarked.

"The police were taking statements, and the victim said he pinched several times, and blatantly too. I really don’t know how to evaluate this, people like this should be taught a harsher lesson."

Liu Banxia didn’t know how to evaluate it either, just thinking the world is full of wonders.

You think some people are bold enough, but their actions can surpass your expectations. Nothing is too daring for them.

This guy is really outrageous, perhaps his actions are faster than his thoughts.

This isn’t something he needs to worry about. Since this guy dared to pinch, he needs to face the consequences. Seeing Qi Wentai unoccupied, he went over.

"If you’re free the day after tomorrow afternoon, I’m going with Old Chen to the medical school to persuade more people to join us. Keep it a secret from Shi Lei for now; we plan to surprise him," Liu Banxia said.

Qi Wentai laughed and nodded, "Try to recruit more people. We’re never too crowded here. Aren’t you worried other departments might mind your early persuasion?"

"No worries, this is a targeted campaign, focused on pediatric surgery," Liu Banxia said.

"We’re really struggling here, we’re quite barren. If we want any achievements, we have to recruit people. Try to get more people, what else can we do?"

"Actually, I think we should focus on new interns. Otherwise, it’s really hard, requires some effort."

"Isn’t that right? Back when I joined, many clearly stated they wouldn’t join pediatric surgery. No matter the perks, they wouldn’t go here."

"Director Liu, are you busy now? If not, could you help change the bandages for the fracture surgery patient? I have a surgery here." At this moment, Wu Mingyu approached.

"Why arrange bandages replacement at this time, not in the morning?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Everyone’s busy, just couldn’t find the time. Director said you need to support our orthopedics, it’s up to you," Wu Mingyu said.

Liu Banxia felt helpless, this was indeed Zhou Shuwen’s directive.

What else can he say? Just help with the bandages replacement.

"Handle it carefully, the contusion on the fracture is still serious," Wu Mingyu reminded, then hurried back.

"What view? Help prepare a debridement kit. I forgot to ask which ward it is, do you know?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Hehe, Teacher Liu, I know, I’ll take you there. Haven’t watched Teacher Liu replace bandages in a while, gotta see it carefully," Liu Yiqing said cheerfully.

"You just wish for me to get some work done, what kind of person are you? Cruel-hearted," Liu Banxia muttered.

Liu Yiqing didn’t mind. It had indeed been a long time since she’d seen Liu Banxia replace bandages. Although this bandage replacement was easy, it’s nice to walk along.

They arrived at the patient’s ward, where the young man was enjoying canned food fed by his girlfriend.

"Looks like you’re in a good mood. How are you feeling?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Why are you here? You’re not planning to drill my bone again, are you?" the young man asked, surprised.

Liu Banxia laughed, clearly the previous traction left a psychological shadow.

"No worries, just here to replace your bandages, it’s post-surgery routine, very easy, no pain," Liu Yiqing said.

"Really no pain? After the surgery it hurt a lot, had to rely on a pain pump," the young man said.

"You’re quite lucky, such a big accident and only neck fibula fracture and some superficial injuries, let me check," Liu Banxia said, as he began to remove the bandages from the young man.

After finishing the examination, he frowned and pressed on the front of the young man’s tibia with his fingers.

"How does this feel?" Liu Banxia asked.

The young man shook his head, "It’s a bit painful, but I can bear it."

"Come, family members, take a look. It’s where I’m pressing with my fingers now. Does it feel soft?" Liu Banxia said.

The patient’s girlfriend nodded after checking, "Has it not completely deflated? His swelling is slow to go down, and his foot is still like a bun."

"Well, this area actually has hematoma. We need to deal with it now. If we don’t, it might cause the skin here to necrotize, making treatment more troublesome," Liu Banxia said.

His words startled the patient because Wu Mingyu had also mentioned this situation before the surgery. However, the patient didn’t feel much pain post-surgery and didn’t pay attention to it.

"Doctor, should we administer anesthesia?" the patient’s girlfriend asked.

"We don’t need anesthesia here; using it could affect his recovery," Liu Banxia said.

"Sorry, but it’s going to hurt a bit; it’ll be quick. I’m just going to make a small incision here to release the hematoma."

"Once the hematoma is drained, it will be fine. Otherwise, it will only get worse here. If the skin really necrotizes, you’ll have to stay in the hospital longer, and you might even need a secondary surgery for debridement."

"Then... then go ahead. I knew that once you came, I would suffer," the young man said.

"Liu Yiqing, please prepare, and I’ll check him again," Liu Banxia said.

Liu Yiqing nodded and went outside to prepare the surgical equipment.

Liu Banxia checked again carefully. The hematoma in this patient seemed quite substantial, and it would be quite painful to drain it.

"Teacher Liu, I’ve got what you need."

In no time, Liu Yiqing ran back in.

"Actually, with these types of fracture injuries, this kind of situation is quite common," Liu Banxia said while putting on his gloves.

"It’s like an apple or pear; if it falls to the ground, it will start rotting where it hit first. Here, your flesh was scratched by the broken bone, causing a bruise."

"Don’t pay attention to what I’m doing; just think about other things. It’ll be over quickly. I’ll make a quick incision, and it’ll be done."

"It’s okay, I’ve been through drilling bones; this is still... hiss... interesting," the patient said halfway when Liu Banxia made the incision with the scalpel.

"Come, family members, take a look. Do you see the incision here? It’s all black hematoma," Liu Banxia said.

"In layman’s terms, this is all bad blood. When this blood stays here, the damage caused can be horrifying. You have to endure a bit longer. Do you need to bite on a towel? I need to squeeze out all the bad blood here."

"Why are you lying to me? Didn’t you say just an incision would be enough?" the patient couldn’t hold it any longer.

"Everything has to be done step by step. Look at the color of the blood on this cotton ball," Liu Banxia said as he wiped it.

It was clear to see; the blood on it was dark brown.

"Doctor, go ahead and squeeze it out; you can tell it’s not good stuff," the patient’s girlfriend said.

"You’ve been prescribed painkillers, right? You can take one. If you can endure this pain, you would compare to Guan Gong, it’s quite like scraping the bone to heal poison," Liu Banxia said.

"No problem, I have to push through this," said the young man boldly.

Liu Banxia nodded and then looked at Liu Yiqing, "You’ll be in charge of wiping the blood. I’ll press from both sides towards the center and also from top to bottom."

"Okay," said Liu Yiqing.

Liu Banxia wiped some more iodine on it and began to press around the hematoma.

No matter how the young man wanted to appear tough in front of his girlfriend, he couldn’t help but cry out in pain when Liu Banxia pressed down.

Liu Banxia could only apologize silently in his heart. This kind of suffering is indeed hard to bear, but there’s no choice; he had to firmly press on.

When would the squeezing end? Only when fresh blood is seen.

Debridement has to be thorough. If there’s any residue, it’s like not doing any work, putting the patient through unnecessary suffering.

Is it bearable? There’s already a fractured bone here; pressing out the hematoma like this takes the pain level to super high.

Other patients in the same ward were terrified just watching, but upon seeing the cotton balls Liu Yiqing discarded, all stained with black blood, they were filled with emotion.

This black blood is really a lot. Fortunately, the doctor noticed it; otherwise, what recovery could there be? It would ruin the healthy flesh too.

No medical knowledge was needed anymore; they could give their own judgment now.