Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s
Chapter 427 - Chapter 427 【427】Assist the teacher with the puncture

Chapter 427: [(427)] Assist the teacher with the puncture preparation Chapter 427: [(427)] Assist the teacher with the puncture preparation Now, as Teacher Xiao Sun’s regular assistant, Xie Wanying helped the teacher prepare the puncture items.

A subclavian vein puncture kit was taken out, and the basic items were almost ready. The nurse then went to get iodine, alcohol, and other disinfectants, as well as disposable surgical gowns and caps. The nurse had to go to the ward first to help draw the curtains and clear the ward of unrelated individuals.

Subclavian vein puncture is tantamount to a minor surgery and requires sterile procedure. The operating rooms for major surgeries were filled to capacity, making them unavailable for such minor procedures. These could typically be performed in the ward, but it was necessary to emphasize the cleanliness of the surroundings.

Xie Wanying helped Teacher Sun push the treatment cart into the ward.

By this time, the nurse had properly placed the curtains on both sides. Patients in the beds next to Grandma Zhang, who could walk, were asked by the nurse to sit somewhere else for a while. Those who couldn’t move stayed lying in their beds. The nurse would pull the curtains tight to avoid frightening the patients in the next bed during the doctor’s procedure, while also protecting the patients’ privacy.

A minor surgery might require removing the patient’s clothes.

The nurse had removed the upper garments of Grandma Zhang in bed 8, then covered her with a blanket.

With so many doctors and medical students present, there was no need for additional help. Once the nurses finished these tasks, they stepped away to attend to other duties, ready to be called back if needed.

When leaving, the nurse closed the door of the ward and, seeing medical students who wanted to enter to learn, said, “Don’t come in, there are too many people already.”

There were indeed many people. It might scare Grandma Zhang on the bed. Fortunately, she was of advanced age and her vision was blurry; she couldn’t tell how many people were around her.

Medical students and interns could only stand on the periphery, maintaining a certain distance from the surgical area. They couldn’t disrupt the doctor’s procedure or contaminate the sterile zone. Zhao Zhaowei and Li Qi’an, standing among the crowd, turned their heads to count. There were probably about twenty medical students, including the two of them, their class representative, and Lin Hao.

Some medical students focused on observing with their eyes, memorizing what they saw in their minds. Others took out notebooks and pens, ready to jot down key knowledge points as they watched the teacher. However, for most clinical operations, teachers allowed observation but seldom lectured. Especially those teachers who didn’t like to speak often could hardly be persuaded to utter a single word about the lecture content.

Like Doctor Shixu now, his full attention was on the subordinate doctor performing the procedure and the patient. Lecture? First, it was crucial to complete the therapeutic task. There was surgery tomorrow, and today’s catheterization must not go wrong.

Sun Yubo felt uneasy at the thought of a strict superior. Now, all he could think about was why Brother Liu went up there.

“Put on the surgical gown,” Dr. Shixu commanded after checking the patient monitor’s readings by the bed to ensure the patient’s condition allowed for the puncture.

Hearing the command, Xie Wanying asked Luo Yanfen to assist Teacher Sun with the surgical gown while she herself went to the head of the bed to position the patient for the teacher’s procedure.

For a subclavian vein puncture, the patient’s head needs to be turned to the side opposite the procedure, which is the left side, removing the pillow is best, with the patient’s head in a low position, and possibly elevating the right shoulder slightly to expose the puncture area, which is the middle part of the right clavicle.

The patient was awake today, so local anesthesia was first administered to reduce pain. When Xie Wanying turned Grandma Zhang’s head to the other side, she whispered gently and compassionately in the patient’s ear, “Don’t be nervous, Grandma, we’re going to give you some anesthetic, and it won’t hurt. Please don’t move at all, I’m right here. If there’s anything, just talk to me, okay?”

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