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Chapter 893 - Chapter 893 【893】Special Conditions for Infant Patients

Chapter 893: [(893)] Special Conditions for Infant Patients Chapter 893: [(893)] Special Conditions for Infant Patients “You have to come with me,” Zhu Huicang said as he dragged Yao Jie away to help when he left.

The two hurriedly went back to the minibus to fetch first-aid supplies before continuing, and the following Dai Nanhui turned back to speak to Chang Jiawei, “Doctor Chang.”

“If there’s a fracture, are you calling me?” Knowing that fractures were most common in car accidents, Chang Jiawei responded without looking up, “I must finish attending to one before I can move on to the next; you go ahead.”

Seeing this, Dai Nanhui had no choice but to go back and catch up with the other teachers.

“Don’t worry, I will take care of your mom before I leave,” Chang Jiawei said, raising his head to glance at the slightly panicked Wengui, and called Qiu Ruiyun over from next door, “They’ve all left, come and help me.”

Fracture stabilization needed assistance from multiple people. Qiu Ruiyun walked over, touching Xie Wanying’s shoulder as a sign while passing.

Xie Wanying received the passed instruction from the senior, raising her head and replying softly, “Yes, Teacher Qiu.” Next, she would likely be the only one left here to help Teacher Nie treat the injured as the other seniors would probably all have left.

Nie Jiamin acted as if unaware of what was happening around her, meticulously completing the examination of the young patient, her refined face deep in contemplation.

Teacher Nie’s focus on the patient was unparalleled, Xie Wanying thought.

Finally, Nie Jiamin sensed something and turned to ask her, “Do we have a central venous catheter?”

“Yes, I’ve brought it, Teacher Nie,” Xie Wanying quickly answered.

“Do you know which vein to select?” Nie Jiamin asked.

Knowing that the teacher wanted her opinion, there were clinically three common entry sites for central venous catheterization to choose from. Xie Wanying thought for a moment before saying, “For infants and toddlers, it’s typically the internal jugular vein. The subclavian vein is finer than the internal jugular in infants, so the success rate for subclavian puncture is relatively lower. The femoral vein is prone to venous thrombosis, which can affect the development of the lower limbs in infants, so it is also not the first choice.”

Nie Jiamin nodded enthusiastically at her rapid response, and then asked, “Have you done one before?”

Her good answer indicated she might have performed such a procedure before. There was some basis for the teacher’s inference. But now Xie Wanying was a bit nervous.

Children under three years are a special age group, called infants and toddlers, and any medical procedure on them is much more difficult than on adults. It just so happened to be her first encounter with an infant patient.

Telling the truth, the boy she had helped Teacher Ren resuscitate last time was much older; she had only done an external jugular vein, “I’ve only done an external jugular vein, Teacher.”

“Are you lacking confidence?” Nie Jiamin’s quiet, dark eyes seemed to gleam with a hint of brightness at her hesitation, emphasizing each word in Chinese. On closer inspection, there was a trace of amusement in his eyes.

In the past, with too much self-confidence, she would not have seen this expression from a teacher. Xie Wanying took a deep breath.

“Don’t be afraid,” Nie Jiamin suddenly encouraged her, “There’s always a first time for everything. The child might be very young, and it scares you, but you need to try.”

The teacher was right; she couldn’t be afraid simply because the patient was young.

Xie Wanying’s voice regained its calm, “Yes, Teacher Nie, I am confident I can do well.”

A very good answer. Nie Jiamin gave a nod of encouragement, “It’s okay, you do it.”

Xie Wanying suspected that if she had been too confident just now, Teacher Nie might have decided not to let her do it.

Every teacher has a distinctly different style. Having interacted with Teacher Nie for only about a day, he was indeed very different from Teacher Tan, Senior Tao, and the others in many ways.