Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Introduction to Cardiovascular Medicine

"What kind of viewpoint is that? Even small clinics can follow the rules, alright? You can’t just dismiss them all entirely! This patient came to my clinic claiming she might have the flu and requested an IV. I found she might have heart disease, not the flu, and refused her IV. Then she stormed out angrily, took a few steps, and suddenly had a heart attack. I immediately performed a rescue and called 120. Where exactly did I go wrong?"

Li Jingsheng saw that quite a few night-shift medical staff and patients’ families were gathered around, so he had to explain clearly.

"Why didn’t you say that earlier?"

Even if the nurse is losing an argument, she’s not going down without a fight; her mouth is tougher than a needle.

"You also didn’t ask! I understand emergency rules, your hospital can handle fees for patients without family present. You save the person first, I’ll help contact the family."

Li Jingsheng turned the tables, suggesting a solution.

Hospital regulations state that when faced with seriously ill patients, they should save lives before charging fees.

This is also a tribute to life.

"Sister Mei, let’s handle the fees for this patient first! I’ll ask the department leader to sign off later."

After speaking to the billing staff at the window, the nurse turned to Li Jingsheng, "Could you follow me over there and register the situation?"

After learning the incident wasn’t due to Li Jingsheng’s clinic, her attitude towards him became much more polite.

In the argument just now, she realized that Li Jingsheng was not someone easy to push around.

If she’s not more polite, and Li Jingsheng doesn’t cooperate, she’d really be left staring blankly.

"Sure!"

Li Jingsheng nodded in agreement.

When attending to unknown patients, emergency medical staff should carefully ask and record their basic condition, including the circumstances at the scene, current illness, and even patient’s posture, to provide the most accurate basis for diagnosis and treatment.

But the accompanying medical staff didn’t ask any of this from start to finish.

They even didn’t talk much with Li Jingsheng and assumed the incident occurred at Li Jingsheng’s clinic.

This was their negligence.

So, this stern nurse couldn’t be fierce anymore.

She brought Li Jingsheng to the nurse station’s triage desk, invited him to sit down, then poured him a glass of water. Her friendly attitude was like she was a different person.

Adults are so realistic.

If the medical accident had happened at Li Jingsheng’s clinic, then he’d be pleading with them to save the patient.

Now that Li Jingsheng isn’t responsible, she has to plead with him to cooperate with her work.

"Please fill out your name, workplace, home address, and contact number on this form."

She handed Li Jingsheng a registration form.

After he completed it, she glanced at it.

"Mr. Li, can the phone number you provided be reached at all times?"

"Yes."

"Do you know this patient? Do you know her home address or other information?"

"The patient said she lived in the unit dormitory of the old textile factory. I guess she must be a retired employee from the factory, which can be investigated through this clue."

"Alright, thank you for your cooperation, if there’s nothing else, you can go home."

The rescue room medical staff had already found an ID card, phone, and change on the patient.

Fortunately, the elderly woman used a senior-friendly phone without a lock.

After unlocking by holding down the left function key, the nurse searched for a relative’s number and began dialing.

Li Jingsheng breathed a sigh of relief; once they contacted family, the family would take care of the patient’s matters. He had to hurry back to the clinic to copy the surveillance tapes, just in case he encountered a scammer elderly woman, even with ten tongues he wouldn’t be able to explain.

Nowadays when people see an elderly person fall on the street, no one dares to help, they all walk around them.

It’s not that people are cold, they just have been scared of being scammed.

It’s now 9:46 PM, public transport had long stopped. Li Jingsheng used to travel by motorcycle, but at this moment he could only take a taxi home.

There were three or four taxis waiting for passengers at the hospital entrance.

He walked over to ask the price and was immediately taken aback.

For a journey of just about three kilometers, they charged 50 yuan, not using the meter, really a rip-off.

Normally, it’d be around 8 yuan.

At the moment, finances were tight, and he was not willing to spend this kind of unjust money.

Taking it as exercise, he decided to walk home.

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