Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Types of Wound Healing and a Visit to Apologize

"How about this, you help me make the introduction. Whether it works or not, I’ll be grateful to you."

Li Jingsheng was not ready to give up.

At least give it a try, if it fails, then think of another way.

People with peculiar tempers often have real skills.

"I’ll ask for you tomorrow! What’s your phone number? I’ll call you after I’ve asked."

"136...7799."

"Alright, I’ll get back to you with confirmation by the day after tomorrow at the latest, because I don’t know if Doctor Xu is working tomorrow."

She stored the phone number and waved to Li Jingsheng.

"Goodbye!"

"Take care, be safe on the road!"

He watched her leave the clinic and hail a taxi, quickly vanishing into the night.

Feeling like her life should be quite comfortable.

She lived in a high-end apartment complex, less than two kilometers from here to her place.

There’s a bus station not far away, with multiple bus lines directly accessible.

Yet she chose to take a taxi, without considering living costs.

And her attire was quite upscale.

Therefore, Li Jingsheng inferred that Ou Qinglan’s family background should be good.

Otherwise, relying solely on a resident physician’s salary wouldn’t be nearly enough for her expenses.

Looking at the messily placed tools in the treatment room and the uncleaned medical waste, he couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly. If Tang Ping were working with him, it would undoubtedly be cleaned up long ago.

Doctors really shouldn’t be used as nurses.

However, to be fair, her cooperation during the surgery was quite impeccable.

Knowing which suture to use and what instrument for the next step, she was very professional.

"Let’s go eat first, then come back to clean up."

Li Jingsheng glanced at the clock on the wall, it was 7:45 PM.

He needed to hurry to the fast-food restaurant; if he went too late, there wouldn’t be any fried rice left.

Despite earning a fortune daily, he was unwilling to spend recklessly.

The priority was to settle Tang Ping’s wages, then save enough for next year’s rent. If there’s anything left, purchase a high-resolution X-ray machine, a surgical lamp without shadows, and an electric coagulation knife for hemostasis...

There are still many expenses ahead.

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Ultimately, he didn’t end up eating the fifteen yuan buffet, and had a six yuan fried rice instead.

Returning to the small clinic, the first task was cleaning the treatment room.

It took him more than half an hour to tidy it up.

Sanitize what needed sanitizing, ready for next use.

Clean what needed cleaning.

Tang Ping used to handle these tasks; it seemed easy watching her do it. Today, personally tackling them as the boss, he realized these chores weren’t easy at all.

"Once my clinic’s business improves, I must give her a raise."

Li Jingsheng was determined to keep Tang Ping.

It’s hard to imagine if he hired a lazy nurse, as the boss, he’d have to clean daily, organize equipment, likely exhausting himself to death.

After showering, he dug out a years-old dusty book on Traditional Chinese Medicine Orthopedic Science from the pile of medical books.

Planning brings success; lack of planning leads to failure.

Since he was preparing to apprentice under Doctor Xu to learn bone setting techniques, he needed to make some preparations.

Reviewing Human Skeletal Trauma Studies was very necessary.

He read until late at night before finally going to sleep.

Early next morning, just before eight, the rolling shutter door was banging loudly.

It wasn’t that he had grown lazy, but reading until late made waking up in the morning quite difficult.

Opening the door, it was Master Liu coming for infusion check-up.

Li Jingsheng checked his wound; it was healing well, with no redness, hardening, hematoma, or fluid retention, and certainly no suppuration. A scab had already begun to form.

It had fully achieved Master Level healing.

Clinically, wound healing is categorized into three types, the best being Master Level healing, where healing is excellent with no adverse reactions in the early stage, qualifying as Master Level healing.

This is the ideal state for traumatic healing.

Intermediate healing is when the wound shows redness, hard lumps, hematoma, fluid retention, but no suppuration.

The worst is basic healing.

Suppuration of the wound.

If this happens, it must be incised for drainage. Improper handling may even pose risks of gangrene.

Li Jingsheng performed a Master Level vertical mattress suture for Master Liu, which was quite friendly to wound healing. The main caution was timely removal of stitches.

Additionally, this suture could result in unsightly railroad scars.

Nowadays, Li Jingsheng’s interrupted suturing has reached Master Level; if he were to perform another suture for Master Liu, he could use interrupted and vertical mattress sutures together to achieve faster healing, reduce scarring, and lower infection risk.

Spending 53 points of life force to elevate interrupted suturing to Master Level was absolutely necessary.

Because it’s the foundation of all sutures.

It even relates to anastomosis surgery skills.

Such as the common vascular anastomosis.

"Dr. Li, my wound has been itching since yesterday, is that okay?"

"I checked, the wound is healing well. After today’s infusion, you don’t need any more. Wound itching is generally a good sign, indicating your wound is in the second phase of healing, the proliferation stage. Just continue resting well, and in about four days you should be ready for stitch removal."

Li Jingsheng explained.

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