Chapter 293: [293] Tie correctly Chapter 293: [293] Tie correctly Multiple internal injuries were bleeding inside the body, unseen to the naked eye of the doctors. However, the heart was still able to maintain its physiological functions, which was incredibly important for the patient—it meant they could stay alive.
The patient being alive, even if it’s just for a second longer, was the most precious opportunity for doctors, allowing time to repair the body and completely bring the patient back from the brink.
“How is it?” Doctor Kim asked her Robot, whether the procedure was done correctly. She felt it was right but as she was not a specialist, she could not make the most professional judgment.
“Mm.” Fu Xinheng’s single, grave note of confirmation, as decisive as a gavel’s bang, fell from his lips.
The others, hearing his affirmation and sensing that he wasn’t intending to chastise the student, understood: Xie Wanying didn’t just do it right, it was imperative that she did!
If she hadn’t performed the puncture then, the patient would have had no chance. By the time he arrived to do the puncture and draw fluid, it would have been too late—the patient’s life would have already slipped away. He wasn’t a god; missing the golden window of rescue meant he couldn’t save the patient’s life.
It was rare to see, a medical student turning a procedure with a one hundred percent failure rate into a hundred percent success rate. This student hadn’t even studied in his thoracic surgery rotation. Was it her skill or her luck?
Pondering this question in his mind, Fu Xinheng turned around, prioritizing the patient’s immediate care, reached out to stead the plunger at the end of the syringe she was holding, and said in two words, “Let go.”
This was now a teacher’s command!
Xie Wanying immediately released her right hand from the syringe as instructed, and saw for herself Teacher Fu’s hand performing the procedure with awe-inspiring stability.
The large palm at the end of the syringe steadied both the needle and the syringe at the correct angle, unwavering as a mountain, as if the heartbeat on the monitor sensed the life guardian’s presence, becoming more stable as it beeped away.
Indeed, with the teacher’s arrival, she felt her own inadequacy. Her actions reflected that she was but a novice.
Previously, in order to perform the percutaneous puncture on the patient, she had knelt beside the bed. To adjust the precise angle of needle entry, she not only knelt but also bent over at a slant. This posture, compared to Teacher Fu’s natural ease, was awkward, stiff, and unsightly.
A group of teachers, however, expressed their concern for her, “Get up carefully.”
They all knew she had maintained that awkward position for quite some time, and it wasn’t easy to endure.
Xie Wanying quickly straightened her knees to get out of the way so the teacher could continue saving the patient.
She stepped back slightly and suddenly felt a warm and sturdy back supporting her. A steady, familiar male scent mixed with the smell of disinfectant lingered near her hair, causing her heart to accelerate slightly without her notice. “I can stand up by myself, Senior Cao.”
Even though she said so, Cao Yong firmly grasped her arms and helped her up. He only dared to slowly let go once she was steady on her feet. Upon releasing, he did not forget to gently rub the back of her head and neck, easing the nerves in her brain just in case she felt faint all of a sudden.
“Why don’t you go sit over there for a while? We’ve got this,” Cao Yong’s gentle voice told her.
Senior Cao’s words reminded her of the scene years ago at the school’s back gate where they were saving someone. That day, Senior Cao held her hand and spoke the same way, always with that one line: “It’s okay, you don’t have to hold on any longer.”
Thinking about it, that sentence was Senior Cao’s favorite to say to her.
A flutter in her heart, Xie Wanying said, “I’m fine now. Senior Cao, why are you here?”
That brings us to the nurses who were desperately calling the doctors upstairs, saying it was a family member of the hospital’s own staff who was in trouble. And so, it seemed that a group of masterminds who had just finished some meeting were summoned down this way.