Chapter 282: Too Little Clinical Experience

Bai Chuzhang did not go to rest, nor did he go to eat; instead, he stayed in the ICU and did not leave.

He watched the Patient fall into a deep sleep, their body gradually relaxing, and a smile appeared on his face without him realizing it.

Avoiding light, avoiding noise, and administering intravenous penicillin and Tetanus antitoxin—these measures were of no difficulty for the Second Affiliated Hospital.

The treatment for Tetanus infection was also very simple; even if the Patient experienced difficulty breathing or respiratory arrest, they could be promptly intubated or undergo a tracheotomy to use an Anesthesia Machine.

As long as it didn't end in death, it would be fine.

Thinking of this phrase, Bai Chuzhang had the illusion that the past was too painful to look back upon, as if countless years had passed and a grave mistake had been made.

Leaving the ICU private room, Bai Chuzhang emphasized the precautions to the medical staff once more and told the ICU director to call him immediately if there was anything they couldn't handle, only then changing his clothes to head out.

The Family Member and the glowing-faced Old Man were waiting at the entrance of the ICU, and Sun Yuanzhang was talking to the Patient's father.

Bai Chuzhang came out and reported the Patient's condition to Sun Yuanzhang on the surface, but in reality, he was telling the Family Member that the Patient's condition had temporarily stabilized, urging them not to worry.

After hearing Bai Chuzhang's words, the glowing-faced Old Man stepped forward and pressed his palms together.

"Compassion," the glowing-faced Old Man said. "My name is Dong Jinglin. You must be Doctor Bai, right? Great skill!"

"You are too kind," Bai Chuzhang returned the gesture, showing great respect to the glowing-faced Old Man. "Old Man, the diagnosis was not given by me."

"Hmm." The glowing-faced Old Man nodded slightly; Bai Chuzhang felt an aura from him as if everything were under his control. His gaze was not sharp, yet after being looked at a few times, Bai Chuzhang felt some pain in his body.

"To my shame, I was at my wit's end at the time, and there were one or two moments where I felt it was something supernatural, absolutely unrelated to medicine," Bai Chuzhang explained.

"Later, Ji Yisheng from our hospital reminded me, and only then did I examine the Patient. Now it seems the preliminary diagnosis is correct."

"Ji Yisheng, that's the young man who is over one meter eighty, right?" the glowing-faced Old Man asked.

"You saw him?"

The glowing-faced Old Man smiled and said nothing.

"It was him," Bai Chuzhang remarked with emotion. "When you, sir, said you didn't sense anything abnormal, I should have thought about it from a medical perspective."

Bai Chuzhang said this quite stiffly; it was his first time encountering such a "master of the world," and he didn't know how to speak.

"I just said there were no evil spirits," the glowing-faced Old Man laughed. "Fortunately, there was that Ji Yisheng; otherwise, if it had spread later, my lifelong reputation would have been ruined."

Everyone exchanged a few polite words, and Bai Chuzhang did not insist on anything, only saying that after the Patient received the Tetanus antitoxin, no further abnormalities like fractures or congestion had appeared.

Looking at the current state, the preliminary diagnosis should be correct.

Bai Chuzhang kept insisting it was a preliminary diagnosis and then kept speaking in vague terms, looking exactly like he did when explaining a patient's condition to their family back when he was working in Clinical practice.

Bai Chuzhang had never dealt with Family Members of patients with such significant backgrounds, so he was very cautious. He would rather have no credit than make a mistake.

The Family Member didn't catch exactly what Bai Chuzhang meant or the subtle nuances in his words, only offering endless thanks.

After leaving, Sun Yuanzhang and Bai Chuzhang headed toward the Jiguan Lou.

"Xiao Bai, was that the diagnosis of Ji Yisheng Xiang, the one who gave Zhao Jixiang a blow to the head?" Sun Yuanzhang asked.

"Yes."

Bai Chuzhang said.

"Ji Xiang, how do you think he diagnosed it?" Sun Yuanzhang pondered.

At that time, the scene could be described as having no soldiers and no horses, yet it was chaotic.

They were all veteran Clinical staff; they had heard of patients infected with Tetanus Bacillus even if they hadn't seen them, but when they were on the scene, not a single person thought of it.

Sun Yuanzhang felt a bit ashamed now when recalling the scene at that time.

"Sun Yuanzhang, I reflected on it later and felt it was because Ji Xiang's Clinical experience is too little."

"Too little? Not too much? Are you sure you didn't say it backward?" Sun Yuanzhang was startled.

"Yes, Ji Xiang's Clinical experience is too little," Bai Chuzhang said solemnly. "Because it is little, he only has those things from books, and the interference he receives is equally little. The Patient's initial symptoms were congestion and gushing; these are absolutely not typical symptoms of Tetanus infection."

Sun Yuanzhang nodded.

"So the less you know, the more likely you are to judge the condition," Bai Chuzhang said. "There is only this one possibility."

"Xiao Bai, the Patient is fine, right?"

"Yes." Bai Chuzhang's tone was certain when speaking to Sun Yuanzhang, completely different from when he explained the condition to the Family Member.

"After the Patient received the Tetanus antitoxin, the symptoms stabilized. Now we are giving a maximum dose via continuous pump, maintaining it for 24 hours. If there are no accidents, I estimate they will start to improve bit by bit in about 7 days."

"Fortunately, it wasn't Rabies," Sun Yuanzhang let out a long sigh.

"Tetanus is already very serious. Fortunately, the diagnosis was timely; if it had dragged on for another 24 hours, I estimate the person would have been gone," Bai Chuzhang still felt lingering fear when recalling it.

"That's good," Sun Yuanzhang said.

The two arrived at the office, and Sun Yuanzhang changed his clothes. "Xiao Bai, that Ji Yisheng is quite good. What is your opinion?"

"We can't keep him," Bai Chuzhang said simply. "I reported to you a while ago that Qin, the General Manager from Shanghai, wanted to take him as a Closed-door disciple, but as a result... you know."

"I don't think Xiao Ji is that kind of person."

"He is very capable and has a maturity and steadiness that exceeds his peers." Bai Chuzhang thought carefully for a long time to find the right vocabulary. "Sun Yuanzhang, I don't know if my feeling is right, but I always feel that Ji Xiang is even more uncanny than the Patient we saw today."

"Hahaha, you are overthinking it."

"Yes, I think so too," Bai Chuzhang laughed. "I will take you home, and I will come back to take another look at the Patient in a while."

Sun Yuanzhang was taken home; the two relaxed along the way, both showing joy on their faces and saying a lot.

Bai Chuzhang sent Sun Yuanzhang home and returned once more to check on the Patient.

Today's Patient was different from other difficult and complicated cases; at the time, Bai Chuzhang's firm heart had also wavered, so he always wanted to take a few more looks.

The Patient's condition had already stabilized, and it looked like the medication was effective, proving from another angle that Ji Xiang's diagnosis was correct.

Bai Chuzhang did not go home but curled up on the office sofa, preparing to make do for a while.

Yet, even though his body was clearly exhausted, he was exceptionally spirited and had no sleepiness at all.

From the Patient's uncanny hematoma and gushing to the thought of the left ulna and radius being snapped by a "person," these all felt like a horror movie.

And at that time, everyone was at a loss, yet Ji Xiang stood up and provided the diagnosis.

Was it really a case of a newborn calf not fearing the tiger, where the less you know, the more easily you can provide the correct answer according to what is written in books?

Bai Chuzhang himself certainly knew this was nonsense.

But there was nothing that could explain Ji Xiang.

(End of chapter)