My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Zhou Can was only tasked with plastering this woman's cast; as for her son, no matter how unfilial, it wasn't for the doctor to intervene.

On Tu Ya's first day of internship, the mentoring physicians warned them that a doctor should only do what is required.

Don't overindulge in a sense of justice and meddle in the patient's family or personal affairs.

They were also told that while saving lives, doctors must learn how to protect themselves.

Zhou Can did not understand this advice from the mentors at that time.

He even wondered how such selfish people could become mentors.

Only after his personal experience did he realize that the mentors' words were pure gold. Zhou Can still remembered his first experience of meddling, when a young woman about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old was hospitalized due to injury.

It was obvious that she had been beaten.

But she claimed it was from a fall, and the treating physicians, nurses, and doctors did not pry further.

Zhou Can just didn't understand why she had to lie.

Similarly, he did not dig into the patient's privacy.

Until that evening, when he was on the night shift.

He accidentally discovered the woman's husband in the hospital room, who had slapped her twice and punched her in the head.

She sat on the hospital bed crying.

Seeing this kindled a fire within Zhou Can.

And he finally understood how the woman got her injuries.

He rushed into the room to stop the man's violence. The man was very arrogant, warning Zhou Can to mind his own business, claiming it was a domestic matter. Zhou Can did not indulge him and scolded that domestic violence was illegal.

Annoyed and embarrassed, the man pushed Zhou Can.

Zhou Can, who had trained in Sanda, did not indulge the man and quickly threw the domestic abuser to the ground with a move.

This situation escalated quickly.

The woman cried out, begging Zhou Can not to hurt her husband.

The man called the police.

The attending physicians and hospital department leaders were all alerted.

Originally, the facts were clear. But when the police inquired, the woman sided with her husband, saying it was Zhou Can who started the altercation by hitting her husband first. The man even threatened to have Zhou Can jailed.

In that moment, Zhou Can's heart bled.

He had done good, upheld justice, helped someone weaker.

Yet, the woman not only was ungrateful, but she also turned against him with her husband, framing Zhou Can.

Doctors fighting with family members sets a very bad precedent.

Paying damages was a minor issue; he would surely face disciplinary action from the hospital.

Fortunately, a family member had recorded the incident covertly and later handed the evidence to the police, which led to the truth being revealed.

Zhou Can was not punished nor did he have to pay damages.

But he received no commendations either.

Instead, the department head and mentoring physician each had a conversation with him, following with their criticism.

This incident left Zhou Can with an unforgettable memory.

From then on, he never meddled again.

During patient admissions, he gradually learned how to protect himself.

Always have the family members sign off where necessary.

He would never agree to requests out of excessive sympathy for patients or their families.

That is what makes a qualified doctor.

...

Under the guidance of Dr. Hee Zhang, Zhou Can successfully plastered the female patient's left arm.

It was his first time completing a plaster job independently.

It wasn't particularly well done.

But it was successfully completed nonetheless.

He also earned 1 Experience Point.

According to Doctor He's instructions, after plastering the patient, one should observe for about twenty minutes to confirm there were no anomalies before leaving.

During this waiting period, Zhou Can couldn't help but observe the neighboring patients.

There were both male and female patients, and many of them were young.

Some had already undergone surgery and needed a hospital stay; others were waiting for surgery or enduring pain on their beds with traction devices.

Zhou Can's gaze eventually rested on a bed next to him.

The patient was a middle-aged man around forty, sleeping with his eyes closed. Compared to other patients, he appeared exceptionally peaceful.

A middle-aged woman with a haggard face lay by the bedside, sorrowfully watching her sleeping husband.

When disaster strikes, spouses, parents, children, these are the three most reliable kinds of relatives.

This middle-aged couple were at the age of having to provide for both elderly and children.

They were the pillars of the household.

The sudden collapse of the middle-aged man was nearly a disaster for their family. The woman must be worried about what to do if her husband couldn't recover.

Not only could he not earn money during hospitalization, but they also had to spend a lot, adding insult to injury for the family.

"He was hospitalized due to a car accident, with a crushing fracture in his lower leg. I heard it was an avulsion fracture of the tibia plus partial comminuted fracture. The surgery took a whole eleven hours; presumably, bones, blood vessels, and nerves all needed anastomosis and repair. It was only after five this morning that the surgery was completed."

Dr. Zhang thoroughly briefed Zhou Can on the patient's condition.

"Dr. Zhou, there's nothing else you need to help with right now. So how about this: get familiar with the conditions of the patients in these ten beds; you might have to take a night shift later."

The exploitation between doctors is as practiced by Doctor He.

Senior physicians tend to dump the miscellaneous, dirty, and tiring work on junior physicians. Night shifts are tough, and usually, the job falls to resident trainees and interns.

It's good enough to have one chief-level physician for night duty in a large department.

Critical care does not apply here.

In those cases, if the correct emergency response cannot be given within seconds of an incident, it could lead to loss of life.

For instance, if a patient suddenly experiences a dramatic drop in blood oxygen or their heartbeat stops abruptly, etc.