The next night, I was invited to dinner by Teacher Tan for the second time.
It was agreed on the phone that Teacher Tan would drive by to pick her up after get off work and asked her to wait at the door of Shouer.
This second day is the first day of work in the second department of pediatric cardiac surgery, so I am a little busy.
The process of working in the department is basically the same. You have a morning meeting to hand over the shift, and then go to the ward for rounds.
During the morning meeting, the older Director Lu asked about yesterday¡¯s picu. Unlike the National Association, there are not a few female surgeons in Shouer, but there are none in the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Director Lu was very interested in this female student, Brother Shenxian: "What's your name? I only heard your teacher say once that you remember the pacemaker? Have you ever had a pacemaker installation operation?"
"I haven't done it." Xie Wanying answered honestly. I have never been to a cardiology department and have very little exposure to interventional surgery. I have just arrived in cardiac surgery, I am just learning, and I have not yet had the opportunity to get started with many new things.
"Let Teacher Cao take care of you." Director Lu said gently to her and Cao Zhao, "This operation is not difficult to perform."
When several students heard the old director¡¯s words, they once again guessed what the most difficult operation in pediatric cardiac surgery was. This question is difficult to answer. The common diseases here can be seen immediately during ward rounds in the department.
Today, there was a ward round in the department. The team of doctors went from the first bed to the last. Director Lu took the lead with a general demeanor.
The characteristic of pediatrics is that you see some children in the ward who look quite serious, but the problem is that they are not scheduled to be admitted to the picu. The reason is simple, there are many more children with more serious problems than this. It shows that the child's condition really develops rapidly and can easily get worse. In some adult departments, we can see patients who simply come to the inpatient department for physical recuperation and examination, but this is not the case in pediatrics. One of the main characteristics of hospitalized heart disease patients is hypoxia, which is the same as for adults and children. Many patients need to wear nasal cannula to inhale oxygen.
The picture of a pediatrician wearing a stethoscope to treat a child is full of childishness, as if he is treating a wilting little flower or a lively puppy and kitten.
For example, Director Lu stood in front of the child and bent down, like a KFC grandpa, holding the child's little hand and coaxing him while listening to the heartbeat of the child. The child looked at Director Lu. His two eyeballs were as big and transparent as glass balls, full of innocence. The eyes were the windows to the soul, which showed that the child's state of mind was as pure as boiled water. Who would not feel distressed when seeing such a child getting sick?
This is what a young child looks like when being seen by a doctor, about three years old or younger.
Older children are like Zhu Xing. They can be persuaded by the doctor at the beginning, but it will be difficult to fool them over time. Really, children over the age of three are thieves. There is a scientific basis for classifying children under three years old as infants. The developmental characteristics of children during this period are very unusual and can be said to be very important. When a child is born, his or her brain develops only 25% of that of an adult. Later, by the age of three, the brain develops to 89% of that of an adult. Now you can understand why children over three years old are not easy to fool when they go to kindergarten.
Because Shouer has relaxed the admission age, you can even see teenagers aged 16 or 17 preparing for congenital heart disease surgery here. Doesn¡¯t it mean that the sooner congenital heart disease surgery is performed, the better? This is generally true. However, for some diseases, the early symptoms may not be obvious. It is not easy for parents and children to realize that they are sick, and they are delayed in not going to the hospital in time to seek medical treatment.