Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

Chapter 352 - 184: Truly One of Our Own, Electrocautery Hemostasis (Part 2)

Could it be... his knot tying isn’t up to standard?

Many doctors practice their surgical skills arduously, using toothpicks at meals, or clipping beans with tweezers, or practicing suturing with grapes and intestines, and so on.

Knot tying should be one of the easier basic skills to practice.

Unlike suturing, sometimes to simulate the feel of human skin as closely as possible, you have to practice with pig skin.

If it’s just basic knot tying, you can practice with any piece of cloth.

For more advanced practice, you’ll need props like tofu or sponges.

Ruan Xiaoqin struggled for a long time and finally tied a square knot.

But that very knot ruined all his previous efforts.

Because the knot wasn’t tied well, the suture loosened, and the previously sutured tendon split open again.

His face turned red, he cut the suture and had to sew it again.

If he had mastered the slip knot, he wouldn’t need to cut the sewn suture at this moment.

Li Jingsheng’s current knot tying skills are not very impressive, just at the proficient level, equivalent to a senior resident doctor.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Xiaoqin, who is already an attending physician, could tie such a poor knot.

Not to mention the proficient level, with this clumsy technique, he’s struggling even for Entry Level.

That’s definitely the standard of a regulated trainee.

This is truly a knot that ruined ’a lifetime’.

"Can’t you go home, fill a basin with water, put a sponge in it, and practice your knot tying on the sponge?" Professor Wu chided him in a tone of frustration.

"I have practiced, but my hands are not very obedient. I will practice hard at home,"

Ruan Xiaoqin felt humiliated in front of so many people and felt disgraced.

He buried his head and re-sutured the tendon again, more cautiously this time.

But with inadequate skills, being careful is of little use.

What’s meant to go wrong will still go wrong.

"Let Dr. Li help you tie a knot! Otherwise, if you mess up again, these sutures can’t be wasted like this."

Professor Wu was probably more concerned about the wait time than the suture.

He kept looking up at the clock on the wall; he clearly had something urgent to attend to.

They were already working overtime today, and after two surgeries, it was almost 9 PM.

This is interesting, Professor Wu didn’t offer to step in himself but asked Li Jingsheng to help.

Obviously, his own suturing skills are nothing great. If he scolded his subordinate doctors and then made a fool of himself by stepping in, where would he put his dignity?

Letting Li Jingsheng step in gave him a way out.

Li Jingsheng did not refuse when he was called to tie a knot on the spot.

He silently upgraded his square knot from proficient to Master Level, at the cost of 85 life points.

With Master Level square knot skills, he was more than capable of tendon suturing, let alone knotting.

"I’m not that good either, but I’ve practiced using tweezers to tie square knots for a bit. If I mess it up, don’t blame me."

A bit of humility is always necessary.

Li Jingsheng politely commented and then took over to help Dr. Ruan complete the final knotting.

His square knot, now at Master Level, might not be exceptional, but it’s undoubtedly far superior to Dr. Ruan’s level.

He tied it easily, taking less than a second.

And the knot was very firm, closely adhering to the tendon surface.

In the eyes of these not-so-great surgeons, his square knot was already at a perfect level.

"Square knot proficiency +1, Life Value +101."

Looking at the life value skyrocketing on the attribute panel, he felt as if a big pie had fallen from the sky.

Upon contemplation, he understood what was going on.

Tying this square knot only earned him 1 life point, but repairing a tendon earned him 100 life points as it was the first time for him.

He had just spent 85 life points and only had 75 left, but now it surged back to 176.

The operating room was simply his domain of luck, earning life value there was akin to picking up money.

Nothing could be easier.

Separating a bone cyst earned him 101, and now knotting a tendon earned him another 101.

Isn’t this just collecting life points?

Moreover, several of his surgical skills unknowingly reached the Master Level.

His progress speed was faster than a rocket.

As more of his surgical skills reached the Master Level, the amount of work he could undertake would increase, further accelerating his life points’ earning speed.

This was a truly positive cycle!

Before, he thought earning life points at the manual reduction outpatient clinic was exaggerated, but didn’t expect the operating room to be even more so.

He had hit the jackpot tonight.

"Hmm, Dr. Li’s knotting skills are truly impressive. You should all learn from him,"

Professor Wu’s own knotting skills are just average, he couldn’t say anything profound in his commentary.

What made this knot well-done?

Which details were spot-on?

Those, he couldn’t articulate clearly either.

As a leader, one does not need to know everything in detail; summarizing with a compliment is sufficient.

"Dr. Ruan, don’t just stand there, get on with it. Hurry and finish the surgery,"

Professor Wu urged.

Ruan Xiaoqin picked up speed.

After the joint capsule is opened, it doesn’t always need to be repaired.

Especially the hip joint capsule.

Currently, even in top-tier hospitals, patients undergoing hip joint capsule opening surgeries are usually not given suturing repairs.

Besides his poor knotting skills, Ruan Xiaoqin’s suturing skills were only competent in interrupted and continuous sutures.