Chapter 2335: The Most Terrifying Backup
A bunch of parents were in the corridor talking among themselves, anxious to the point of collapse. Since the doctors had said the parents weren’t at fault, now the responsibility was on the doctors’ heads. You’ve figured out what’s wrong with my kid, so why aren’t you doing anything—are you planning to just leave my child here to die?
Every passing minute, every second, the parents felt they couldn’t wait any longer.
In less than ten minutes, several parents rushed into the office. Some slammed the table in front of the doctors, demanding an explanation; some begged them to save their children, almost dropping to their knees.
The families were frantic, and the emergency admitting doctors felt the flames licking at their own brows too.
The whole scene was like a pot of porridge boiling over, the atmosphere in complete chaos.
Seeing this, the other parents all led their kids in a wide circle to other consulting rooms. The thing patients fear most is running into an incompetent doctor. Fine, the three of them had just opened for business, and it already looked like they were going to have no patients to see.
Wei Shangquan was watching, anxious to death.
If you asked him, it was exactly like he kept emphasizing, like Student Xie said: you do every last thing you can do first, then talk.
On the other hand, Student Wei had to admit he wasn’t the attending. If anything happened, Student Duan would shoulder primary responsibility; he himself was relatively inconsequential.
With one exception. Wei Shangquan thought it over and, while the parents across the way were shouting themselves into a frenzy, he stepped behind Student Duan and reminded him: "You saw what Yingying is capable of this morning. Try trusting her. The fact that she dares to make this recommendation means she’s confident she can handle the procedure."
He whispered a whole bunch, but the Student Duan in front of him didn’t move a muscle, head buried like an ostrich as usual, who knew what he was thinking. Wei Shangquan was itching to grab the other man’s head and force it up, thinking to himself: God, you could tell from early on this kind of childish doctor wasn’t going to cut it. At the critical moment this attending turns into a useless A Dou, pulling his head into his shell like a turtle.
Watching Student Wei act more proactive than himself, Xie Wanying didn’t need to step in. Another question mark rose in her mind: does Student Wei really have no interest in pediatrics?
"Should we call Teacher Cheng and ask?" Student Wei thought, this guy is afraid of taking responsibility, so all we can do is call the teacher for advice.
"No need." Student Duan finally made up his mind, lifted his head, and told the parents—as well as his colleagues—"We’re going to prepare to do an air enema for the child now."
Once the doctors moved into action, the noisy parents and everyone else all let out a collective "whoosh" as they finally caught their breath.
Everyone picked up the child and rushed to the X-ray room.
In fact, air enema reduction is performed by radiologists. The surgeons are present in case of emergencies. If the radiologist can’t manage it and a complication arises, the surgeon on site has to catch the falling knife.
This was exactly what had Student Duan worried: he would have to be that backup surgeon, which to him was far scarier than being on the actual front line. There was no one behind him to serve as his safety net.
For example, if an intestinal perforation occurred on the spot, the surgeon would have to quickly perform an abdominal puncture on the child to decompress and resuscitate, then send them to the OR for surgery.
Abdominal puncture is a high‑risk procedure, and all that risk is dumped squarely on the head of the frontline surgeon. By the time you called in another senior surgeon, it would definitely be too late.
Of course, once they got to Radiology, they could discuss it further with the radiologist. The radiologists at Shou’er had done quite a lot of these reduction procedures and were experienced.
The child was laid flat on the bed in the exam room, with the X-ray machine overhead. The radiologist in charge of the procedure today was Doctor Yang, who, along with an assistant, was responsible for inserting the rectal tube for the child.
Many medical procedures require sedatives beforehand to prevent the child from panicking and crying, which can lead to failure of the procedure or accidents. Air enema reduction is relatively special in that you try your best not to give the child sedatives.