Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

Li Jingsheng did not refuse.

When Doctor Xu guided him before, it was a similar method. He would first let him reposition the patient, and after success, Doctor Xu would check again.

He carefully assessed the bone on site for the patient.

Actually, with his current skills, as long as he watches from the side during the apprentice’s realignment, listens to the sound of the bones, and observes the condition of the patient’s limb after realignment, he can make an accurate judgment.

To reassure the patient and their family, he reluctantly examined the bones once more.

Consider it as increasing the proficiency of the Bone Touching Skill.

"The realignment looks great! Let’s apply a sling!"

Li Jingsheng praised in front of the patient.

"That’s great!"

She was overjoyed upon hearing this.

For the first time, she manually realigned a patient’s dislocated shoulder joint, which made her initially a bit nervous. Gaining her mentor’s approval instantly boosted her confidence.

This patient was quickly treated.

The next patient came in, and this time the realignment was challenging, involving a knee joint and meniscus injury.

Even Teacher Li Jingsheng needed to handle it cautiously.

Meniscus injuries can sometimes be hard to repair even with surgery.

And the recovery period is quite long.

Thus, Li Jingsheng orderly dealt with each case, solving the majority of patients’ issues on the spot.

A few patients required hospital admission for traction treatment.

Some patients with severe injuries couldn’t be realigned manually and had to undergo surgery.

"Doctor, I was playing around with my girlfriend when I accidentally sprained this hand. Please have a look."

A young man in his twenties walked in with his girlfriend.

He was of medium build, slightly chubby, with an ordinary appearance, just the type many girls like.

His girlfriend looked slightly embarrassed.

"You must be really strong to sprain your boyfriend’s arm; a real tough woman, indeed."

Li Jingsheng teased her.

"He held back for me! I didn’t expect that twisting his hand would cause injury, and I regret it a lot."

She looked down, sneaking a glance at her boyfriend.

With an expression of fear for having done something wrong.

"Haha, regret what! It’s okay, it’s okay, their Second Hospital’s manual realignment skills are superb. They’ll fix me up in no time."

The young man instead comforted his girlfriend.

This guy managed to find such a pretty girlfriend in his twenties, it’s no surprise.

Some petty guys, if hurt by their girlfriend like this, might have cursed all the way here!

"Your boyfriend is really great! He’s this injured yet still worries about you feeling guilty."

After saying this, Li Jingsheng took the X-rays from the patient.

Most patients would first visit the regular orthopedic clinic to see a doctor, and if it’s just a minor issue, they’d be recommended to the manual realignment clinic for treatment.

"You can’t exert strength with your right hand and can’t lift it, right?"

"Yes, yes, now it hurts severely with any movement. When my girlfriend twisted my hand, I heard a popping sound while struggling, and it hurt a lot. After that, my right hand couldn’t exert any strength. Could you check if there’s really no fracture? I seriously suspect my bone might be broken!"

The patient clearly doubted the previous clinic doctor’s diagnosis.

"Let me feel it for you!"

Li Jingsheng examined the young man’s bones right there.

After the examination, he was assured.

It matched the situation reflected on the X-ray perfectly.

"Rest assured, the bone isn’t broken, and it couldn’t be. If it were really broken, you wouldn’t be talking to me so calmly but rather in excruciating pain, with the whole arm swinging uncontrollably."

The hardness and toughness of bones are exceptionally high, and it takes very great force to twist the humerus of a normal young adult.

Usually, it results from a severe impact.

The pain from a bone fracture injury is at least ten times scarier than a joint dislocation.

This patient’s condition is merely a partial dislocation of the right shoulder joint.

In Li Jingsheng’s eyes, realigning such a dislocation is like child’s play.

Such a good practice opportunity must be reserved for the students.

He turned to look at the two students.

Yang Luqing looked eager, but Li Jingsheng skipped over him and stopped at Ye Hui’s face.

"Ye Hui, this patient has a partial dislocation of the right shoulder joint. You treat it."

"Alright!"

This time Ye Hui responded with much more confidence than the first time, a gleam in her eyes.

Yang Luqing looked momentarily dejected, and saying he wasn’t envious would be a lie.

He and Ye Hui both studied manual bone setting with Li Jingsheng, yet Ye Hui repeatedly got hands-on practice opportunities. He, however, could only watch from the sidelines, feeling naturally uncomfortable.

"Teacher Li, call in the next patient, let’s speed things up! I have to perform a surgery at noon."

The uncle who was found to have a tumor in his lung was already scheduled for surgery in cardiothoracic surgery.

It’s today at noon.

Director Zhang invited Li Jingsheng to join the surgery.

For him, this was an excellent opportunity for practice, and he intended to seize it well.

During the last skills competition, he witnessed the capabilities and skill level of top surgeons and understood the gap between them. Despite helping several teams in the hospital win bronze, it wasn’t substantial.

Nor was it solely his effort.

He wanted to develop the clinic’s surgical services further, which was a long way to go.

Currently, he needed to quickly train a group of qualified apprentices in manual bone setting to help share the workload of regular patients.