My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

"Shang Mei, aren’t you about to be promoted to chief nurse practitioner? Your experience should be better than your brother’s, right? Can you help take a look?"
Uncle, seeing that he couldn’t count on Chen Shangfu, cursed him useless under his breath.
He had no choice but to pin his hopes on Chen Shangmei.
After all, Chen Shangmei had just shown remarkable calmness.
"I... I’m just a nurse. I only give injections and change dressings. How would I know how to treat this? I think it’s better to take her to the hospital right away!" Chen Shangmei was well aware of the risks and dared not act rashly.
Without real skills, one could make a life-threatening mistake.
Having sought help from the two of them to no avail, Uncle didn’t even think to turn to Zhou Can. Because Zhou Can had always been very low-key, everyone thought his skills must be far inferior to Chen Shangfu’s.
Now that even Chen Shangfu had no solution, there was even less to expect from Zhou Can.
"Uncle, don’t worry just yet. How about I call my teacher for advice?"
Unable to handle it himself, Chen Shangfu’s first thought was to seek help from his teacher.
That’s the instinctive reaction of all resident doctors.
Even though Uncle’s family didn’t ask Zhou Can for help, he still stood up voluntarily to check Huanhuan’s condition.
"Huanhuan, be good, open your mouth and let Uncle Can see where the fishbone is stuck!"
Zhou Can patted the little girl’s head, comforting her.
He had learned this way of soothing children while consulting in the pediatric department.
The head is the chief of the six yang meridians, where the soul resides.
Gently patting the head can calm the heart and mind, thereby achieving a soothing effect.
"What should we do now? Zhou Hai, quickly call someone you know at the hospital and ask!" The sister-in-law was holding the child, worried and fuming.
Zhou Can checked on Huanhuan, but she had no hope at all.
Her cousin, after all, was a deputy section-level cadre in the health system, though they didn’t know which department, he surely knew some friends in the hospital.
"Okay, okay, I’ll call a pediatrician at the People’s Hospital right now."
The cousin hurriedly pulled out his phone, scrolling through his contacts.
Under Zhou Can’s comfort, Huanhuan gradually became less afraid.
In fact, when things happen, the panic of adults can also affect the child.
Zhou Can couldn’t see the fishbone but noticed blood in the saliva in Huanhuan’s mouth, indicating there was definitely bleeding.
"Huanhuan, do you know where it hurts? Can you point it out to Uncle with your finger?"
"Here... boo hoo!"
She pointed to a deeper part of her throat with her little finger.
No wonder the fishbone couldn’t be seen; it had pierced into the middle of the esophagus.
"I’ve heard that swallowing a bite of food can push the fishbone down. I’ll go find a waiter to get a bowl of rice!"
Aunt had calmed down considerably after her initial panic.
At this moment, she first thought of a folk remedy.
"You mustn’t do that. A child’s body is particularly delicate. Forcing food down may not only fail to dislodge the fishbone but also push it deeper, making it more dangerous."
Zhou Can said very seriously.
Aunt obviously didn’t trust his opinion as an ’intern doctor’.
"Shang Mei, do you think eating rice is okay?"
Aunt trusted the siblings, Shangfu and Shang Mei, more. After all, both of them seemed impressive when introducing their work.
Shangfu was on the phone, so she could only ask for Shang Mei’s opinion.
"Aunt, having Huanhuan swallow something now is indeed risky. If the fishbone is sticking in with the barbs pointing down, swallowing could use the force of the descending food to pull it out and send it down to the stomach with it. But if it’s pointing the other way in the esophagus, swallowing with force could drive it in deeper. Let’s not rush, wait till my brother consults his teacher before making a decision."
Shang Mei comforted Aunt.
She had at least two years of work experience as a nurse. If she didn’t even know these basics of medical knowledge, it would be too much of a failure.
The Third Hospital where she worked wasn’t bad. It was considered one of the more famous hospitals in the province.
But it couldn’t be compared with top local hospitals like the Provincial People’s Hospital, Provincial Children’s Hospital, or Tuya Hospital.