Chapter 290: Guojia Village
Aside from sheer boredom, Sun couldn't think of any other reason for the two foreign experts to be so active. In fact, at first, he was quite confident in "taking Dr. Pascal along". After all, this is a person who has participated in Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and has come to China several times for free treatment. Dr. Pascal has a lot of experience in free clinic rounds, and Sun Lien will naturally hit him with the idea - without such acquaintances, he is actually a little apprehensive about patrols.
Emergency work is not the same as visiting work. In the case of an emergency, it is necessary to consider the critical illness first and ask the doctors to act immediately. Rather than a perfect clinical diagnosis, the emergency department is more important about whether the patient's vital signs can be quickly stabilized and then transferred to the appropriate department for treatment. The emphasis is on "stabilizing vital signs and referral to other departments" rather than "perfect and correct diagnosis". Although Sun Lien's status bar and diagnostic ability are available, the success rate of rescue is higher when targeted, but there is no perfect diagnosis, and it will not be impossible to rescue.
For emergency care, diagnosis is an adjunct to the icing on the cake, not a necessity.
It is precisely because of this that Sun Lien's diagnostic pressure has always been very high, if he can't make an accurate diagnosis immediately, then there is no difference between his diagnosis and his absence - patients who have been declared dead do not need clinical diagnosis. Although he has been exercising in the emergency clinic for two months, Sun Lien's clinical experience is still too little. On his own, to consult patients who need to undergo multiple examinations and diagnoses in the outpatient clinic, Sun Lien must have no bottom in his heart.
Since you don't have a bottom in your heart, you have to find a way to cover yourself. Almost without hesitation, Sun Lien decided to "earn the mountain" Pascal, whose face had changed greatly from his father and mother, who was winning downstairs. And Lao Pa was also very face-saving, and without even a trace of hesitation, he decided to walk together.
But Brune was a bonus. Anyway, it's a free clinic, and it's the kind with a ready-made team, so it doesn't seem like a bad thing to have another American expert.
With two experienced doctors as a backup and guide, you don't have to worry too much about whether you will miss a diagnosis or misdiagnose when you work, and you can even let go of yourself a little.
Although it is also in Changning, the place where the inspection is located is some distance from Sun Lien's house. Driving his own Volvo, Sun Lien drove for two hours on the mountain road before arriving at Guojia Village, the place where he visited today.
Guojia Village is the largest natural village in the vicinity, and its location is remote and has always been inaccessible. If it weren't for the village-to-village project carried out in order to alleviate poverty a few years ago, according to the original conditions, the college's volunteer medical team would not have been able to enter the village at all - the original dirt road was hardly maintained, and it was slippery and even difficult to walk in winter. Before the opening of the road, Guojia Village was cut off from traffic for almost two months every winter. If there is really something important to get out of the village, the only way to do it is to take the mountain road carved out between the cliffs - the road is so narrow that even a donkey cannot get across. It can barely accommodate one person.
In recent years, after the cement road was repaired, the situation in poor Guojia Village improved rapidly. All kinds of mountain goods can be sent to the market for sale in time, and the transportation of villagers is also much more convenient. The low-rise yellow mud houses have also disappeared and have been replaced by new cement houses. Many villagers even bought their own small pickup trucks to get around. Life is getting better day by day.
But the medical situation is still not very rosy. Perhaps due to some deep-rooted habit, the vast majority of elderly villagers in Guojia Village and several surrounding natural villages have an inexplicable and somewhat deep-rooted prejudice against hospitals. In their opinion, when people get older, it is better to have a minor illness and a small disaster by themselves. If you get through it, it's fine, and if you can't get through it, then hurry up and deal with the aftermath. Although burials are not allowed now, it seems that it is more important to be able to shave your head and dress before dying at home than to go to the hospital.
The staff sent by the town and the young people in the village are working hard to change this phenomenon, but we have to admit that this phenomenon and ideas are still prevalent in Guojia Village. This is especially true for those over 60 years of age.
It is precisely for this reason that the local authorities have to ask the health department to conduct regular inspections for Guojia Village. You can't just leave it alone and leave the elderly who need medical treatment to fend for themselves, right?
From a certain point of view, the staff of the relevant departments are also really hard.
Although the mountain road has been paved with beautiful concrete, the slope is still there, and the driving view is quite bad. By the time Sun Lien drove the car to the place, he already felt a little tired.
It's good, it's good. Sun Lien got out of the car with a smirk on his face and stretched his waist in the somewhat cold air. Mentally a little tired, this is the usual state of work. If he goes to see a doctor full of energy, he is still a little unaccustomed to it.
"You're Dr. Sun, aren't you?" An old man dressed in the look of an old-fashioned village cadre stood not far from where Sun Lien had parked his car—the only way into the village. After he saw Sun Lien get out of the car, he came over enthusiastically and shook hands and said, "Hello, hello, I am the village party secretary." ”
Sun Lien shook his hand warmly, "Hello, hello." While shaking hands, Sun Lien introduced, "These two are experts from the United States......
"Experts from the United States!" The old man showed a surprised expression very cooperatively, and after letting go of Sun Lien's hand, he shook hands with the two American experts vigorously, and sighed from the bottom of his heart, "Experts from the United States!"
There is a sizable parking lot outside Guojia Village. It is said to be a parking lot, but it is actually a relatively large flat land. This vacant land was previously a piece of land specially leveled by the road construction company for the purpose of parking construction machinery. It is now used to park the villagers' "private cars" and the buses of the medical teams that come to the free clinic.
Under the leadership of the village party secretary, the three of them soon arrived at the place where the medical team was receiving treatment. A table that looked to be at least thirty years old was covered with a yellowish white sheet, on which were simply placed blood pressure monitors, thermometers, tongue depressors, and stethoscopes. However, advanced equipment is not without it. Sun Lien saw two tents at the scene, one of which contained a B-ultrasound machine, and the other was the basic equipment used for eye examinations.
"Sun Lien?" A somewhat familiar voice sounded, Sun Lien turned his head to look, and found an acquaintance. Huang Wenhui, director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the Fourth Hospital, walked over to him quickly, "Why are you here?"
Before Sun Lien could answer, she suddenly realized, "The internist who Dean Song called this morning to support is you, right?"