Five Years of Studying Medicine, Three Years of Flirting With Guys - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Tang Linsheng nervously took a sip of water, still deciding not to tell his father and mother about Senior’s true gender. Seeing his parents engaged in various arguments and the topic drifting further and further away, he quietly set down his water glass, preparing to slip away.

“Linlin!” the two people behind him shouted in unison. “Is that little girl from your department?”

“…” Tang Linsheng went against his conscience, forcing a calm expression as he nodded: “Yes, that’s right, she’s a ‘girl’ from our department.”

Senior… I’m sorry…

“Work hard! Mom and Dad have high hopes for you!”

Listening to his parents’ perfectly synchronized encouragement, Tang Linsheng wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. It was better to wait until he had successfully pursued Senior before telling his parents; otherwise, he would be “falling in battle before victory is won” dying without even getting a taste of sweetness.

However, how should he pursue him?

Tang Linsheng agonized over it all night without coming to any conclusion, but he agonized so much that he even dreamed of Tang Linsheng. In the dream, Senior wore a snow-white doctor’s coat, standing beside him and gently stroking his head. Pointing at the ECG monitor in front of them, he smiled with a gentle and kind expression: “Linlin, do you know what this ECG means?”

Already intoxicated by Senior’s tenderness, he turned to glance casually at the rising and falling ECG curves, smiling shyly at Senior: “Maybe it’s an arrhythmia?”

The senior’s gentle palm rubbed his head, the corners of his mouth curling up: “Wrong, it’s a myocardial infarction.”

“Oh…” He stared at Senior’s handsome face and nodded obediently. Unexpectedly, in the next second, the gentle hand on his head vanished, replaced by a thick internal medicine textbook smashing onto his head. He grimaced in pain, and just as he was about to ask what happened, he heard Senior’s voice filled with anger within the seriousness reprimanding him: “The patient already has a myocardial infarction, what are you still doing here?! Hurry and get to the first aid! Get the blood pressure cart! Get the crash cart! Coordinate with the doctor for resuscitation!”

These last few sentences were roared so loudly that Tang Linsheng bounced straight off the bed, his heart thumping putong-putong.

Senior… The seniors wouldn’t be this fierce, right! He shook his head; Senior is so gentle, it must be his own delusion! Right! Dreams are always the opposite!

“Tang Linsheng, what are you doing?” Liu Junxian pushed the blood pressure cart toward him. “It’s time to take blood pressure. Your state seems a bit off at work today? Be careful of Teacher Kong later; the teachers said during the shift handover that he made a scene all night, ringing the bell once every half hour.”

Tang Linsheng took the medical orders placed on the blood pressure cart and flashed a smile at her: “It’s nothing, it’s nothing, I’m going to work.” He couldn’t exactly say he was scared by a dream; that would be too lacking in masculinity.

As it happened, just as Tang Linsheng pushed the blood pressure cart to the first room of the rear group, he saw Tang Linsheng coming out from a ward round followed by a group of doctors. Given last night’s dream, Tang Linsheng felt a bit apprehensive when he saw Tang Linsheng. On the contrary, when Tang Linsheng saw him, he first smiled and nodded.

He immediately returned a smile, and only then did his heart settle down.

As expected, it was a dream unreliable.

When Tang Linsheng pushed the cart to the second room, he heard Teacher Kong Mingzhao in Bed 32 on the phone with his son, his tone even fiercer than yesterday.

“Are you coming or not?!”

“Don’t come then! Why come! What’s the point of coming!”

“Work is important, work is important just let me die and be done with it!”

…

Tang Linsheng finished measuring the others in the room. He looked at Kong Mingzhao, who was currently losing his temper on the phone, and thought that since he had just flared up and was emotionally agitated, it was better to let him rest a bit before measuring. Just as he was planning to push the blood pressure cart away, he heard Teacher Kong roar: “Taking blood pressure!” Then he hung up the phone and shouted at him: “Come here! Take my blood pressure!”

Tang Linsheng’s face behind the mask twitched a few times. How did he remember that Teacher Kong’s condition was quite serious… Why was his temper so huge? “Kong Mingzhao, you just got a bit agitated. Let’s rest for a moment, and I’ll come measure it for you in a bit, okay?”

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Kong Mingzhao stared at him, his eyes growing wider and wider: “Are you new and don’t know the rules?! I’ll measure when I want to measure. Why should I be measured last?!”

“…I didn’t say I’d measure yours last.” He hadn’t expected his meaning to be misinterpreted like this. Seeing Kong Mingzhao’s posture of not giving up until his blood pressure was taken right now, Tang Linsheng could only sigh. He pushed the blood pressure cart forward to wrap the cuff on him. He estimated the blood pressure would be high and figured he would just re-test it for him later.

He watched the sphygmomanometer inflate and deflate three times, finally showing it was unable to measure. He had no choice but to tell Kong Mingzhao to lie flat for another measurement. Unexpectedly, Kong Mingzhao swung his hand and knocked his hand away: “Cena Niang B! This blood pressure monitor doesn’t work! I can’t get a reading, am I going to die?! How are you measuring! If you can’t do it, get someone else to do it!”

Being cursed so bluntly, a surge of anger rose in Tang Linsheng’s heart, but thinking that he was new to the department and most cardiology patients are old patients whose moods are naturally bad upon admission he had to relax his mindset, relax his mindset… He would absolutely not admit it was because Kong Mingzhao’s two curses just now made him feel instantly wimpy! He might as well just turn himself into an emoji hands clutching his head, mouth wide open, shouting: Ah! My head hurts!

Teacher Kong, I’ll give you my whole head!

“How about this, you lie down first, and I’ll take another one for you, okay?”

Teacher Kong was probably a bit tired after that outburst, and seeing that he still maintained that same gentle attitude as before, he lay down with a grim face. Unexpectedly, when Tang Linsheng measured again this time, he still couldn’t get a reading.

Kong Mingzhao’s face was fierce, his attitude vile: “Is it out yet?!”

“It didn’t come out. I’ll bring a mercury one to measure it for you in a bit” But before Tang Linsheng could finish his sentence, [Kong] unfastened the cuff and threw it at Tang Linsheng. Tang Linsheng quickly turned sideways to catch the cuff and placed it in the blood pressure cart’s basket; the patients in the ward all looked over. “How do you work as a nurse! Why are they using men as nurses now?! You can’t even take a blood pressure right, I’ll beat you to death! …”

Seeing Kong Mingzhao preparing to get out of bed to hit him as he spoke, Tang Linsheng took a deep breath and pushed the cart away. Fine, fine, if I can’t talk back, I can at least hide!

He had just reached the doorway, not even a second or two later, when he heard a “thump” from behind. He turned around and saw Kong Mingzhao clutching his chest with a pained expression, his whole body collapsing onto the bed!

Tang Linsheng hurried to push the blood pressure monitor back, pressed the bedside bell, and almost half-carried Kong Mingzhao to make him lie flat quickly. He immediately wrapped the blood pressure cuff on Kong Mingzhao to measure blood pressure, his hand pressing on his radial artery to check the pulse.

73 beats within 30 seconds! Tachycardia!

Just as he finished measuring Kong Mingzhao’s pulse, the teaching teacher, Teacher Wang, walked in: “Teacher Kong, you” Seeing Kong Mingzhao’s state upon entering, she immediately ran out: “Quickly push the crash cart and ECG machine over! Main shift teacher, notify the doctor immediately, Bed 32 needs resuscitation!!”

Hearing this, the nurses outside immediately moved with nimble hands and feet! Just then, they saw Tang Linsheng leading the doctors out of Room 8. The main shift nurse quickly shouted: “Professor Tang, resuscitation for Bed 32!!”

Upon hearing this, Tang Linsheng’s expression turned serious, and he immediately ran over. The group of doctors following him also immediately followed inside upon seeing the situation.

Fortunately, the blood pressure monitor was cooperative this time. When Tang Linsheng saw Teacher Wang come in, he had just obtained the blood pressure and immediately reported the situation: “Blood pressure 80 over 37, heart rate 146!”

Teacher Wang nodded and quickly connected the ECG to Kong Mingzhao. Tang Linsheng arrived as well; he stood beside Tang Linsheng, his face solemn as he used a stethoscope to listen to Kong Mingzhao’s heart sounds. “Establish intravenous access, immediately inject Lidocaine and Pethidine intravenously, provide oxygen, and start ECG monitoring.” He immediately issued verbal medical orders to the nurse who had pushed the crash cart over, took out the penlight from his pocket, and immediately observed Kong Mingzhao’s pupils, vital signs, and consciousness. “Expand coronary arteries, prepare for angiography!”

Unexpectedly, while he was examining, Kong Mingzhao’s body twitched, his face pained, and with a “wah” sound, he vomited. The foul matter sprayed all over the duvet cover. “Turn his head to the side, clear the mouth and nasal cavity!”

“Professor Tang, Lidocaine intravenous injection completed, intravenous access opened!”

“Dobutamine injection via IV drip.”

“Yes, Dobutamine IV drip.”

Just as the nurse finished that sentence, the ECG machine beside them looked like the patient had ventricular arrhythmia. When Tang Linsheng looked up, the patient’s heart suddenly stopped!

Tang Linsheng immediately performed CPR on him. “Prepare for defibrillation!”

Fortunately, after he pressed the chest cavity a few times, the patient’s heartbeat returned to sinus rhythm. “He’s been resuscitated.” Since Teacher Wang was a bit stout, she was now covered in sweat. She looked at the calm Tang Linsheng with a smile and said, “Professor Tang, you’re good.”

Tang Linsheng smiled faintly: “Everyone cooperated well. Continue ECG monitoring, notify the catheterization lab to prepare for angiography surgery. Have the family come over to sign. I’m going to do the pre-operative preparations.”

Teacher Wang nodded and continued working. Fortunately, the patient had recovered; she looked at Tang Linsheng standing nearby, explaining the resuscitation process while continuing to nimbly provide nursing care and pre-angiography preparations.

The group of doctors following Tang Linsheng were completely stunned throughout the process. During the ward rounds just now, Professor Tang had said to keep an eye on Kong Mingzhao; based on observation and the case history, it was very likely that an emergency would occur. In just those few minutes, the patient had angina, vomiting, and cardiac arrest and Professor Tang saved the person that quickly?!

They looked at each other, shocked into silence, and could only silently follow behind Tang Linsheng.

Tang Linsheng walked to the door of the Chief Physician’s office and beckoned them in. Once the doctors were lined up, he wrote the medical orders while asking: “Just now during the examination of heart sounds, the patient’s first heart sound was weakened and a fourth heart sound gallop rhythm appeared. What disease is suspected?”

They stared at each other, mentioning several related diseases but none were correct… Previously they always followed the Director or Attending; as resident physicians… How could they know this?

Tang Linsheng quickly finished the medical orders and stood up, preparing to go to the catheterization lab for surgery. Listening to their incorrect answers, he signed the medical orders while saying: “Later, think about what you could have done during the resuscitation. The points of resuscitation performed by the training nurse before I arrived were quite good.”

Although Tang Linsheng wasn’t fiercely scolding them, it was precisely this attitude of serious responsibility toward medicine and patients, combined with his professional ability to lead by example, that made the resident physicians lower their heads in shame.

And Tang Linsheng, who had just walked to the door, had only one thought in his heart: Thank you, last night’s dream.

However, Senior said “training nurse” did he forget his name that quickly? Their names even have the same sound!

Tang Linsheng looked up and saw the person behind the group of doctors. He asked in his previously gentle tone: “Nurse Tang, is there something?”