Healing Doctor

Chapter 512 Heimlich (Bonus Chapter x4 by Alliance Leader Maxzheng185)

For doctors, low skill level is the original sin.

High technical skill is the key to dominating everything; one can be arrogant without anyone questioning it. As for whether one will be sabotaged in the future, that's a matter for the future. At least when it comes to surgery, no one can question one's abilities.

As the staples were removed, the surgical procedure stored in the DSA machine came to an abrupt end.

The beautifully produced animation begins to re-enact the entire process of the patient's illness, from the first treatment to the failed surgery by Director Li, until finally Ji Xiang skillfully and seemingly clumsily removes the staples.

The voiceover narration next to him sounds like it belongs to Director Li. He is willing to be Ji Xiang's background character and become Ji Xiang's voice-over.

Doctors across the country watching the program on their screens were thrown into a state of chaos.

Director Xu was thinking about how Zhao Zhe was about to soar to great heights.

The Zhao Zhe of today is not the same naive and weakling he once was. He's not the same spineless coward he used to be. If he wants to, he'll eventually bring this upon himself, sooner or later. So how can he possibly let this matter rest?

In a private room at Qiyang Barbecue, Director Liu slammed his hand on the table.

"Old Bai, Xiao Ji's surgery was absolutely amazing!"

Director Bai frowned as he looked at the cold dishes on the table, remaining silent and uttering no words.

"What are you thinking about?" Director Liu asked.

"Still young," Director Bai sighed.

"Of course, he's young and has good eyesight. You can't see anything wrong with him in regular surgeries, but as the difficulty of the surgeries increases, Ji Xiang can see and do things that Director Li of the Interventional Department can't do. That's real skill!" Director Liu was overjoyed, even more excited than when he successfully completed the surgery.

"Dazhi, Ji Xiang's skill level is even higher than I imagined," Director Bai murmured as he watched the animation.

"What's so great about animation? It's just repeating the same old stuff so that the average viewer can understand it." Director Liu laughed. "Come on, let's have a drink."

"If I were the producer, I would definitely take this opportunity to expand on the topic." Director Bai smiled, picked up his wine glass, and said, "A student who accidentally inhaled a staple can only be considered gossip. But once it's elevated to a foreign object in the respiratory tract, there's so much to say and discuss."

"Hey, that's all idealism. Lao Bai, think about it, it's only been a few days since the last episode, and the production team has already done a pretty good job piecing together an animation that has attracted attention and generated buzz."

"That's true." Director Bai gulped down the wine, closed his eyes, and felt the spiciness flowing down his esophagus like a thread.

Following the program team's train of thought, Director Bai found it particularly interesting and decided to treat it as a mental exercise to relax.

But the next second, Director Bai's expression turned serious, then he smiled.

"Similar situations often occur in our lives. For example, when a child eats jelly, it can cause airway obstruction due to aspiration."

An unfamiliar voice came from the television.

"Director Sun, you must see many patients like this in the emergency department, right?" the bald host's voice came through.

"It's not common," Director Sun said.

Director Bai was slightly surprised, not expecting the production team to actually think of this and create a special feature on it. He opened his eyes and saw that the screen had moved to the commentary room.

There's an unfamiliar face in this episode's review section; I imagine it's Director Sun from the Emergency Department of the First Affiliated Hospital.

"If a child aspirates something at home and doesn't receive timely treatment, it's usually too late by the time they get to the hospital," said Director Sun.

"So... what can we do if we encounter a similar situation?" the bald host asked.

"The Heimlich maneuver can be used for first aid," Director Sun said, pushing up his glasses with his finger. "In medical emergency care, there are many professional skills that ordinary people may not understand, but the Heimlich maneuver is different; it is recommended that everyone learn it."

"Could you please introduce the Heimlich maneuver?" the bald host steered the conversation in that direction.

Although the guidance was rather abrupt, no one noticed this.

Everyone's attention was focused on the Heimlich maneuver.

Director Sun gave a brief explanation of the Heimlich method, and then the scene immediately switched to a popular animated sequence.

A 3-5 year old child was eating jelly at home and subsequently inhaled it and choked.

In the animation, the child's face turns bluish-purple as time goes on, his limbs twitch, and it seems that the suffocation time is getting longer and longer, with one of the child's feet already stepping into the gates of death.

An adult appeared, and in the ensuing chaos, kicked over a stool, causing the house to erupt in disarray.

However, he was somewhat of a professional, at least familiar with the Heimlich maneuver. He immediately picked up the child, with the child's back facing him, and made fists with both hands from the child's sides towards the front of the child's abdomen, overlapping them, and then used the thenar eminence to quickly thrust inward and upward from the child's upper abdomen.

With just three impacts, a whole jelly was "spit out" from the child's mouth.

Wow~

The child cried loudly, and as he cried, the bruises on his face gradually faded.

The animation is beautifully produced; it's not the kind of thing that costs tens of millions but produces effects worth only a few hundred dollars.

The plot is also very simple, mainly showcasing the practical application of the Heimlich method.

Although the audience are all ordinary people, most of them have encountered or heard of foreign objects in their respiratory tract.

The image of the child in the animation, with his face covered in bruises and unable to breathe, touched many people's hearts.

The child's condition improved dramatically after the Heimlich maneuver was applied, leaving a very deep impression.

An animation ends, and just when everyone thinks it's over, the animation starts again.

This time, the whole family was having dinner when someone told a joke, and everyone burst into laughter. However, the elderly person's laughter caused food to fall into their airway.

Next, he forcefully shoved his hand into his mouth, as if trying to pry the food out.

But he simply couldn't do it.

Although it's just an animation, everyone can feel the life force draining from the old man.

An adult tries to pick up an elderly person, but the dying person's struggles make it impossible for him to do what he just did to the child.

What should we do then?!

A question arose across countless screens via the internet signal.

With the help of others, the middle-aged man managed to lift the elderly man up. He placed his front leg between the elderly man's legs, with his front leg bent and his back leg pushing, and the elderly man leaned against the patient's back leg.

He made a fist with one hand, placed his thumb 2 cm below the old man's xiphoid process and above his navel, and grasped the fist with his other hand, then suddenly thrust it inward and upward with force.

The animation then shows a series of processes, including increased intra-abdominal pressure, diaphragmatic elevation, and pressure transmission from the abdomen to the thoracic cavity.

As the pressure suddenly increased, the foreign object was pushed out, and the elderly man was out of danger.

The animation was simple and easy to understand. Everyone in front of the screen, not just the doctor, understood what was going on in an instant.

(End of this chapter)