Liu Banxia, who had just arrived at the Colorectal Department, had no idea that Shi Lei and Zhou Shuwen were still talking about him in the locker room. He had also spoken a lot with Jiang Tao on the way.
"Director, you're back? How did it go?" Guan Wei curiously asked when he saw them.
"This kid has big ambitions; he hasn't agreed to my offer yet. I've given him some time. Our Colorectal Department welcomes all talents, and this offer stands until his residency training ends," Jiang Tao said with a smile.
DING! Task Released: Jiang Tao's Favorability
The Director of the Colorectal Department, Jiang Tao, is sincerely trying to recruit you. Refuse Jiang Tao's recruitment offer without negatively affecting his favorability towards you. Task Success Reward: 300 experience points. Task Failure: Will affect the release of subsequent tasks.
Looking at the task prompt, Liu Banxia felt a little troubled. This was the first time he'd encountered a non-medical task. It seemed unimportant, but if it affected the release of subsequent tasks, then it would become very important.
Moreover, this task also carried a penalty for failure. He wasn't a rookie anymore, so he naturally knew this was the system's way of ensuring he didn't try to slack off.
"Director Jiang, to be honest, it's just me being unappreciative. I won't hide it from you; if I hadn't witnessed Director Zhou's surgery today, I would have definitely leaped at the chance to join, probably jumping for joy," Liu Banxia said after a slight hesitation.
"But please rest assured, Director. No matter where I go in the future, the Colorectal Department will always be my home. If you're ever short-staffed, just say the word. No matter what I'm doing, as long as I'm not in the middle of emergency treatment for a patient, I'll rush over immediately."
"So, you're a clever one, and ambitious too. But your fundamentals are too weak; that's something you need to strengthen. Go change dressings for now. Guan Wei, get us some food; we just came out of surgery," Jiang Tao said with a laugh.
Guan Wei glanced at Liu Banxia, somewhat puzzled. He truly couldn't understand why Director Jiang valued him so highly.
Liu Banxia's heart was also pounding a bit. I've already refused quite clearly, but the system hasn't given any notification. Could it be that the task isn't completed yet? Do I really have to wait until my residency ends and I have a real choice, as Director Jiang said?
"Hey, everyone, come on out! Doctor Liu from this morning is here!"
Liu Banxia was pondering this when a loud shout pulled him back to reality. He chuckled. This man from the Northeast is quite a jovial fellow.
"See that? Since when have dressing changes in our Colorectal Department been this cheerful?" Jiang Tao remarked with emotion.
"If we can lure this kid over, in less than three months, our department's reputation could surpass the Provincial and Municipal Colorectal Hospitals. By then, our current fifty-six beds won't be enough."
"Director, can I also go watch and learn a bit, and then get your food?" Guan Wei asked tentatively.
"Yes, call everyone from our department over. Let's see what skills this kid really has. I'm quite curious myself," Director Jiang nodded.
Liu Banxia greeted the patients who had come out and went straight to the dressing room. After he turned on the light and put on his mask and gloves, he was startled to see a large group of people in white coats pouring in.
"Haha, Liu, we also need to learn your technique," Jiang Tao said with a grin.
DING! Task Released: Teaching Dressing Change Technique
Jiang Tao is very curious about the host's dressing change technique. Help the doctors of the Colorectal Department improve their dressing change techniques.
Task Completion Reward: 200 experience points, Dressing Change Skill proficiency +500 points. Task Failure: Deduction of 300 experience points; will affect the completion of the 'Jiang Tao's Favorability' task.
Liu Banxia almost bit his tongue. Me, a resident doctor, teaching attending physicians, associate chief physicians, and chief physicians here? Isn't that ridiculous?
"Whoa... what's all this? Why are there so many people?"
At that moment, the man from the Northeast walked in. Seeing the scene, he was even more bewildered than Liu Banxia.
"Don't be nervous. We're all learning from Doctor Liu to serve everyone better," Jiang Tao said with a smile.
"Post-operative dressing changes have always troubled us. We couldn't think of any solution and could only rely on the patient's willpower to endure."
"Today, Doctor Liu has given us a pleasant surprise. As the saying goes, one is never too old to learn. Today, Doctor Liu is our teacher. All of you, watch carefully."
Hearing Jiang Tao's words, some in the Colorectal Department were dismissive. They had heard about Liu Banxia's exploits but still firmly believed that the good results were due to him cutting corners.
The pain of dressing changes is fundamentally unavoidable unless you want the wound to heal more slowly. Otherwise, there are no tricks to it.
"Director Jiang, you're flattering me too much. Please don't learn from me; you'll all be led astray if you do," Liu Banxia said hurriedly.
"Actually, I don't really have any tricks. I only had the chance to get some experience with this when I was rotating through our Colorectal Department. However, I spent more time in the Emergency Department, and what I did most often there was debridement and suturing."
"I also just follow our standard operating procedures, trying to be as quick as possible and wipe the wound as clean as possible. If you ask me to explain anything else, I'd really just be making a fool of myself."
"It's fine. You change the dressing; we'll just watch," Jiang Tao said nonchalantly.
It was time to see what he was really made of. Jiang Tao was also very curious about this matter.
The man from the Northeast was the first. He lay prone directly on the dressing change bed. In the Colorectal Department, you couldn't afford to be shy. You might feel that way at first, but after a couple of dressing changes, you'd get used to it.
After removing the outer dressing material, Liu Banxia used tweezers to take off the layer of dressing adhering to the wound. He made a show of examining it for a moment before picking up a sterile cotton ball with another pair of sterile tweezers and very carefully began to clean the wound.
When cleaning the wound, Liu Banxia was truly fast, accurate, and firm. Even though it was a teaching task, he didn't dare to delay, not even for a second. Any delay, even a single second, meant the patient would suffer.
Moreover, now with the boost from his strength attribute—tweezers were also considered equipment, after all—his speed this time was even faster.
"Wait!"
Just as Liu Banxia finished cleaning the wound and was about to discard the cotton ball, Jiang Tao spoke up, taking the tweezers from Liu Banxia's hand.
"Everyone, first look at how well the wound has been cleaned. Then, look at this sterile cotton ball," Jiang Tao said with a smile after a glance.
The doctors from the Colorectal Department gathered around. One look, and they were startled. This patient had a high anal fistula, so the wound was quite deep, making dressing changes and debridement very troublesome. But what they saw now was that the inner wound surface had been cleaned spotless.
Many of them could also clean a wound to such a standard, but it would take longer, and some might even need two or three sterile cotton balls.
"Have you all seen it clearly? Now look at this cotton ball. The essence of Liu's skill is that when he cleans, his angle of rotation is much larger than ours, and his speed is faster," Jiang Tao continued.
"Usually, when we change dressings, most of us grip the cotton ball in the middle with tweezers to achieve the best stability. But Liu grips it by the edge. This allows a larger surface area of the sterile cotton ball to be used for debridement. This is a test of the doctor's finger strength, wrist strength, and hand stability."
Hearing his words, everyone looked at the cotton ball, and it was indeed just as he said.
They could be considered experts in this line of work; even the one with the least experience had been at it for at least five years. The skill Liu Banxia had casually displayed could be said to have astonished everyone present.
This time, even those who were initially unconvinced had to admit defeat. It might be feasible to do this for one or two patients, but what about when there were many? Whose hand could sustain such high-intensity work?