My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Besides being exhausting, career advancement for anesthesiologists is also extremely difficult. Getting a senior position can be frighteningly challenging.

They essentially work behind the scenes; no matter how successful an operation is, their reputation hardly changes.

Silently working behind the scenes, they endure even more pressure than the leading surgeons, have a very heavy workload, and their work is as crucial as that of the leading surgeons. Yet, the treatment they receive is vastly different.

Anyone would feel psychologically unbalanced in their position.

It is precisely these unfair treatments that lead to a perennial shortage of anesthesiologists.

Even many medical schools don't offer anesthesiology as a major.

This is an issue worth deep reflection in China's medical community.

Only by changing the status and treatment of anesthesiologists will more medical students be willing to apply for this specialty.

Otherwise, the scarcity of staff in anesthesia departments will only worsen.

Relying on leaders to coax inexperienced workers into the field of anesthesiology is ultimately no solution.

Director Hu Kan inspected the surgical marks and tumor locations on the patient, verified everything was correct, and began the operation.

Making an incision in the middle of the sternum, he completed the thoracotomy.

Compared to the thoracotomy supervised by Xue Yan, Director Hu Kan's operation felt as steady as Mount Tai, advancing step by step, giving a particularly safe sensation.

Over the years, Director Hu Kan has never had a safety accident, which speaks volumes.

After opening the chest, the pleura was retracted to both sides.

Now it was finally possible to see the thymic tissue in the anterior mediastinum.

Zhou Can took one look and immediately felt uneasy.

The boundaries of this patient's thymoma were unclear, its color was off, and it had infiltrated and adhered to the surroundings.

It was evident that nearby tissues and organs had been displaced by the tumor.

"This is undoubtedly a malignant tumor!"

Zhou Can felt a slight heaviness in his heart, knowing today's surgery would increase in difficulty manifold.

Malignant tumors often alter anatomical relationships.

During the excision process, numerous uncontrollable risks exist.

Upon examining the condition of the thymic tumor, even Director Hu Kan, who had seen countless major scenes and performed innumerable complex surgeries, could not help but feel anxious.

The disease was too powerful.

It had ravaged the patient's body beyond recognition.

Completely removing the tumor would be a severe test of a doctor's experience and skills.

"Even though the fibrous connective tissue has adhered like this and clearly thickened, the surgical risks are too high."

Director Le shook his head after inspecting.

He would never dare to operate.

"The risks are high, but we still have to do it! Preoperative assessments and discussions were done; can we just stitch up the patient's chest when faced with complications?"

Director Hu Kan's tone was filled with resignation.

In his decades-long surgical career, he had encountered countless high-risk surgeries.

When was there no risk?

But he had successfully navigated all of them.

This time, he believed the surgery could be successfully completed as well. This confidence stemmed from his decades of successful experience and his persistent and stringent practice.

Every day, he consistently trained in 'stability', including the stability and coordination of his arms, as well as his focus.

Long-term sitting meditation brought him another unexpected benefit: concentration and calm.

Many people think Buddhist meditation and Taoist sitting are superstitious activities, but that's not the case. Their reverence for Buddhist or Taoist sages isn't superstition but a form of faith.

Superstition and faith are entirely different concepts.

For a person, a community, and even a country, the collapse of faith is a terrifying situation.

In the history of China, there was once a time of contention among a hundred schools of thought, but after thousands of years, it has been proven that only Taoist thought can lead to the prosperity and strengthening of a nation. Legalism and Confucianism can only govern a state, not make one thrive and be strong.

In the process of history, even to this day, Taoist thought still deeply influences China.

Why can neither Legalism nor Confucianism do it? Because Legalism is harsh and ruthless, lacking in humanity. Confucianism only preaches principles, yet Emperor Qin was the first to teach Confucians a lesson – burning books and burying Confucian scholars wasn't just rhetoric, it was literally executed.

Talking principles without strength, how can a nation thrive?

Taoism has a classic saying that is still regarded by the Chinese people as a standard for treating guests: when friends arrive we have good wine, when jackals arrive we have swords.

China still adheres to the Taoist way of treating people with rites before resorting to force.

Director Hu Kan insists on sitting meditation every day, which can be seen as Buddhist meditation or Taoist sitting. Over time, his heart has become more and more peaceful, and his concentration has greatly strengthened.

This is a major support for his steady handling during surgeries.

It allows him to be as steady as an old hand, unflustered by situations.

As long as he maintains his calm and concentration during surgery, even if emergencies arise, he can calmly resolve them.

"The thymoma is exposed; let's focus all our efforts on it now. Director Le, lift the lower pole of the thymoma."

Assigning this task to an assistant allowed him to concentrate on separating the thymoma from the surrounding tissue.

Zhou Can stood under the operating table watching Director Hu Kan control the high-frequency electric knife, delicately separating the thymoma from the surrounding adipose tissue from bottom to top.

"Such impressive Separation Skill, such a steady Incision Skill."

Zhou Can secretly envied, wishing that someday he could also reach this level in Separation Skill and Incision Skill.

Besides skilled technique and steady hands, Director Hu Kan's focus was equally formidable.