At Kims words, the resident turned his head to the side, and found a rookie intern looking around at the dical staff. Anyone interested in the news about the hospital at all could not have not known about his na, Lee Suhyuk. His nicknas were not just one or two.
Okay, sir.
The resident stepped back, nodding his head.
Prof. Kim would give interns direct teaching like that, and they could understand him without any difficulty. However, they had so misgivings about his intention sotis.
Aortic aneurysm surgery was mostly an ergency surgery. Yet, how could Prof. Kim yield the role of an a.s.sistant on the right to an intern? It was the first ti an intern was involved in ergency surgery.
When Suhyuk ca up at Kims calling, the resident stepped aside and looked at Suhyuk, and he thought like this: When the patients belly was opened, he would get a scolding from the professor in a minute. Convinced of that scenario, the resident was ready to be on hand as an a.s.sistant at the professors calling at any given ti.
Suhyuk, coming next to Kim, said, Thanks.
That reflected his genuine feelings. He expected to watch as an observer in the distance, but was instead given the role of an a.s.sistant.
With a smile, Kim asked, You can do it well, right?
Saying that, Kim recalled a past episode of Suhyuk partic.i.p.ating in his surgery as an observer.
Prof. Kim was surprised several tis when he heard Suhyuks murmuring in the back. Suhyuk had been ntioning the process to take well in advance about the process of the surgery he perford.
Today Prof. Kim wanted to find out the real value of his capability. At the sa ti, when he showed any small error, he was ready to replace him with the resident.
I can do it well, sir.
As soon as Suhyuk nodded his head, the surgery started.
Ill start surgery now. Scalpel!
At Kims words, the nurse handed over a scalpel.
Aortic aneurysm surgery should be done right from the start.
Taking his hand to the target area, Kim moved the scalpel right away.
The skin was incised, and blood was coming out like drops of water.
Bobby knife.
The patients chest was opened, with the sll of burning flesh.
Right before their eyes, the red heart beating dangerously was visible clearly.
Seems like the heart is beating slowly. Why is that? At Kims asking, Suhyuk replied, Because of a cardiac rest injection.
At his reply, Kim showed a satisfactory look. With one just glance, Suhyuk could understand what he ant. He knew it when he first saw him, when he woke up from his coma condition.
At that ti Kim was an intern. Waking up from a vegetative condition, he calmly ca up with diagnostics of his own condition and listed all the strange dical terms. Kim recalled how he was sick and tired of him after talking with him several tis. Besides, Kim would flee from him who was troubling him with questions. He felt his face burning when he recalled such episodes.
Now he beca an intern. He was so curious as to how far he had co in furthering his dical skill.
It takes about 3 minutes for the heart to co to a stop.
At the perfusionists words Kim nodded his head, saying,
You saw the image shot a mont ago. Can you locate the target?
Suhyuk said shortly, Yes.
Can you secure a view, so I can take a good look?
At Kims asking, the dical staff were surprised. Did Kim really ask him to be his a.s.sistant? If thats the case, it would carry too much risk. There might be delay in the operation ti, and if he makes any mistake, that silly intern could damage the patients organs.
Completely unaware of such concerns by the dical staff, Suhyuk said, with s.h.i. ning eyes,
As soon as the heart stops, let start right away, sir.
Good.
Kim nodded his head, and Suhyuk pulled away the thin and transparent surgery gloves covering his hands. The heart stopped now, and the perfusionist opened his mouth,
Ill keep his temperature at 27 degrees C.
Kim opened his mouth, looking at Suhyuk,
Show it to . Yeah, your capability.
Holding iron surgery equipnts, Suhyuk put his hand into the patients chest.
When he pushed the organs beside the heart sideways a bit, he heard so sort of oozing sound there. Kims eyes shone sharply. He was ready to stop him at the slightest sign of a mistake. However, it turned out to be groundless fears. The bloated aortic aneurysm was cleary visible to Kims eyes. I knew it!
Is the heart circulatory system running?
At Suhyuks asking, Kim turned to the perfusionists, who then nodded their head.
Ill start incision right now. Suction!
The suction making a loud noise was put inside the chest.
Okay, just hold it like that.
Kim moved the scissors to cut the blood vessels.
The blood compressed in the vessels surged, but did not splatter anywhere. Suhyuk was blocking it with his palm. Kim, shaking his head, smiled absurdly. He expected blood to splatter toward him, but Suhyuk moved one step faster.
Nice, very nice!
The a.s.sistant on the other side put the suction inside the chest and sucked all the stagnant blood. Dozens of surgery equipnts were put in and outside of the patients chest.
With a scary sound the bloated aortic aneurysm was shown outside. Suhyuk looked at Kim.
From now on, nimble handling was the most important. A heart circulatory system was running as a replacent of the heart. Though blood and oxygen were circulating the body artificially, it could not work as good as the mysterious heart of the human body. Quickly connecting the blood vessels and fixing the heart would prevent complications.
Give the artificial blood vessels.
At Kims words, the a.s.sistant handed him a white artificial blood vessel. Thick as a thumb, it looked like a warped lake. When this was connected to the blood vessels, the surgery would be complete.
Resident Oh, please secure a view for .
The resident on the opposite side nodded his head.
And hold the blood vessels for , Suhyuk.
Im afraid I cant do it, said Suhyuk without any hesitation.
Because blood vessel anastomosis must be done in detail, it is like blindfolded eyes without the microscope-attached gla.s.ses. Even the a.s.sistant holding the vessels needed the gla.s.ses.
Suhyuk stepped back without any regret. It was only right for him to step back because his eyes were not a microscope. Any little mistake would lead to delay in operation ti and an accident.
Kim smiled at his action. He wondered what kind of reaction he would show, but it was what he had expected. Rather than being greedy, he was doing his best for the patient. Other residents would not step back easily because of their greed, and actually there were so many such residents.
Nurse Choi, there is a microscope gla.s.ses near the heart circulatory system. Can you pa.s.s it to ?
Suhyuks eyes opened wider. So did the other dical staff.
Was he ready to have the intern take care of the angiostomy too?
When everybody was thinking like that, Kim asked Suhyuk,
Can you do angiostomy? With the microscope gla.s.ses, Suhyuk nodded, saying, Yes, I can, sir.
Suhyuk looked down at the patients chest.
The main artery was seen among the heart, lung and stomach.
If I make any mistakes, Ill take full responsibility.
Kim nodded his head slowly, and demonstrated first.
Needle holder!
When Kim reached out his hand, the a.s.sistant handed him a needle holder.
Then he started the angiostomy.
Take a good look.
Kim began to connect the artificial blood vessel with the main artery. He did it very skillfully as if he had done it many tis before, and at that with a very fine technique.
So he was done with one part of the angiostomy. Now what was left was the rear of it.
Kim asked him once again, Can you really do it? Suhyuk nodded as before.
Okay, go ahead with it then.
Saying that, Kim said to the dical staff with glaring eyes,
Ill take responsibility for what happens from now on.
A resident, watching the situation with a suspicious eye, ca to Kim, saying,
Sir, how can you let a re intern take care of the angiostomy?
Let take responsibility.
Talking to him quietly, Kim looked at the other dical staff one by one and they shut their mouths. Then, Suhyuks hands began to move.
While everybody there was looking at Suhyuk anxiously, only Kim trusted him strongly.
He already surpa.s.sed him in terms of dical knowledge when he first saw him.
What kind of masterly level did he reach by now?
Of course, theory and practice are different. Still, Kim found himself trusting him more and more, and when he showed any sign of mistake, he could stop Suhyuk.
Standing back, Kim watched his work closely. So did the dical staff.
They were so anxious about if he would make any mistake at all.
However, their anxiety was gradually turning into astonishnt instead.
There was no error at all in is his technique, as if it was asured by a ruler.
The interns finesse in pulling the needle was sophisticated and neat.
Kim, standing with his arms folded back, smiled satisfactorily. His anxiety turned out to be a groundless worry. It was not important where he learnt all this. What was important was Lee Suhyuk was with him. Kim faced the dical staffs eyes one by one.
It was like him asking them about their opinion, as if he praised his own son.
Everybody shook their heads, because what was really unbelievable happened right before their eyes.
So of them were murmuring before they knew it.
Oh, that really makes go crazy
Does this make any sense?
They could not believe he was an intern.
Under the white surgery lights, Suhyuk moved his hands quietly.
Nothing was heard except for the sound of the machine. The dical staff beca frozen like a stone statue, and Suhyuks voice was heard in no ti, Im done.
It was at this mont when the na of Lee Suhyuk was inscribed into the history of Daehan Hospital.
While Suhyuk was taking off his surgery gown, the nurse and resident spoke so words to him respectively,
Nice job, sir!
Are you sure youre just an intern?
So of them just shook their heads without saying anything.
Kim patted him on the shoulder.
Good job!
Suhyuk bowed his head and said, Thank you.
Well, its who has to thank you, as you relieved of the work I was supposed to do.
Now, his surprise was gone and instead he had a new curiosity about him.
Suhyuk did the angiostomy without any difficulty.
How high is his level of masterly techniques? And what kind of doctor would he be over ti? Lets go.
At Suhyuks words, Kim grinned. What Suhyuk said was for them go to the recovery room of the patient. Patient, patient, patient. That was all that was on his mind all the ti.
Okay, lets go.
The patient woke up without any problem, and he was taken to the patients recovery room.
Kim had to calm down his guardians. As the dangerous surgery was finished earlier than expected, he could understand their concerns.
Mr. Lee here did the angiostomy very well.
Thanks, sir. Thanks.
Will he be okay? At the guardians asking, Suhyuk smiled at the child holding his mothers hands,
Yes, hell be alright. The surgery went very well, so dont worry. Hell soon get up.
Suhyuk waved his hands to the child, and he left the place first at Kims instruction that he go to the on-call office.
Then, he heard, Mr. Lee Suhyuk!
At the voice calling his na, he turned back his head.
It was Jang Kiwon, the son of the hospital director.
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