Chapter 263 Treating Little Fatty's Wounds
"Yes, Sister Jiang!" Xiao Ran replied and dashed off like an arrow.
While waiting, Jiang Ling didn't sit idle either.
Immediately cut off his entire leg of pants with scissors.
She then said to Dr. Sun, "Dr. Sun, could you please use a clean strip of cloth to tightly tie around his groin to slow the bleeding?"
She pointed roughly to the location of the femoral artery.
Although Dr. Sun did not understand the principle, seeing Jiang Ling's confident tone, he did as she said and tightly bound Zhao Xiaoer's thigh with a strip of cloth.
Sure enough, the bleeding from the wound slowed down noticeably.
With Jiang Ling's involvement, Dr. Sun felt much more at ease.
He took out the surgical tools that Jiang Ling had given him last time and sterilized them one by one over a flame, just in case.
At this moment, Grandpa Zhao, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, also squeezed in. He glanced at the situation and immediately began to maintain order:
"Quickly, everyone, stop crowding inside and go outside. Don't disturb Miss Jiang and Doctor Sun in treating the injured!"
He looked at Zhao Xiaopang's mother and reassured her in a calm tone:
"Fourth brother's wife, don't panic. With Miss Jiang and Doctor Sun here, the child will be fine. Let's go outside and wait; let's not cause any more trouble here."
Soon, under Grandpa Zhao's direction, the large crowd retreated outside, and the house became much quieter.
Just then, Xiao Ran came running back, panting, carrying a first-aid kit.
Jiang Ling was the first to take two bottles of saline solution.
"Dr. Sun, I'll use this to rinse his wound next, which will help prevent it from festering. Could you please hold his leg for me?"
“Okay.” Doctor Sun immediately stepped forward to assist.
Jiang Ling twisted open the bottle of saline solution and poured it directly onto the wound. The water helped wash away the deeper layers of dirt and grass clippings.
With her other hand, she used tweezers to pick up a cotton swab and carefully cleaned the dirt deep inside the wound.
The medicine foamed up when it came into contact with the wound, causing a stinging pain. Zhao Xiaopang, still dazed, groaned unconsciously.
After cleaning, she used iodine solution for a second disinfection with the help of Dr. Sun.
The wound has been cleaned; the next step is to stop the bleeding.
Jiang Ling then took the medicine box from Xiao Ran and took out a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao powder.
She first fed Zhao Xiaopang the red medicine, then evenly sprinkled a large amount of white powder on the wound.
The efficacy of Yunnan Baiyao powder is indeed well-deserved!
The bleeding, which Dr. Sun had previously failed to completely stop with several packets of medicine powder, slowed down visibly after Yunnan Baiyao was applied.
"It's stopped! The bleeding has stopped!"
Dr. Sun stared wide-eyed at the small medicine bottle in disbelief, his beard trembling with excitement:
"A miracle drug! Miss Jiang, this...this is a miracle drug!"
Jiang Ling breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Dr. Sun, now that the bleeding has stopped, the most crucial step of suturing is up to you."
Jiang Ling stepped back, making room for him.
She wasn't a professional after all, and the last time she treated Zhao Shiying's injuries, she suffered considerable aftereffects, and for a period of time, she was afraid of blood.
I only did it myself because I was afraid that Dr. Sun wouldn't know how to use these things and it would delay the treatment.
My hands are starting to shake now.
"Alright, Miss Jiang, you've worked hard. Now, leave the rest to me." Doctor Sun had been eager to try his hand at it for a while.
In the past few months, he has treated many trauma patients using the treatment methods Jiang Ling used last time and the complete set of surgical tools that Jiang Ling gave him.
In order to improve our skills and be responsible to our patients.
He even came to see Jiang Ling specifically to ask her how to stop his hands from shaking and reduce the patient's pain.
Jiang Ling suggested that he find a piece of pigskin and practice more.
During that period, apart from eating and sleeping, he spent most of his time practicing threading needles and sewing techniques.
By now, he has mastered the skill to perfection.
He put on the sterile gloves Jiang Ling had given him, and held a pair of sterilized tweezers in each hand, one hand holding a needle and the other holding a thread.
The catgut was easily threaded through the needle eye without being touched by hand.
It was as if those hands had become one with the tweezers.
The incredibly skilled suturing technique flowed smoothly, stitch by stitch through the wound, and in less than a minute, the wound was stitched up.
The symmetry is comparable to that of the village's most skilled seamstress.
Jiang Ling watched from the side, secretly admiring him.
She stepped forward again, took out sterile gauze and bandages, and worked with Dr. Sun to properly bandage the wound.
With the wound completely treated, Jiang Ling and Doctor Sun both breathed a sigh of relief.
As Dr. Sun packed up his tools, he exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Every time I practice medicine with Miss Jiang, I have a different feeling. I have truly benefited greatly from it."
Jiang Ling wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and said sincerely, "Dr. Sun, you flatter me. I only know the basics. Dr. Sun's medical skills are superb, and your suturing technique is already masterful. Jiang Ling admires you."
Finally, Jiang Ling checked Zhao Xiaopang's temperature and found that he had a fever.
He then took out several anti-inflammatory and antipyretic pills and carefully explained to Sister-in-law Zhao how to administer them.
"The wound has been temporarily treated, but the next few days are crucial. You must not get it wet, pay attention to any fever, and take your medicine on time," Jiang Ling instructed Xiao Pang's family.
Seeing the neatly bandaged wound on their son's leg, no longer bleeding, and the fact that his face seemed to have regained some color, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao were so moved that they almost knelt down before Jiang Ling and Doctor Sun.
"Miss Jiang! Doctor Sun! Thank you! Thank you so much for saving my son's life! You are our family's great benefactors!"
Jiang Ling quickly helped them up: "Brother Zhao, Sister Zhao, please don't do this. We're all neighbors, this is what we should do."
Dr. Sun also spoke up: "Treating the wounded is a doctor's duty, there's no need for such formalities."
As night deepened, the villagers in Zhao Xiaoer's courtyard, having confirmed that the child was out of immediate danger, gradually dispersed with mixed feelings.
Jiang Ling and Doctor Sun gave Zhao's wife some more detailed instructions, left some spare medicine, and then left, exhausted.
Although Zhao Xiaopang's injuries have stabilized for the time being, the shadow of the wild boar attack still weighs heavily on the hearts of every villager in Jishui Village.
That beast has tasted the sweetness; who knows when or where it will reappear next time?
Every household has elderly and young members, chickens and ducks, and the rice seedlings in the fields are the family's only hope. No one can withstand such a disaster.
That evening, Grandpa Zhao, a respected elder in the village, rang the bronze bell under the old locust tree at the village entrance, which was used for warnings.
The somber tolling of bells echoed throughout the village in the twilight.
Soon, all the men in the village, whether they were newly married young men or elderly men with gray hair, gathered under the locust tree with solemn expressions.
The women stood at a distance, their faces filled with worry.
The oil lamps and torches cast a shimmering halo of light under the locust tree, illuminating the tense and uneasy faces of the crowd.
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