Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 308 I'm really going to be a teacher

Over the next few days, Chen Fan threw himself into a busy and intense schedule.

Hao Liyang assigned him two jobs: every morning, he would go to the emergency room of the hospital directly under the Health Department to guide the teaching and popularization of first aid techniques; in the afternoon, he would participate in the discussion of the editorial committee of the Bureau's "Handbook for First Aid of Common Sudden Injuries and Illnesses" and offer suggestions for the compilation of the handbook.

The Municipal Health Bureau has quite a few directly affiliated units, including the Infectious Disease Hospital, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Supervision Bureau, the Municipal Central Hospital, the Municipal Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, the First, Second and Third People's Hospitals of the City, the Central Blood Station, and the Yunhu District Health School.

Of course, you don't need to go to all of these directly affiliated units. You only need to go to the Central Hospital, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and the three People's Hospitals, a total of five hospitals, as well as that "university".

That's right, Chen Fan is going to give lectures at a university; he's really going to be a "teacher"!

Although it is only a junior college-level health school, not just anyone is qualified to go there and give lectures.

Aside from political lectures, in terms of professional courses, even those who have only given one lecture are all senior physicians or medical experts with considerable prestige in the Yunhu area and even the entire province. Chen Fan is the first "young upstart" to give a lecture.

Originally, the health department had not assigned Chen Fan the task of lecturing at this school, since lecturing at a university is of extraordinary significance.

Those students who attend his lectures in the future will likely owe him a debt of gratitude; this relationship is undeniably significant.

However, after two days of discussion and exchange, the health department and the heads of departments of major hospitals unanimously agreed that although Chen Fan did not know much about complex and profound medical techniques, he had rich practical experience in treating relatively simple patients without the need for high-end medical conditions, such as high-end medical equipment or rare drugs.

Especially for some simple and sudden injury symptoms, the methods are simple and direct, with outstanding curative effects. The treatment ideas are often ingenious but highly effective, and even many veteran doctors and experts have to admit defeat.

Inviting Chen Fan to the school to directly impart his experience to the students would be extremely beneficial in improving their clinical responsiveness.

Don't forget that my country's medical conditions are still in their infancy. Although there has been great progress compared to more than a decade ago, the lack of doctors and medicines is still the norm at the grassroots level. The biggest problem is the lack of sufficient medicines and medical equipment.

Chen Fan's experience can make up for this deficiency to some extent.

Don't ask how much it can make up for. Even if it can only improve things a little bit, for ordinary people at the grassroots level, it may be the difference between life and death. The airway foreign body removal method is the most typical example.

After careful consideration, Hao Liyang made this suggestion to the director and the division chief.

The director and the section chief agreed on the spot without saying a word.

How could I disagree?
The greater Chen Fan's influence, the more beneficial it will be for the future promotion of the "Common Sudden Injuries and Illnesses First Aid Manual," and the greater their contribution will be.

Moreover, Chen Fan didn't seek credit, didn't even want a permanent position, and was willing to go back to the countryside to be a barefoot doctor. This shining example is clearly another political achievement report card for them, so what else can they say?

……

As for Chen Fan, he has been enjoying these past few days.

In the hospital, whether you're looking through medical records or observing emergency room doctors treating patients, your experience points will skyrocket.

That's why going to a big hospital for treatment is a long-standing tradition for city dwellers.

The emergency departments of these five major hospitals are receiving patients almost all the time. If it weren't for the fact that he had to go to the health department in the afternoon to learn from those senior experts, he would have loved to spend the whole day in the hospital.

As a result, his skill level in "direct diagnosis and treatment" in the emergency room skyrocketed. Not only did his TCM skills successfully break through to LV3, but his experience bar also reached over 70%.

As long as I encounter one or two critically ill patients during this period, reaching LV4 will be no problem at all.

All of this was built up through clinical experience in the emergency department.

While diligently grinding up practical experience points in the emergency room, he also returned to the health department to absorb the emergency clinical experience of more than a dozen experts. He can now proudly say that in the Yunhu area, no one is better than him in emergency medicine.

Considering the long history and cultural heritage of the Yunhu area, even expanding this scope to the entire Jiangnan province wouldn't be an exaggeration.

As for the whole country, I dare not think about it for now. After all, there are too many top talents in Beijing and Shanghai. Who knows how many masters there are?

So Chen Fan is currently busy and happy.

……

After working non-stop for five days, I finally visited all five hospitals, and the outline of the "Common Sudden Injuries and Illnesses First Aid Manual" in the Health Department is gradually coming to an end.

With everyone working together, led by Chen Fan and Hao Liyang, they compiled thirty common emergency response plans. Once these plans are repeatedly proofread, they can be compiled into a book and officially published.

Normally, new medical techniques should be validated over years and have a sufficient number of cases accumulated before they are officially promoted and popularized.

However, given the domestic environment at the time, this approach was not in line with the work style of "high quality and speed." In all sectors, there was a call to "the possibilities for technological innovation and revolution in production and construction are limitless," and we were to boldly tap the potential of all industries, work hard and quickly, and forge ahead at a breakneck pace!

For example, the once-popular "chicken blood injection" therapy was only tested on a small scale for less than half a year before it was promoted nationwide.

Back then, many neighborhood clinics offered a service called "giving residents chicken blood injections".

Residents would bring a large rooster to the hospital, where nurses would draw its blood and inject it into their bodies, claiming it could cure all diseases.

It wasn't until later, through detailed statistical investigations by the Ministry of Health, that this "chicken blood therapy" proved to be extremely harmful, and it gradually disappeared from history.

If chicken blood therapy is like this, then the "First Aid Manual," which is just a summary of emergency treatment experience, is even more problematic.

This doesn't even require a verification report; as long as the leaders and experts of the local health department agree, it can be printed directly without any future problems.

Not to mention that Chen Fan suggested adding a reminder to "go to the hospital immediately" after each first aid measure, which would have prevented any questioning from higher authorities.

……

Another week has passed in the blink of an eye. It's Monday, May 23rd.

Office of the Editorial Group for the "Common Sudden Injuries and Illnesses First Aid Manual" of the Health Department.

Yan Liyuan smiled at Chen Fan and said, "You've worked hard these past few days, running to the hospital every morning and having meetings to discuss the publication in the afternoon. You don't need to go out today; just sit here and wait until tomorrow to give a lecture at the health school. After that, we'll proofread and organize the publication content, and then the work here will be finished."

Chen Fan leaned back in his chair, glanced at the dozen or so experts hunched over the conference table, engrossed in their documents, and turned to Yan Liyuan in a low voice, "Brother Yan, I'm truly drained. I have nothing left to say. Even if you drag me here to discuss this, I can't come up with anything..."

Just then, Hao Liyang pushed open the door and walked in, overhearing his words. He couldn't help but say, "Even if you've said everything you know, what about the outline for your lectures at school?"

Chen Fan stood up and chuckled, "Don't worry, it's all in my head."

Hao Liyang frowned slightly. "Didn't you prepare a lecture outline?"

Chen Fan laughed and said, "I did make a list, but I just wrote down some things I wanted to say in my notebook."

After a pause, he continued, "Director Hao, this is what I'm thinking. You see, I'm not very old and my education level isn't high. I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to convince people if I went to give lectures at a university."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Hao Liyang snorted coldly and said, "I will accompany you there and personally support you. Since ancient times, we medical students have followed the rule of 'learning from the most accomplished,' and 'learning from the best of all.' Even if we are only learning one prescription, we must treat them with the respect due to a teacher."

"With your abilities, it's their luck and honor to lecture them. Anyone who dares to disregard this is not qualified to be a doctor."

He spoke a little loudly at this moment, startling the experts who were engrossed in the data.

An elderly doctor took off his glasses, blew on the lenses, picked up a glasses cloth and gently wiped them, then chuckled softly, “I’ve been quite exhausted these past few days, so I’ll go over tomorrow and listen to Teacher Chen’s lecture; it’ll be a good way to relax.”

As soon as he said this, everyone else nodded in agreement.

An elderly gentleman with gray hair smiled and said, "Teacher Chen has contributed a lot of new ideas and methods these past few days, but they are a bit disorganized. I would like to take advantage of this good opportunity tomorrow to sort out these new methods, and maybe I can get some new inspiration."

The implication was that they wanted to go and support Chen Fan.

Chen Fan quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you for your kind offer, teachers, but there was really no need to make such a fuss..."

Before he could finish speaking, the old gentleman raised his head and laughed, "What, you're going to give a lecture, and we can't even listen?"

Chen Fan smiled wryly and cupped his hands in greeting, "No, no, I didn't mean that at all."

Hao Liyang patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "Old Han was right just now. Everyone has been a bit tired these past few days. Let's relax a bit and see if you have any new ideas."

Chen Fan clicked his tongue and said shyly, "Director Hao, actually I didn't intend to give a lecture."

As soon as he said that, everyone stared at him intently.

Hao Liyang's eyes widened even more. "What do you mean?"

Yan Liyuan stood up abruptly and said to Chen Fan, "Teacher Chen, this is no joke. The school specially set aside a day of teaching time for this lecture, just to wait for you."

Chen Fan quickly said, "I'm not saying I won't go, I just won't be giving a lecture."

He pointed to the documents on the table and said to Hao Liyang, "This is what I think. I'm definitely not as good at lecturing as the teachers at the school. If I just stand on the podium and talk, I won't get anything out of it. It's better to use practical demonstrations to give students a more intuitive experience."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Hao Liyang nodded thoughtfully, "Hmm, your idea is quite constructive."

At this moment, Zhang Juemin, who was sitting in the corner, said softly, "When Teacher Chen was lecturing to us, he would demonstrate and explain at the same time, and everyone could understand it."

Hao Liyang smiled at him, then turned and said, "Okay, as long as you go and talk to them, the way you do it is up to you. You can arrange it yourself then."

He paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "But a teaching outline is still necessary."

Chen Fan turned around and pointed to the documents on the table, chuckling, "Haven't the contents of the first aid manual been compiled? Then I'll use this book as an outline and give a lecture tomorrow on how to deal with thirty common emergency situations."

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

Since the topic is first aid methods, nothing is more suitable as a teaching material than their painstakingly compiled first aid manual.

Chen Fan chuckled a few times as he looked at them, then tugged at Hao Liyang and said softly, "Director Hao, I was just about to tell Section Chief Yan that I really can't come up with any new suggestions or opinions here. There's no point in sitting here, so I'd like to ask for a day off."

Hao Liyang pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then looked at him and asked, "Are you tired and want to rest?"

Chen Fan smiled and shook his head, "No, so many seniors haven't rested, how could I dare to complain about being tired?"

Then he coughed lightly and said, "I have some personal matters to attend to and would like to ask for a day off to take care of them."

Hao Liyang said "Oh," and looked at him curiously, asking, "Do you have acquaintances in Yunhu?"

Chen Fan rubbed his hands together and laughed, "No, it's just that someone asked me to bring some things back. Also, I wanted to go to the bookstore to see if there were any suitable books I could buy."

Seeing that Chen Fan really had something to do, Hao Liyang readily agreed and said, "Okay, I'll have someone arrange a car to take you there."

These past few days, Chen Fan has had a "private car" to pick him up and drop him off. Otherwise, the five hospitals are not close to each other, and going back and forth would waste a lot of time.

However, this "special vehicle" is not a car, but a "Changjiang 750" three-wheeled sidecar.

Zhang Juemin and Zhang Wenliang also enjoyed traveling in this kind of vehicle. Every time, Chen Fan would sit in the sidecar, and the two of them would sit behind the rider, enjoying the wind as they sped through the streets of the prefectural committee, without getting carsick at all.

Chen Fan did not refuse Hao Liyang's arrangement. Having a car to pick him up and drop him off was indeed much more convenient, saving both time and trouble.

Hao Liyang was relieved to see that Chen Fan accepted the vehicle arrangement.

Hundreds of students at the health school are waiting for his lecture tomorrow, so nothing can go wrong at this time.

(End of this chapter)