Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 447 Can We Change Doctors?

Amid shouts, a group of workers in blue factory uniforms rushed noisily up the steps and into the hospital gate.

Chen Fan immediately noticed the three wounded men they were carrying. They were covered in blood, and despite the cold weather, their faces were covered in large beads of sweat.

The group of workers rushed into the hospital. The leader was about to shout when he saw Director Yang and Deputy Director Li right in front of him, and even Chairman Zhao of the trade union was there. He couldn't help but secretly groan.

What are you afraid of?

Factory Director Yang had already stepped forward two paces and shouted, "Shi Tiezhu, what's going on? How many times have I told you to be careful..."

Then Chen Fan pulled him away, saying, "Save them first."

Shi Tiezhu had a bitter face and was waiting for the downpour when he saw the factory director, who was the only one who had the final say in the factory, being pushed aside by a young man.
The key point is that he's not angry yet?

Still forcing a smile?

Am I dreaming?
Then he saw the young man shout at him, "What are you standing there for? Put him on the ground."

Shi Tiezhu immediately snapped out of his daze and hurriedly nodded, "Oh, oh, oh."

At this moment, Dean Lin rushed over and said, "The ground is too cold, put him on the stretcher."

Immediately, someone pushed over three stretchers so that the workers could put the injured person on them.

It turns out he had rushed to the emergency room to call for help and even brought a stretcher.

As early as the 1930s, there were records of stretcher carts being used in hospitals abroad.

However, my country's stretchers are a bit different from those abroad. The earliest stretcher was invented during the Huaihai Campaign by Zhao Xikui, a village instructor, who invented a stretcher that could be pushed or carried in order to save manpower and transport the wounded smoothly.

(This is it; the white one is the frame, and the black one is the stretcher.)
Later, everyone found that this thing was quite useful, and after several generations of improvements, it became the wheeled carriage that everyone is familiar with in later generations.

Seeing the stretcher, Chen Fan had to admit that it was indeed a machinery factory; they could manufacture this themselves, and it even had four wheels and could be secured.

Because it has the name of Yunhu Machinery Factory engraved on it.

After the injured were laid down, Chen Fan didn't have time to say much. He glanced at them and then quickly performed a simple check on each of the three, and then he had a good idea of ​​what was going on.

He told the workers who were helping to carry the person to disperse, then gestured to the nurse next to him to get him a pair of gloves, and then stood next to the person on the far left.

Dean Lin was not idle either. He personally took charge of the rescue of one of the injured, while the last one was taken over by the head of the emergency room.

Chen Fan touched the injured man's chest, turned to look at him, and comforted him, "It's nothing, just a few broken ribs. As long as they are set and you rest for two months, there won't be any problems. It won't affect your life in the future."

The man was pale and covered in sweat. He was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. Hearing Chen Fan's words, he first breathed a slight sigh of relief, but then a hint of doubt crept into his mind.

Is such a young doctor really capable?

Before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then everything went black.

The surrounding workers were on tenterhooks. Some wanted to say something, but when they looked at the three factory leaders standing next to them and thought about Chen Fan's attitude towards the factory director, they kept quiet.

Once the injured man regained his sight, he gasped for breath and saw the young man go to his coworker, while two male nurses took out something and started to unbutton his clothes...

Chen Fan walked over to the injured person in the middle. Dean Lin glanced at him, then looked at the person whose clothes were being undressed, and was dumbfounded. "That's it?"

He heard it too. Several ribs were broken. Do you think they can be set with just a few presses?
Without looking up, Chen Fan said, "Leave this to me. You go and help secure the splint. I think those two caregivers' skills are still a bit lacking. Don't dislocate the ribs again."

The two male nurses, who were busy at work, immediately blushed. Could you please speak a little quieter?
Dean Lin thought for a moment, then got up and walked over. He first gestured for the two nurses to stop, then checked Chen Fan himself. He looked at Chen Fan with a look of utter disbelief.

With all his years of experience, he couldn't detect a single misalignment.

He actually managed to connect it?!
Chen Fan pinched the injured man's two legs, which were swollen to the thickness of an elephant's leg, a few times to carefully examine the broken parts. Then, looking at the injured man who had stopped groaning, he smiled and asked, "What did you have for breakfast today?"

Injured Person #2, "???"

Chen Fan suddenly looked towards the gate and exclaimed, "Look, there's an airplane!"

Almost everyone who heard this instinctively looked outside, even the injured person tilted their head.

Before they could even see anything, they heard a scream, "Ouch..."

Chen Fan stood up and calmly said to the female nurse who was standing next to him with a blank expression, "Cut his pants into shorts, wipe both legs with alcohol, and then fix them with plaster casts."

Plaster casts were introduced to my country a long time ago, but their high price prevented widespread use, and many grassroots hospitals still commonly use splints for immobilization. However, as a large, well-funded hospital that frequently receives trauma patients, the Machinery Factory Hospital certainly has plaster casts available.

Looking at Chen Fan, who seemed completely unaffected, and then at the burly man with tears streaming down his face, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Is there a plane?
If you have an airplane, you can just force it, setting bones without even anesthesia?

Only those who truly understand the situation can comprehend what just happened.

Dean Lin even forgot to put on the splints, his eyes filled with disbelief. Others might not know, but he knew very well that this person had broken both legs.

Chen Fan actually set bones in both legs at the same time? How did he do that?
After dealing with this one, Chen Fan didn't linger and went straight to the last injured person. The head of the emergency room quickly made way for him.

Looking at the pale-faced, terrified injured man, Chen Fan smiled slightly, "Don't worry, you don't have any broken bones, so you don't have to lie in bed for two or three months like them."

The injured person number 3 was lifted up in one go. Am I worried about being bedridden for three months? I'm worried you'll hurt me. Can we find another doctor?
Look at the two next to it...

Before he could turn his head to look, he heard Chen Fan continue, "It's just that the impact was a bit severe, a few internal organs were ruptured, and there's some blood in the chest cavity."

Internal organ rupture?

That's an internal injury!
Chen Fan continued to comfort him, "Don't worry, it's not serious. If he can be saved, he will recover quickly. If he can't be saved, he will pass away quickly and without pain."

The injured person number 3 rolled their eyes and promptly fainted.

If internal bleeding isn't stopped in time, it can spread very quickly.

Chen Fan looked at the unconscious injured person and felt a little regretful. He had planned to knock the person unconscious, but he didn't have to.

He turned to the nurse beside him, "Do you have any silver needles?"

The nurse nodded gently, "The Traditional Chinese Medicine department has it."

Someone immediately ran to get a needle.

Chen Fan quickly called out, "Get another set of puncture needles." The man didn't even turn his head, "Okay."

Chen Fan nodded in satisfaction; he liked hospitals that were wealthy and had everything.

If it were the Nanhu Health Center, they definitely wouldn't have been able to afford plaster casts, and Dr. Lu would have to bring his own acupuncture needles. A stretcher would be out of the question; they were practically destitute.

The silver needles and puncture needles were delivered quickly. Chen Fan took out the silver needles first and asked the nurse to take off all of the injured person's clothes. In order not to affect the acupuncture, even the undershirt was cut open with scissors.

Without hesitation, he then inserted a needle into the injured person's chest to stop the internal bleeding.

Then he picked up the puncture needle that the nurse had already assembled and inserted it into a certain spot in his abdominal cavity.

A stream of blood immediately flowed down the palm-sized needle into the glass connector and the rubber tube behind it, but was stopped by the clamping forceps.

He only released the forceps after the nurse picked up an enamel basin, and fresh blood immediately flowed out, quickly accumulating into a small cupful.

Seeing that the bleeding had stopped, he pressed the needle twice more to squeeze out a little blood before pulling it out. He said, "Don't touch the needles on his body yet. Find something to support them before covering him with a blanket. To be safe, we'll remove the needles this afternoon. There shouldn't be any more internal bleeding then."

After finishing these tasks, the nurses pushed the injured person to the ward for further treatment.

To promote healing as quickly as possible and prevent inflammation, a few days of anti-inflammatory injections are necessary. As for a complete recovery, it is said that it takes 100 days to recover from a bone or tendon injury, so let's talk about it again in three months.

Chen Fan took off his gloves and went to the washroom to wash his hands.

When he came out, Director Yang clapped his hands and said with admiration, "Amazing, amazing! No wonder some people call you a first aid master. Such a serious injury was treated so quickly by you. It's incredible!"

Dean Lin added, "I just checked on them in the ward. Their injuries have been treated and are under control. As long as they follow the steps, there will be no danger. They can just wait to recover."

He looked at Chen Fan with a complicated expression, "I had only heard that Teacher Chen had a deep understanding of first aid techniques before, but I didn't expect him to be so good at orthopedics as well. This kind of bone-setting technique is simply unheard of."

Chen Fan waved his hand modestly and smiled, saying, "It's all just practice makes perfect, nothing special."

Dean Lin sighed, “Bone setting can be mastered with practice, but acupuncture hemostasis requires profound acupuncture skills. As far as I know, the only person in the entire Yunhu area who can do this is Old Wang from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.”

She looked up at Chen Fan and said, "And you are the second one!"

Chen Fan laughed and said, "I learned this from Old Wang."

He went to several hospitals under the jurisdiction of the prefectural committee to demonstrate various first aid techniques, including Yunhu Central Hospital, where he learned a lot from Mr. Wang.

Half a day might not be enough for an ordinary person to learn anything, but for him, everything that Old Wang said could be turned into experience points to add to his medical skill points, so nothing was wasted.

Chen Fan didn't want to waste time with pleasantries. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to Director Yang and said, "Uncle Yang, it looks like their injuries were caused by being hit by hard objects. Have you found out the cause of the accident?"

Upon hearing this, Factory Director Yang's face immediately darkened. Before he could even speak, he sighed, "It was caused by a machine malfunction. Two parts broke off and smashed them like this. Their workshop director has already gone back to thoroughly investigate all the machines."

At this point, he shook his head regretfully.

At this moment, Chairman Zhao stepped forward and said softly, "Such things are not uncommon in our machinery factory. There are several such incidents almost every year. Although the machines in the workshop are frequently inspected, they are somewhat old and not very reliable."

Chen Fan hesitated for two seconds and said, "Since I've already looked around here, why don't we go to the workshop now?"

Factory Director Yang looked up and smiled. "Alright, I've specially set aside a day today to accompany you on your inspection. You can look at whatever you want, however you want."

Dean Lin stood at the hospital entrance, watching the group leave, and he really hoped that Chen Fan's position as "health consultant" could be finalized.

If Chen Fan's reputation had previously remained only in his ears, what he just witnessed confirmed that Chen Fan was an exceptional first-aid expert, and first aid for external injuries was precisely what heavy industrial units like machinery factories urgently needed.

It's a pity that every organization wants good talent; it's just unknown whether Director Yang and his team can succeed.

……

Accompanied by Director Yang and the other two, Chen Fan toured all the workshops in a short time.

How to put it? If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be "rough and rugged".

The workshop is large, with a lot of raw materials and spare parts, a large number of workers, and all kinds of machines with a very modern punk style.

But these are not the key.

The main problem is that in most workshops, there is a layer of black oil stains from the floor to the machine operating table. The raw materials and spare parts are sorted, but it's just a simple sorting.

All kinds of tools were also stored in a large wooden box, and it took a long time to find them whenever needed.

That's right. Faced with this situation, any modern person knows what to do: we must give them a "5S" reform!
but!

In this day and age, anyone who dares to say "5S" should die five times over!
Are you tired of living? What was you thinking, naming a management regulation in English?

If you say you learned it from abroad, that's fine too. But please specify which country, which institution, where you heard it, or which document you read it in!

Factories are of paramount importance to national development. If you can't explain the origin of something, it might lead you astray.

Although a certain Japanese company has been advocating the slogan "Safety begins with organization and ends with tidying up" since 55, only the first two, namely safety and organization, have been consistently implemented.

It wasn't until 1986 that the first book on "5S" was published, which impacted on-site management models.

Therefore, Chen Fan still needs to give the management method he proposed a new name.

Back in Director Yang's office, he picked up a pen and began sketching on a piece of paper without saying a word.

A short while later, he handed two sheets of paper to Director Yang.

As soon as Director Yang received it, Deputy Director Li and Chairman Zhao immediately came over to take a look.

Then they looked up together and asked, "What are the five basic principles of factory management?"

We invited you here to offer some suggestions on the factory's development, but are you going to cut your own head with the first blow?
What are the five principles of management if not to criticize factory leaders?
Chen Fan nodded seriously and said solemnly, "That's right, it's the five principles of factory management. These are things I've learned from books. Currently, all the workshops in Lujiawan are managed according to these five principles. From the working environment to work safety to work efficiency, they are effective and very reliable in all aspects."

Director Yang and the other two blinked in unison. Really?

Chen Fan sighed again, "Originally, there were eight principles: sorting, tidying, sweeping, cleaning, and discipline, as well as safety, speed, and economy."

However, the hardest part is getting started, so I only wrote down the first five items.

He paused for a moment, then looked up at the three of them. “If the machinery factory can do these five things right, I can’t say that safety accidents like today’s will be completely eliminated, but the probability will definitely be reduced by a factor of two, providing both efficiency and safety guarantees for the factory’s production.”

(End of this chapter)