Chapter 2298: Chapter 2298: Hermes
Once again, it’s worth mentioning that hospitals are quite stingy organizations.
Other people’s eyes instinctively fell on the half-exposed stethoscope in Wei Shangquan’s fellow student’s white coat pocket, and a large group of them suddenly understood: Oh my, is this student’s stethoscope almost like a Hermes? No wonder the handsome Teacher Cao called him out.
The stethoscope in Wei Shangquan’s pocket was quite unique. Ninety percent of stethoscopes on the market have round heads. This student’s stethoscope stands out with its heart-shaped head. The coating is also strikingly sleek, boasting a luxurious gunmetal gray rather than the cheap electroplated silver of ordinary stethoscopes.
What is this? Zhang Desheng and other students from Guoxie quickly reevaluated Wei Shangquan. Previously, classmates pursued technical skills and paid no attention to non-technical accessories. Since they hadn’t interned with Wei Shangquan before, they didn’t realize or discover that he was a hidden super-wealthy kid. Ordinary medical students at most spend tens of yuan on a stethoscope, but this student’s stethoscope undoubtedly had to be ordered overseas because it couldn’t be found domestically.
Teacher Cao is quite sly, easily identifying Wei’s true nature.
Teachers themselves don’t care much about stethoscopes, but they do observe the ones their students use. Because it indicates whether a student is given to indulgent distractions.
It’s like those students who focus on buying trendy and fashionable stationery in school, whose grades are likely not stellar for ninety-nine point nine percent of them.
Wei Shangquan’s hand suddenly covered his white coat pocket, sweating slightly and revealing a hint of panic in his eyes.
Everyone could guess that this was the first time the teacher caught him.
Hey? What’s going on?
That’s true, why was it only Teacher Cao Zhao who noticed? Didn’t the teachers he followed before notice his Hermes stethoscope? Such a striking stethoscope should have easily caught any teacher’s eye unless Wei Shangquan hadn’t really piqued the teachers’ interest before.
Everyone is from the same class, grades vary. Guoxie students are near the medical school, and if teachers inquire a bit, they would know whether their student is a top achiever. They pay more attention to the achievers, but with too many clinical students, teachers can’t afford to focus on each one individually.
In this sense, being caught by Teacher Cao isn’t entirely a bad situation for Wei Shangquan. It indicates Teacher Cao Zhao is paying attention to him, even if it’s just for his Hermes stethoscope.
Clarifying this in his mind, Wei Shangquan took two deep breaths and said, "Pneumothorax line."
"Where is the pneumothorax line?"
"Over there— over there—" Wei Shangquan stammered nervously.
A pneumothorax, as previously mentioned, occurs when the membrane encasing the lung organs bursts, causing air inside the lung to escape into the chest cavity, forming a bubble that compresses the lungs and other organs. A spontaneous pneumothorax, meaning no exterior wound, occurs when the organ membrane ruptures inside the patient’s body.
The pneumothorax line is an image-based line. This line is arc-shaped. Since the lung itself has a rounded, curved contour, when compressed by gas, it shrinks like a balloon, and after shrinking, this contour can only remain arc-shaped. So, the pneumothorax line is the outline of the compressed lung displayed on an X-ray image.
How does this compressed lung contour line appear on an X-ray?
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