The next day.

9 a.m.

Operating room.

At this moment, a super obese woman weighing three hundred pounds is lying on the operating table, waiting for preoperative anesthesia.

Zhao Heng's team now includes two additional technicians and nurses, sent by Gao Jun to assist him with the anesthesia.

Such cooperative work can only be done by the equipment technicians.

Behind Zhao Heng are two technicians, Zhanpeng and Wang Chao, who joined with Zhao Heng initially as equipment technicians!

However, Zhao Heng doesn't have much time for sentiment, as the most important task now is to successfully manage this extremely tricky anesthesia.

Meanwhile, the obstetrician He Wei, along with two resident doctors, Xiao Bai and Xiao Huang, stand at a distance, watching Zhao Heng administer the anesthesia.

"Teacher, I've never seen such a heavyweight pregnant woman before."

Resident doctor Xiao Bai said with some amazement.

"Yes, the fat layer on her back is 10 cm thick, I really don't know how the puncture anesthesia will be done later."

Resident doctor Xiao Huang chimed in.

"I'm curious too."

Attending physician He Wei glanced at Zhao Heng, and behind him, the two technician assistants, nurses Xiao Li and Xiao Hong. For a procedure that normally only needs one person, this setup was already quite a spectacle.

"Is this young Dr. Zhao from the anesthesia department really that skilled?"

Xiao Bai looked at Zhao Heng, standing beside the operating table and appearing exceptionally young, and asked He Wei with some doubt.

Xiao Huang also had a similarly puzzled expression.

"You'll see how good he is in a moment."

Unlike Xiao Bai and Xiao Huang's skepticism, He Wei had great confidence in Zhao Heng.

After all, the renowned neurosurgeon Liu Ziang had once remarked that for any extraordinarily difficult anesthesia at Eastern Hospital, only Zhao Heng could handle it.

He Wei put quite a bit of faith in Liu Ziang's words.

Standing in front of the operating table, Zhao Heng carefully went over the anesthesia plan devised the previous day in his mind.

"Bring the bedside ultrasound over."

Steadying himself, Zhao Heng instructed nurse Xiao Li.

"Okay."

Nurse Xiao Li quickly pushed the bedside ultrasound over, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Zhao Heng.

In the eyes of all the nurses in the operating room, Zhao Heng was considered an ideal boyfriend, but unfortunately, someone else had already claimed him.

"Zhanpeng, Wang Chao, help me turn the patient onto her side."

Zhao Heng then addressed the two technicians, Zhanpeng and Wang Chao.

The position referred to here is a lateral decubitus position, which basically means lying on one side with the body curled up, maximizing exposure of the spinal canal.

Curving the body also tightens the skin at the center of the back due to the pull effect, facilitating needle insertion for the anesthesia.

This 300-pound woman couldn't be turned into this position by Zhao Heng alone.

Thus, this was why Zhao Heng requested Gao Jun to arrange additional personnel.

"Alright."

Zhanpeng and Wang Chao exchanged a glance and then nodded.

Zhao Heng had entered as an equipment technician alongside them, and now that he had risen in ranks while they remained, they couldn't help but have thoughts and feelings of envy.

This feeling was one of mixed emotions—envy, jealousy, and bitterness.

The last technician who couldn't withstand such feelings, Zhao Heng's old classmate Wang Qiang, had already resigned to sell medical equipment.

Following that, Zhao Heng, Zhanpeng, and Wang Chao put in considerable effort to position the 300-pound woman into the lateral decubitus position.

To know, this woman weighs 300 pounds, or about 150 kilograms. Considering that national-level weightlifters in the 60-kilogram category have clean and jerk records around this level,

One can imagine the effort it takes to move such a massive body.

In the hospital, only orthopedic doctors can understand this kind of heavy labor.

Zhanpeng and Wang Chao stood on either side, responsible for maintaining the position.

As for Zhao Heng, he was about to begin the actual anesthesia procedure.

Witnessing the strenuous effort put in by Zhao Heng and the others to achieve the position, He Wei and her team were also filled with emotion.

"Teacher, this is indeed a physically demanding task."

Xiao Bai, a bespectacled girl looking somewhat delicate and slender, couldn't help but remark when she saw the three men perspiring just to position the patient.

"Indeed..."

He Wei nodded.

When this woman was admitted, it took three male aides to lift her onto the hospital bed, and later, we had to put two beds together for her to lie down comfortably.

"Teacher, what is Dr. Zhao doing with the bedside ultrasound? For anesthesia puncture, it doesn't seem to be necessary."

Xiao Huang, a round-faced, slightly chubby girl, asked with some confusion upon seeing Zhao Heng directing the nurse to push the bedside ultrasound over.

"I'm not sure about that either."

He Wei shook her head slightly.

Ordinary anesthesia puncture doesn't require bedside ultrasound, but with this special heavyweight patient, it might be different.

However, He Wei couldn't quite figure out what Zhao Heng was planning with the bedside ultrasound.

By the operating table, Zhao Heng took the ultrasound probe from nurse Xiao Li, carefully examining the thick layer of fat on the patient's back.

"Apply the coupling gel here."

Zhao Heng pointed to a spot and instructed another nurse, Xiao Hong.

"Okay, Dr. Zhao."

Nurse Xiao Hong nodded and quickly applied the coupling gel to the designated spot as instructed by Zhao Heng.

The coupling gel is a high-quality gel used in ultrasound examinations to fully lubricate the skin, minimizing gaps between the probe and skin tissue, and reducing the obstruction caused by air, as ultrasound exams are easily affected by air, which is why coupling gel is applied on the skin during the examination.

Although Zhao Heng hadn't specifically studied ultrasound, he frequented the functional departments enough to acquire and integrate quite a bit of ultrasound examination skills.

Calming his mind, Zhao Heng placed the ultrasound probe on the patient's back, and in the next instant, the ultrasound waves emitted through the probe returned images that instantly appeared on the bedside ultrasound screen.

Those who have undergone ultrasound know that the images obtained require the ultrasound doctor to re-image and identify them based on anatomical knowledge; it's not something that can be directly interpreted.

"Is he trying to find a suitable spot for the puncture through the fat layer?"

Xiao Bai watched Zhao Heng holding the ultrasound probe, continuously moving it, and seemed to understand something as she spoke slowly.

"What can he find by doing this? The fat layer on the patient's back is as thick as 10 cm, and by the time the ultrasound waves pass through, they'll have attenuated. The resulting image is bound to be blurry beyond recognition. The brain isn't a computer that can restore it in 3D."

Xiao Huang spoke with some skepticism, seemingly quite dubious about Zhao Heng's approach.

"Well, just watch and see. Just because you don't think it's possible doesn't mean it's beyond him."

He Wei replied, somewhat exasperated.

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