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swatsurgeon · 02-13-2010, 19:20

Rem Raidr...let me put this in perspective for you. Your comments to Penn require an apology, your insinuation towards a med student demand your ignorance reversed with education.
We in the medical field, from the time we enter med school, realize human suffering comes in all shapes, sizes, and types. Unlike your sorry ass statement to Penn, the student found humor in an ailment that can be personally horrific. That is what we do...at the seemingly worst time in a health care related event, we laugh, we joke, we smile...not because we're happy or celebrating the discomfort or hurting of others, but because we use defense mechanisms to cope and find that laughter helps A FUCKING lot. Step into my shoes for a day and tell me too my face that I made a joke inappropriately at a patient's expense.
I recently had a patient that fell ito an acid bath at a work site after being struck by a 500 pound object...funny so far? He came inwith a pulse and quickly lost it. First he's contaminated with a potentially lethal substance. His heart stopped and I asked for 4 volunteers to help me try to save his life....well 12 personnel stayed with me and as we openned his chest and abdomen in the trauma room, (emergency dept) I told a joke...with his heart in my hand and everyone quite anxious about the exposure to the acid, they all broke up in laughter....the patient died but we kept our sanity.
Grow up, learn something and never, ever again criticize what you are ignorant of.
Learn or leave.

ss

02-13-2010, 19:20	#9
swatsurgeon Guerrilla Chief Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 880	Rem Raidr...let me put this in perspective for you. Your comments to Penn require an apology, your insinuation towards a med student demand your ignorance reversed with education. We in the medical field, from the time we enter med school, realize human suffering comes in all shapes, sizes, and types. Unlike your sorry ass statement to Penn, the student found humor in an ailment that can be personally horrific. That is what we do...at the seemingly worst time in a health care related event, we laugh, we joke, we smile...not because we're happy or celebrating the discomfort or hurting of others, but because we use defense mechanisms to cope and find that laughter helps A FUCKING lot. Step into my shoes for a day and tell me too my face that I made a joke inappropriately at a patient's expense. I recently had a patient that fell ito an acid bath at a work site after being struck by a 500 pound object...funny so far? He came inwith a pulse and quickly lost it. First he's contaminated with a potentially lethal substance. His heart stopped and I asked for 4 volunteers to help me try to save his life....well 12 personnel stayed with me and as we openned his chest and abdomen in the trauma room, (emergency dept) I told a joke...with his heart in my hand and everyone quite anxious about the exposure to the acid, they all broke up in laughter....the patient died but we kept our sanity. Grow up, learn something and never, ever again criticize what you are ignorant of. Learn or leave. ss __________________ 'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that. (adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 ) Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008. The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc) Last edited by swatsurgeon; 02-13-2010 at 19:25.
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