Comments on: JSA #19: A Medical Review

By: LU

LU — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:33:16 +0000

You know, as a blood banker, I kinda didn’t like that the explaination of Type and Cross was erroneous.
The antibody screen is not a cross, it’s a screen. The “cross” (short for crossmatch) is the mixing of the patient’s plasma with the donor’s cells to make sure they are compatible. Yes, I’m being nitpicky but you have a good story going and probably a lot of people read it.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:33:49 +0000

“It is not a good idea for Dr. Mid-Nite to get up and resume fighting crime immediately after the heart attack. Doctors have several names for patient’s like that: a charitable one would be ‘non-compliant,’ a better one would be ‘idiot.’”

Well…you know who makes the worst patients…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:45:03 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:36:26 +0000

I hate to nitpick, but shouldn’t the title of this post be “JSA #19: A Medical Review”, with #19 as opposed to #18?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:36:27 +0000

I think it’s unlikely. I think it’s more likely that the extreme shock/fear knocked him into an unstable heart rhythm and that led to the heart stopping. This would explain why, once the heart rhythm was restored, he had little residual damage and could charge into combat.

By: matthew rossi

matthew rossi — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:20:25 +0000

Is it likely, or even possible, that a MI could come about just because of fear? I realize that it’s a comic book, but I’m just curious about it.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:45:37 +0000

That’s a very good point and one has to give Dr. Mid-Nite credit for selflessness.

Still, the cynic in me thinks he should have taken just a second or two to pop an aspirin or beta-blocker, because it’s hard to kill giant bugs (or treat people attacked by giant bugs) when you’re dead from a post-MI complication.

By: Thatguy

Thatguy — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:29:45 +0000

In all fairness, giant bugs trying to eat humanity sorta prevents immediate bed rest ;)