Comments on: Anthrax and the Air Force

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:59:28 +0000

@ TSGT: because she is a moron.

By: TSGT

TSGT — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:44:00 +0000

Why did she bring the suspected anthrax into the medical clinic?

By: EL

EL — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:53 +0000

There are two points that I could make here. First of all, you talk about leaving the military for civilian practice because of becoming “very frustrated when people without the proper training and experience stick their nose into my business.” But with the way in which most hospitals are run in this country (the HMO/business execs) that certainly is not the case in civilian practice either (although you possibly cannot be ordered to do a procedure, those people will order you to not do a procedure. . .).

Secondly, while I appreciate your critiques of House (and primarily visit this site for them and for your stories), the reason that I watch House is precisely because he gets away with telling people what sorts of idiots they are (something I could not have gotten away with while in practice). I love that aspect of House.

In fact, I left practice because I got tire of the idiots and now am back in graduate school.

By: U.S Marine

U.S Marine — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:42:34 +0000

This is why i hate Airmen..there nothing but little girls. In the Corp our fellow Marines would of told us to shut up and stop acting like a jacka$$.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:45:51 +0000

What would this Airman have done if you had silently consumed the powdered contents of the gas bill? That’s what I would have done.

By: Angsuman Chakraborty

Angsuman Chakraborty — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:03:08 +0000

One big reason why I never considered army. Here chain of command & following orders is preferred over intellect and common sense. A man who cannot apply his intellect and common sense is not being a man; he is merely a robot in flesh.

By: JAS

JAS — Sat, 19 May 2007 05:38:47 +0000

Though obviously not a doctor, I do sympathize with your inevitable frustration over patients. My dad is a lawyer, and all I hear about are his clients and how he has to explain common sense things to them in a nice tone without the slightest hint of him thinking they are idiots. Though perhaps my favorite story is about a cardiac surgery patient I had the extreme pleasure of dealing with. This delightful patient was to have one coronary artery bypassed, a mitral valve replacement, and a node on her aorta removed. Now I am no doctor as I have mentioned, but if a patient needs this tpe of surgery, odds are this is not elective and not having the surgery could lead to life threatening heart failure and death. “But am I going to have a scar?” was her only question. How do you explain that there may be slightly more important things in regards to this operation than a f#$%ing scar!!! After she woke up, she was relieved to be alive, and apparently the anesthesia had helped her see clearly about the relative importance of a scar. C’est la vie…I guess patients are a necesary part of being a clinician.

By: MikeB

MikeB — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:44:24 +0000

Don’t get me wrong… I’m not prejudiced or anything… but that reminds me something a canadian friend of mine once said. “I’m living north of the most paranoid and egomaniac nation on earth”. (As I said…don’t get me wrong… I got a lot of friends in the U.S.)
I just think it’s sad when people confirm negative stereotypes.

By: GruntDoc

GruntDoc — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:37:54 +0000

Oh, the memories. “I need an MRI of my knee”, “My SGT says I can get laser hair removal so I won’t have to shave my chest”, oh, geez.

By: M

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:27:46 +0000

First, let’s review the difference between aerosol powder and little bits of paper…

I’m projecting vibrations of sympathy to you Scott. I hate those types of moments where one is stuck with figuring out how to explain something in kindergarten terms to someone without appearing to talk down to them. Obviously I’d have to be much better at that to have a career in medicine or the military.