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#79457 - 12/13/06 04:31 AM Re: Para-military?
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Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
When I was a highway cop I had a lot of medical people stop to "help." I learned real quick, in the case of doctors especially, to ask their specialty. If they said something like proctologist I sent them on their way with my thanks. If they said paramedic or ER nurse I gave them my EMT kit and got out of their way. It was funny, paramedics, EMT, nurses, firefighters, etc, would run up and say "I'm a so and so, can I help?
Doctors, on the other hand, just say "I'm a doctor." As if that means they are actually well versed in non-sterile environment medical treatment...
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#79459 - 12/28/06 03:04 PM Re: Para-military?
physics137 Offline
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Registered: 10/28/03
Posts: 64
Loc: New York City
Unless confronted with proof to the contrary, always assume all physicians who present themselves at accident scenes to be proctologists.

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#79460 - 12/29/06 12:20 AM Re: Para-military?
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Registered: 05/16/05
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Loc: Finger Lakes of NY State
very good point! Amazing how many MD's know little about emergency or trauma procedures.
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