tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596490063731475792.post4960300174142869801..comments2023-10-06T02:42:23.606+10:00Comments on Books, Coffee, and Babies: TV medicine pet peevesEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034961144987324747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596490063731475792.post-22422389657520496402014-12-11T22:10:56.002+10:002014-12-11T22:10:56.002+10:00Hilarious. It's amazing how much TV medical no...Hilarious. It's amazing how much TV medical nonsense is detectable if you even had a first aid class in Junior High, let alone a medical degree. Any time a medical situation pops up on the screen my pulm/critical care husband slowly begins to decompensate: "forget about the oxygen and IV...guys...guys! How about you START BY PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE GUNSHOT WOUND! AAAGGGHHHH!" His other favorite objects of ridicule are pathetic CPR, an insistance on dramatically cleaning wilderness wounds with vodka when water would do, the firm belief that one treats all wounded or sick individuals by dabbing their brow with a cloth (*snide voice* "Dab dab...dab dab...dab dab"), and Hollywood's mistaken impression that all doctors know everything about medicine - the Family Medicine guy who mysteriously knows what neurology attendings are still learning, or the detective's doctor sidekick who's a brain surgeon but is of course familiar with the minutiae of preemies in the NICU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com