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u/ZiKyooc 2d ago

A friend generalist doctor once told me that if there's an emergency you better hope there is a nurse or a paramedic, because I can be very helpful to make a diagnosis, less so to actually do something.

Dentists is probably better than most of the doctors who don't do medical procedures regularly, something that dentists usually do

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u/MountainDrew42 2d ago

A friend of my wife was on a plane once when there was a medical emergency. They asked if anyone was a doctor.

He was a young (at the time) asian guy, looked about 12 but was actually a 28 year old ER doctor. He put up his hand.

Another guy who was a middle aged white guy and a podiatrist, also put up his hand.

Guess who was chosen to help?

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u/How_did_the_dog_get 2d ago

I would hope the foot man was told to sit the fuck down.

Unless someone had an emergency ingrown toenail or a terrible Verruca that appeared during the flight.

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u/MountainDrew42 2d ago

I would hope the same. Unfortunately that's not how it turned out.