tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post9197764575754667031..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: crash course in traumaBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-22820482030566434392009-12-06T12:24:46.429+02:002009-12-06T12:24:46.429+02:00i was working in theaters and the surgeon started ...i was working in theaters and the surgeon started on a pelvic fracture. the patient just bled and bled. the floors and roof of theater went red. the surgeon ended up helping the cleaners to mop up. all his bravado left him: he looked like a little boy mopping the floor. later on all his collegues gave him a hard time in the coffee room: which considering how tired the surgeon was............was a bit cruel really. this guy was the goldern boy of surgery and had a very successful private practise: i suspect they just could not wait to say "oh how the mighty have fallen". anyhow there is this costmetic plastic surgeon who has a theater there: he does facelifts and liposuction and boob jobs. He is very tall and is known Suddenly he stood up and went over to the pelvic fracture surgeon and put his hand on his shoulder. then he spoke about how he worked in a burns unit: about chemical burns and all sorts of other horrors and I remember we all went quiet: this guy was truely an expert in his field. i remember what he said: "you can have an early death or a late death" in burns. either way you will have a death.gastrectomies and then tripe for lunchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-23958323209208673852009-12-06T07:26:25.279+02:002009-12-06T07:26:25.279+02:00anne, about a week or so. he made like an old sold...anne, about a week or so. he made like an old soldier and just slowly faded away.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-86547326093187735662009-12-06T00:45:13.429+02:002009-12-06T00:45:13.429+02:00What a pity. I was hoping that he had made it. How...What a pity. I was hoping that he had made it. How long did he survive? You mentioned a second-look surgery, that's why I ask.annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12697085927133582429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-25428710486397638252009-12-03T10:36:19.084+02:002009-12-03T10:36:19.084+02:00vijay, we see in three dimensions and in colour.vijay, we see in three dimensions and in colour.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-5727014221812173542009-12-02T14:32:24.367+02:002009-12-02T14:32:24.367+02:00Several things happened to Boerewors...me...I fell...Several things happened to Boerewors...me...I fell in love and am having more sex than God....and I've been on holiday In Joburg for 3 weeks ,drinking wine and eating steak...will be starting up again soon!Mal Contenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412687641086655011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-19549433993700188072009-12-02T13:23:25.516+02:002009-12-02T13:23:25.516+02:00i wonder what happened to that blogger "boere...i wonder what happened to that blogger "boerewors emergency chronicals" i always felt sorry for the bloke: he was obviously quite a trauma fundi in his day. i hope that when Bonji finally decides to leave darkest Africa and go to other parts of the old Empire (australia, uk,canada........probably not india) well then i hope he keeps up a cheerful ironic look on life like this boerwors person did; although i could always tell his heart wasnt really into it. Maybe he is dead? maybe he has returned to SA to teach the next generation? hope Bonji doesnt go to Australia and become ultimately a raconteer: always starting with "when i was in Nilspruit",,,,,,,,,,,,,,Msasanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-36771257526062205362009-12-02T06:52:27.577+02:002009-12-02T06:52:27.577+02:00Wow Vijay that's interesting too. I never wou...Wow Vijay that's interesting too. I never would've thought of that but you would need to to give a better picture (no pun intended) to the doc in you reports.<br /><br />I have to admit that anytime i have seen x-rays hanging up at work..I am so clueless on less it is something so obvious. I think even with the x-rays ..you need x-ray vision! i guess that's where cts, etc come in real handy. :)<br /><br />You all must be thrilled with the modern technology.<br /><br />I wish we could all have one of those very comprehensive scans that Dr Oz demonstrated/discussed on Oprah a while back. You could see right into this person's heart and her life was saved because of it. If only we all could do that. Expensive and I assume a lot of radiation.. but amazing.SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-72774089424545075332009-12-02T05:37:27.599+02:002009-12-02T05:37:27.599+02:00SeaSpray, I don't know about surgeons, but rad...SeaSpray, I don't know about surgeons, but radiologists definelty used to see & think in 3D (before the advent of fancy-shmancy 3D Ultrasound, CT & MRI).Vijayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710965375559259238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-43270912112641871312009-12-02T01:46:15.058+02:002009-12-02T01:46:15.058+02:00Dear God. Speaking of baptism by fire.Dear God. Speaking of baptism by fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-43932544781401726872009-12-01T21:28:21.638+02:002009-12-01T21:28:21.638+02:00Wow Bongi ..what a way to get broken in! I guess y...Wow Bongi ..what a way to get broken in! I guess you did do it all after that one.<br /><br />I'm curious ..in moments like that..does time get suspended and you are in your own world..or are you very much aware of the clock and time running out?<br /><br />Were you afraid? Or is there no time for fear? Do you look at it as a chance of a lifetime ..opportunity to learn?<br /><br />I ask this because ..and bear with me docs... in Grey's Anatomy ..they are all competitive (I know that's true) and excited about the most difficult and/or unusual cases. Things that would gross us regular people out..they are practically giddy over seeing/doing.<br /><br />What fascinates me is that it seems your scientific minds see the human body in a dimension that we non medicals don't appreciate. I think the human body is beautiful inside and out and is proof (to me) there is a creator beyond us. So I see beauty in how important each part is and how magnificently designed it is to work together. But..I feel like you surgeons..see things in a way we don't or can't ..and it intrigues me. <br /><br />I'm sorry ..not articulating this well.<br /><br />Dr Schwab said something once also fascinating.. that a surgeon has to be able to see 3 dimensionally..also fascinating..because how do you know? <br /><br />Sorry..for digressing a bit.<br /><br />And then the pressure of trying to fix this guy as he's going south.<br /><br />Maybe you have personalities that like living on the edge?<br /><br />It has to be a calling?SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-36734089533491817882009-12-01T21:04:00.424+02:002009-12-01T21:04:00.424+02:00vijay, realist.
rlbates, i have done more gunshot...vijay, realist.<br /><br />rlbates, i have done more gunshot abdomens than i can count. i suppose during training i averaged about one or two a month but i have done three in one day. surprisingly enough that was the only shotgun abdomen i ever did (not the only shotgun, but the only shotgun abdomen).Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-78669828422234417302009-12-01T19:53:17.638+02:002009-12-01T19:53:17.638+02:00How many of these have you done since that first o...How many of these have you done since that first one?rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-12586921354698151572009-12-01T19:43:26.896+02:002009-12-01T19:43:26.896+02:00call me pessimistic, but i sort of expected that l...call me pessimistic, but i sort of expected that last line.Vijayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710965375559259238noreply@blogger.com