@@Doc_SchmidtI think your fresh look on balanced professionalism could do wonders for the field though. People with great prestige can still be funny 😂
I am an RN. I have stopped on the road six times to try to help, but only once was my help needed. I helped a guy having a seizure on a sidewalk, to not hit his head on the sidewalk. The time I was most happy that someone else stepped in, I had approached the people in the front seat of a pickup that was just struck by a dump truck. The driver was leaning on the steering wheel, and was unresponsive to her friends who were calling out to her, with bits of glass and blood all over her. I began to speak, and suddenly, out of the blue, a gloved hand came from the left and beat me to it and felt for a carotid pulse. I slithered back to my car, in great relief.
Hey, just some advice, good on you for trying to help out! Make sure if you’re helping you don’t try to do anything you don’t have training on.(or knowledge) I’m an emt and have seen some really dumb nurses. Giving cpr to someone they know had a pulse and such. When first responders show up it’s always good practice to ask if they want any help. A lot of jobs could be given to people who don’t even have medical experience!
I had a medical emergency in the Aafees on base. Medical people came out of the woodwork. They were everywhere. I had soo much help. I'm very grateful to them. I was glad when some left though.
As an EMT. You’re the type of nurses we appreciate. We are trained to deal with the unbridled chaos that is the field. Y’all have (albeit very marginally) more controlled chaos (again not by much, but slightly). Lol. Edit to add, I’ve had a few nurses try to get in my way while working a scene, and even one that got arrested for trying to physically pull me off a patient. So thank you for not being that kind of nurse. Lol.
I don't recommend collapsing on a flight, but if you must it does seem advisable to choose one with at least three seperate medical professional aboard
Hahahahahahaha you had me snorting out loud. Also I feel ya I am a new Nurse practitioner and I was at an event where someone had a hart attack and instead of helping with chest compressions which a off duty cop was completely nailing all I did was be very efficient in the 911 call
Sometimes you don't need to be a hero. I was at the sportsball game and a kid near me was having an allergic reaction. My decades of personal experience with those was ready to spring into action and be the hero, then I realized that the parent had it mostly under control. I made sure they had epinephrine, gave them a bottle of water for taking the benadryl, and went to get the paramedics in the concourse. Sometimes, they got the heavy lifting covered, and you can support, a water bottle for taking pills or calling 911, or even just staying out of the way, keeping the situation calm.
@@phillyphakename1255keeping the situation calm is key. Some people, in trying to be a hero and not acting altruistically, end up hindering people who DO help.
No shame there - I've been the guy (LVN, BTW) doing the chest compressions several times. Having someone else coordinating the rest of what needs to be done (rescue meds, AED, getting EMS spun up & helping them find the site) is a literal godsend. Helping me find a bottle of Aleve after several rounds of chest compressions is always welcome as well. 😁
@@svenmorgenstern9506im not any kind of dr or nurse but i can totally understand that. I've heard from others chest compressions can be very taxing and i wouldn't be surprised if you get some tunnle Vision just trying to get a pulse back. Cant imagine having to try and do that while also controlling the scene/ calling 911.
Just made that announcement on Monday coming home from Seattle. Thank God for the two amazing nurses and the anesthesiologist who came to our rescue. You saved the day, once again. To all of you who interrupt your lazy (and most likely uncomfortable) ride, from the bottom of my heart thank you! Anything you want on the snack and beverage cart (sorry, you deserve so much more). 💕
My father is an ophthalmologist and said one of his greatest fears when flying is being asked “is there a medical professional on board.” He has done nothing but eye exams and eye surgery for over a decade, he claims he remembers next to nothing useful for everyday medicine lol
@@faizanalvi3932 no that's what I mean, let the anesthesiologist do his specialty, we excel at dealing with vital parameters in the icu! Butt-doctors can take a loot at their colon once the patient is stable 🤗
Amen. One thing that I learned from my first responder father is to not crowd competent professionals dealing with an emergency. If no one is helping, of course jump in. But if there are people handling it, it is best to not get in their way.
@@Permuh you wont believe but my team in my surgery rotation operated on a pt (cholecystectomy) who was on pressers intubated in the icu (her bp with pressor support was around 80/40) I kept telling them weigh the benefit but ofc they dont listen to the intern She was dead in a couple of a hours ( which was going to happen anyway without the surgery) Listen to anasthesiologist when they say the pt aint fit for surgery guys
Brilliant! Every time the GI doctors I work with have to take ACLS they all say "why do I have to take this? I have 5 Endo nurses that are former ER nurses, 1 of whom that's been an ACLS instructor longer than I've been a doctor (me), 2 CRNA's, and an anesthesiologist in the department. I'm just going to step back and let y'all handle it 🤣"
As a respiratory therapist, this had happened to me 4 times with no doctor(s) abroad. In one of these situations, the plane had to be diverted to another country. Being trained as a Respiratory Therapist and trained in Advance Cardia Live Support (ACLS), I was able to provide the passage with the necessary critical support. In all of these situations, I noted the lack of medical supplies on board these long hual flights. A little scary 😮
Come on doc! In flight emergency colonoscopy would have been AMAZING! Everybody needs a colonoscopy sometime! Do it for the content if nothing else! (Just don't do it on me. 😬)
Wow. At any moment! It's so awesome that there were medical professionals on board. I only experienced this once where the captain asked for medical assistance. Three passengers ran up to help. It's really scary. Thank goodness your passenger improved! Wherever you go, you can be of help! That is your gift! In addition to having a great wig collection of course! 😊
Just wanted to say thanks for posting the videos you do! I was diagnosed with IBD back in December and have been going through a lot medically as a result. Your videos have been informative and super comforting to me during this time. They make me feel ready to take on the next steps in my medical journey!
Very noble of you. As important as it is to help, the best and the brightest equally know when to not help. Keeping too many chefs out of the kitchen sometimes requires you to swallow your ego and introspectively judge your ability to contribute. You did excellently.
Good for you. Triage is a skill. You triaged the situation, and concluded that more help/people wasn’t/weren’t necessary. 👍🏼 Solid judgement call and good assessment. All skills you want from your HCP.
My boyfriend got insane food poisoning like 2 h in on our 9 hour crossing the Atlantic and was just throwing up filling one bag after the other. He got moved to business class to be able to lie down (the purple around him did not get good value for their money) and after a while they asked for medical professionals. Three doctors came and he got fluids and injected anti-emetic since the oral didn't do anything and he got a bit better. After landing the emergency personal checked on him and his blood pressure was too low so we got a ride to a British hospital. When they took him up from the chair they warned me that he might pass out when standing up and that they would just get him out of the airplane to take care of him 😅 he did fine though! The hospital checked on him and gave more fluids that his body slurped up immediately. Then we waited like 6 hours for our flight home and our big adventure was over! But I gotta say that the cabin crew from British airways was amazing!
Coming home from a lecture on prehospital seizures, I stopped at an empty grocery store. At the checkout, the employee asked me if I had any medical training. Yep, it was a seizure! It was wonderful utilizing the bookstuff in something real-- though all that we could do was move away things that could cause injury and putting him in the recovery position after.
I’ve answered 2 calls as a RN, both times I assessed and stabilized (dehydrated and low blood sugar) the pt. Both times after the pt was stable, a doc suddenly shows up and announces the patient is fine. On one flight, the Airline gave the doctor free round trip tickets, me, I got nothing… I didn’t do it for anything, but it was a slap in the face that the podiatrist who didn’t touch the person was compensated for everything he did!
It’s always interesting how varied these stories are. Sometimes you get Mike’s where he literally deduced something rare and in spite of a lack of proper emergency first aid saved a life, other times you get Stevieoe’s tick on a 4 year old hahahaha
I don’t remember the details, or if details were even given, but Rohin from Medlife Crisis has been on three flights where a page was made for a doctor on board. He jokes that since it was a flight to India with lots of Indian passengers, there were several volunteers.
Good for you, Doc. You cared more about having "too many cooks in the kitchen" and endangering the patient's care, more than your own desire to be a part of that emergency care team. Well done.
As a paramedic the single most irritating thing is when a doctor or nurse tries to insert themselves into an EMS situation when they're not an Emergency Medicine Practitioner. I've actually held myself back when seeing an Emergency Medicine Situation well in hand. Respect to you, and your specialty, and your recognition of an emergency situation adequately managed. More than I can say for MANY doctors we've had on EMS scenes.
Maybe this is weird but I appreciate that you didn’t stand up! You’re totally right (especially in enclosed spaces) when you don’t have a lot of space or a lot of medical equipment to deal with it really does become a “too many cooks” thing and probably would have overcrowded the plane and the patient. So good job for knowing what’s best for the patient and having the presence of mind to know to step back and let others work as well. :)
Thr day after I passed my tests for EMR training I was having a drink with some friends and saw someone walking out for a smoke at a bar. He was moving kinda funny which made me follow to make sure he was okay and he collapsed right in front of me. Thankfully my classes and training was enough to get me to react right away, and check him out, get him out of the cold snow, wrapped up in a warm jacket since he refused to go inside because he wanted a smoke that badly, and watched over him until his ride picked him up and got him home.
As a volles fue i would recommend still to let the other medical professionals know you are also a doctor, it helps to know you are not the only one assessing the situation. Oh and if SHTF let the captain connect you with the company doctors
I've heard the joke multiple times but it still makes me laugh when someone's like is there a doctor on board and then someone with a PhD stands up but nothing to do with medicine. At least a colonoscopy has something to do with medicine.
My friend just got his PhD in psychology and was flying for 10-ish hours. He legit had to inform the cabin crew that he's "not that kind of doctor" because he had chosen Dr instead of Mr on his ticket and they legit wanted him on standby in case of emergency 😂
@@annak8755 in my case the flight attendant asked for our medical council membership cards to make sure, fortunately i was traveling with classmates so i just looked away until one of them answered 😅
Had that happen a couple times before, but I didn't do anything. My wife thought I would spring into action, but there were whole doctors on the flights, so I didn't budge. (I'm not a physican or P.A. or anything. I'm just a Paramedic.) So, I just sat back and watched. That's it. That's all that happened. Nothing special, exciting, or cool or anything. I just saw some doctors help a passenger a couple times. That's all. 🤷🏾♂️
I am a family doctor and I also was on a transatlantic flight after finishing my training and a medical emergency was called. I have never been on a flight where that happened before or since. I did end up dealing with it and it was not an emergency but why does this happen on flights with newly fledged doctors!????
Just an FYI. Next time just identify yourself to the FA. There is usually part of the FAs (on a multi Flight attendant flight) who will handle the situation while the rest stand by and continue as normal. They may not need you now but if they need you later they know where to find you. Also if you didn't know another dr (the anesthesiologist was there, having a dr in any proffesion can allow us to open the medical kit. With the guidance of ground drs it can be super helpful 😊
"Stuff happens" You can't ever be ready 24hrs a day. After all we are all just humans. When you finally woke...you properly recognized the situation and realized all was well😁👍
I did respond to a medical emergency a few weeks ago on a flight. So did my husband and two other (male) physicians. As thanks the airline (Delta) gave all the men vouchers. Just the men.
I prepped for a colonoscopy last week and then after getting in, waiting an hour past my "arrive by" time (and another hour in the prep area) was told by the gastroenterologist that my GP had scheduyme because of symptoms that had cleared up after I followed the recommendation of removing dairy from my diet. So we cancelled it. The anesthesiologist was very happy about being able to go home early.
"Is there a doctor on board? We need an emergency colonoscopy!"
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Omg an in flight emergency colonoscopy 😂 RIP to the passengers downwind 💩
😂 It can be the in flight movie.
Oh, fun!😮
You never get a good end with an emergency colonoscopy.
Now here's me imagining him just quietly piping up "if you guys need a colonoscopy let me know"
I almost made that joke but it seemed unprofessional 😋
That would've been hilarious! Not unprofessional at all. Good humor always helps to ease any tension.
@@Doc_SchmidtI feel like once it was apparent the person was recovering, the medical folks would've chuckled
@@Doc_SchmidtYou only have to be professional when you're not on holiday!
@@Doc_SchmidtI think your fresh look on balanced professionalism could do wonders for the field though. People with great prestige can still be funny 😂
Next on Grays Anatomy, I want to see an emergent in-flight colonoscopy.
Using a cellphone camera
@@shawnicullenand a ring light
In my humble opinion a colonoscopy is always needed 😅
I was going to comment the same 😂
I like your thinking
It can wait until morning, though.
😂😂😂 I REALLY want to know what you would have kluged together to do a colonoscopy though! 🤭🪄🪄👨🔬
Honestly, I do not want anything being shoved up my... hole.
you aren't a medical youtuber until you have a medical emergency on a flight
Yes but unlike A LOT of you tubers this man had the class not to video it to post for clicks!
Why Im subscribing.❤
Unlike all the others, he didn't singlehandedly save 5 people and get a standing ovation. I'm inclined to believe him.
Passenger: Why do you have a colonoscopy catheter? I have a headache and sore throat.
GI Doctor: Don't worry I will get there eventually.
😂😂😂😂
"Don't worry, I'm taking the scenic route"
We'll get to the bottom of this...😐
(Sorry: had to be said. 😇)
it's called a colonoscope! but lol
@@svenmorgenstern9506 More like _through_ the bottom, amirite
There was an anesthesiologist! You could have done an upper and lower scope
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It's like the fever nightmare version of that cliche scene where two people on a date eat the same piece of spaghetti and kiss at the end
@@quarkonium3795 ewww and also lol
I'm sure everyone on that flight was extremely grateful the patient didn't need a colonoscopy. 😂😂
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Lolol very true!
yep, the prep would have tied up a bathroom
Would have made for an interesting in flight movie 😆
I am an RN. I have stopped on the road six times to try to help, but only once was my help needed. I helped a guy having a seizure on a sidewalk, to not hit his head on the sidewalk. The time I was most happy that someone else stepped in, I had approached the people in the front seat of a pickup that was just struck by a dump truck. The driver was leaning on the steering wheel, and was unresponsive to her friends who were calling out to her, with bits of glass and blood all over her. I began to speak, and suddenly, out of the blue, a gloved hand came from the left and beat me to it and felt for a carotid pulse. I slithered back to my car, in great relief.
Hey, just some advice, good on you for trying to help out! Make sure if you’re helping you don’t try to do anything you don’t have training on.(or knowledge) I’m an emt and have seen some really dumb nurses. Giving cpr to someone they know had a pulse and such. When first responders show up it’s always good practice to ask if they want any help. A lot of jobs could be given to people who don’t even have medical experience!
I had a medical emergency in the Aafees on base. Medical people came out of the woodwork. They were everywhere. I had soo much help.
I'm very grateful to them. I was glad when some left though.
As an EMT. You’re the type of nurses we appreciate. We are trained to deal with the unbridled chaos that is the field. Y’all have (albeit very marginally) more controlled chaos (again not by much, but slightly). Lol.
Edit to add, I’ve had a few nurses try to get in my way while working a scene, and even one that got arrested for trying to physically pull me off a patient. So thank you for not being that kind of nurse. Lol.
I don't recommend collapsing on a flight, but if you must it does seem advisable to choose one with at least three seperate medical professional aboard
You need to see the Broadway play (now touring) called "Come From Away", especially the part about the cardiologists "who know CLEAN".
Honestly, a hero for realizing that butting in with "*I'm a doctor*" would have been crowding the situation.
Hehe. Butting in.
That one was kind of on the nose, good thing he's not an ENT
A great provider knows when to stand by...
We don't chase clout
👍 Great job doc☺️
Hahahahahahaha you had me snorting out loud. Also I feel ya I am a new Nurse practitioner and I was at an event where someone had a hart attack and instead of helping with chest compressions which a off duty cop was completely nailing all I did was be very efficient in the 911 call
Just as important
Sometimes you don't need to be a hero. I was at the sportsball game and a kid near me was having an allergic reaction. My decades of personal experience with those was ready to spring into action and be the hero, then I realized that the parent had it mostly under control. I made sure they had epinephrine, gave them a bottle of water for taking the benadryl, and went to get the paramedics in the concourse.
Sometimes, they got the heavy lifting covered, and you can support, a water bottle for taking pills or calling 911, or even just staying out of the way, keeping the situation calm.
@@phillyphakename1255keeping the situation calm is key. Some people, in trying to be a hero and not acting altruistically, end up hindering people who DO help.
No shame there - I've been the guy (LVN, BTW) doing the chest compressions several times. Having someone else coordinating the rest of what needs to be done (rescue meds, AED, getting EMS spun up & helping them find the site) is a literal godsend.
Helping me find a bottle of Aleve after several rounds of chest compressions is always welcome as well. 😁
@@svenmorgenstern9506im not any kind of dr or nurse but i can totally understand that. I've heard from others chest compressions can be very taxing and i wouldn't be surprised if you get some tunnle Vision just trying to get a pulse back. Cant imagine having to try and do that while also controlling the scene/ calling 911.
Your dry delivery is so awesome! I know your patients will love you, sir! 😂😂😂
A medical professional who uses his own humbly noble anecdotes to illustrate the nuances of good emergency response?
Joined.
Just made that announcement on Monday coming home from Seattle. Thank God for the two amazing nurses and the anesthesiologist who came to our rescue. You saved the day, once again. To all of you who interrupt your lazy (and most likely uncomfortable) ride, from the bottom of my heart thank you! Anything you want on the snack and beverage cart (sorry, you deserve so much more). 💕
Two of the best possible people responded. We need tummy docs, perhaps now more than ever... But in a neurological emergency... I'm no so sure... 😅
Colonoscopy at 40,000 feet? That’s one hell of a way to join the mile high colonoscopy club
That last line. 😂
I burst out laughing 😂😂
My father is an ophthalmologist and said one of his greatest fears when flying is being asked “is there a medical professional on board.” He has done nothing but eye exams and eye surgery for over a decade, he claims he remembers next to nothing useful for everyday medicine lol
Emergencies and anesthesiologist - take a back seat position and let the guy do what he knows better than most 😂
in the UK the path to get into anesthesiology actually goes thru emergency medicine so its not totally crazy
@@faizanalvi3932 no that's what I mean, let the anesthesiologist do his specialty, we excel at dealing with vital parameters in the icu! Butt-doctors can take a loot at their colon once the patient is stable 🤗
Amen. One thing that I learned from my first responder father is to not crowd competent professionals dealing with an emergency.
If no one is helping, of course jump in. But if there are people handling it, it is best to not get in their way.
@@Permuh you wont believe but my team in my surgery rotation operated on a pt (cholecystectomy) who was on pressers intubated in the icu (her bp with pressor support was around 80/40)
I kept telling them weigh the benefit but ofc they dont listen to the intern
She was dead in a couple of a hours ( which was going to happen anyway without the surgery)
Listen to anasthesiologist when they say the pt aint fit for surgery guys
@@faizanalvi3932I'm looking to go into surgery after college. I'll keep that in mind. Anastheliogists understand vutals better than I do.
While your supervision was on the down low. Your respect to other levels of the medical field is great.
You are so humble.
Brilliant! Every time the GI doctors I work with have to take ACLS they all say "why do I have to take this? I have 5 Endo nurses that are former ER nurses, 1 of whom that's been an ACLS instructor longer than I've been a doctor (me), 2 CRNA's, and an anesthesiologist in the department. I'm just going to step back and let y'all handle it 🤣"
As a respiratory therapist, this had happened to me 4 times with no doctor(s) abroad. In one of these situations, the plane had to be diverted to another country. Being trained as a Respiratory Therapist and trained in Advance Cardia Live Support (ACLS), I was able to provide the passage with the necessary critical support. In all of these situations, I noted the lack of medical supplies on board these long hual flights. A little scary 😮
I'm dying 😂 Really, best laugh in awhile. Going to watch again and again!
And a great one to forward to all our friends!
I LOVE when doctors know where their specialty is needed!!!❤❤
You should have said, "Guys, I'm here. And my scope is just in my overhead if your suspect GI bleed." 😂
“Is there a doctor on board?” 17 people raise their hands. “Is there a MEDICAL doctor on board?” 14 people put their hands down.
I love this. This is so real life. "Well, I didn't want to overcrowd the situation. They had it under control."
Come on doc! In flight emergency colonoscopy would have been AMAZING! Everybody needs a colonoscopy sometime! Do it for the content if nothing else! (Just don't do it on me. 😬)
This one is the winner‼️😎
Wow. At any moment! It's so awesome that there were medical professionals on board. I only experienced this once where the captain asked for medical assistance. Three passengers ran up to help. It's really scary. Thank goodness your passenger improved! Wherever you go, you can be of help! That is your gift! In addition to having a great wig collection of course! 😊
The colonoscopy cracked me up! 😂😂 However, it may have shocked the person into consciousness! 😂
“Didn’t seem like a colonoscopy was needed” LMAO
Just wanted to say thanks for posting the videos you do! I was diagnosed with IBD back in December and have been going through a lot medically as a result. Your videos have been informative and super comforting to me during this time. They make me feel ready to take on the next steps in my medical journey!
If a medical emergency happened right in front of me at 3 am on an international flight, it's likely I would be cleared for a colonoscopy. 😂
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thanks for sharing this humbling story 😌
Honestly unless they have ER experience they’d probably have been thrilled for the company.
Very noble of you. As important as it is to help, the best and the brightest equally know when to not help. Keeping too many chefs out of the kitchen sometimes requires you to swallow your ego and introspectively judge your ability to contribute. You did excellently.
Good for you. Triage is a skill. You triaged the situation, and concluded that more help/people wasn’t/weren’t necessary. 👍🏼 Solid judgement call and good assessment. All skills you want from your HCP.
My boyfriend got insane food poisoning like 2 h in on our 9 hour crossing the Atlantic and was just throwing up filling one bag after the other. He got moved to business class to be able to lie down (the purple around him did not get good value for their money) and after a while they asked for medical professionals. Three doctors came and he got fluids and injected anti-emetic since the oral didn't do anything and he got a bit better. After landing the emergency personal checked on him and his blood pressure was too low so we got a ride to a British hospital. When they took him up from the chair they warned me that he might pass out when standing up and that they would just get him out of the airplane to take care of him 😅 he did fine though! The hospital checked on him and gave more fluids that his body slurped up immediately. Then we waited like 6 hours for our flight home and our big adventure was over! But I gotta say that the cabin crew from British airways was amazing!
OMG you cracked me up at ….no colonoscopy was needed….didn t expect that😂🤣😂
Colonoscopy. 😂
That'll wake her up.
Why is my intestine the in-flight movie!?
One thing I love and respect about you is how real you are on here. 80 years on , one appreciates it more and more
Coming home from a lecture on prehospital seizures, I stopped at an empty grocery store. At the checkout, the employee asked me if I had any medical training. Yep, it was a seizure! It was wonderful utilizing the bookstuff in something real-- though all that we could do was move away things that could cause injury and putting him in the recovery position after.
Humble and showed respect to the other 2 helping the lady? You're the kind of doctor we need to see more of.
Sometimes the best way to help is just staying out of the way!
I’ve answered 2 calls as a RN, both times I assessed and stabilized (dehydrated and low blood sugar) the pt. Both times after the pt was stable, a doc suddenly shows up and announces the patient is fine. On one flight, the Airline gave the doctor free round trip tickets, me, I got nothing… I didn’t do it for anything, but it was a slap in the face that the podiatrist who didn’t touch the person was compensated for everything he did!
Thank you for not overcrowding the situation once assessing that it was being handled.
I love your honesty and humility!
I had a little chuckle at the idea of a mid-flight colonoscopy lmao
That escalated quick😂😂😂
You’re so chill …..you’d be an excellent e.r. Doc.😊
It’s always interesting how varied these stories are. Sometimes you get Mike’s where he literally deduced something rare and in spite of a lack of proper emergency first aid saved a life, other times you get Stevieoe’s tick on a 4 year old hahahaha
Wow, do you have a link to that first video you described?
I don’t remember the details, or if details were even given, but Rohin from Medlife Crisis has been on three flights where a page was made for a doctor on board. He jokes that since it was a flight to India with lots of Indian passengers, there were several volunteers.
Good for you, Doc. You cared more about having "too many cooks in the kitchen" and endangering the patient's care, more than your own desire to be a part of that emergency care team. Well done.
As a paramedic the single most irritating thing is when a doctor or nurse tries to insert themselves into an EMS situation when they're not an Emergency Medicine Practitioner. I've actually held myself back when seeing an Emergency Medicine Situation well in hand. Respect to you, and your specialty, and your recognition of an emergency situation adequately managed. More than I can say for MANY doctors we've had on EMS scenes.
That punchline was hilarious
That's why I always travel with an emergency colonoscopy set, just in case.
"And it didn't really seem like a colonoscopy was needed" 😂 you crack me up, Doc!
Congratulations on being able to sleep that deep on the plane!
Agreed. Lovely. I never can sleep on a plane. Even to Europe through the night. If I could lie down I could.
This may be the first time I've heard a GI doctor say that a patient *doesn't* need a colonoscopy, ngl.
I'm sure the patient appreciates your restraint. They probably don't know how close they were to a poop conversation. ❤😂
I'm glad there were enough medical professionals on board that the person was taken care of :)
Maybe this is weird but I appreciate that you didn’t stand up! You’re totally right (especially in enclosed spaces) when you don’t have a lot of space or a lot of medical equipment to deal with it really does become a “too many cooks” thing and probably would have overcrowded the plane and the patient. So good job for knowing what’s best for the patient and having the presence of mind to know to step back and let others work as well. :)
Thr day after I passed my tests for EMR training I was having a drink with some friends and saw someone walking out for a smoke at a bar. He was moving kinda funny which made me follow to make sure he was okay and he collapsed right in front of me. Thankfully my classes and training was enough to get me to react right away, and check him out, get him out of the cold snow, wrapped up in a warm jacket since he refused to go inside because he wanted a smoke that badly, and watched over him until his ride picked him up and got him home.
But that last line was the sinker for me!!!😂😂😂😂
On the next Hollywood medical drama;
"We need an in air colonoscopy stat!"
Actually laugh out loud at this one. Thanks for that! 😂
As a volles fue i would recommend still to let the other medical professionals know you are also a doctor, it helps to know you are not the only one assessing the situation.
Oh and if SHTF let the captain connect you with the company doctors
I would really like to hear the hypothetical situation where a colonoscipy is needed to save a life on a plane in air.
Hahaha that twist at the end. You sir are a great story teller.
I've heard the joke multiple times but it still makes me laugh when someone's like is there a doctor on board and then someone with a PhD stands up but nothing to do with medicine. At least a colonoscopy has something to do with medicine.
Yeah, I think I'll pass on the in-flight colonoscopy. 😂
I love your sense of humour No colonoscopy required. You have my deepest commiserations Dr.❤😂
In flight colonoscopy might have gotten you a world record.
I was on my first holiday after graduation that they announced for a doctor, i was like man give me some rest 😂
He was fine, motion sickness
My friend just got his PhD in psychology and was flying for 10-ish hours. He legit had to inform the cabin crew that he's "not that kind of doctor" because he had chosen Dr instead of Mr on his ticket and they legit wanted him on standby in case of emergency 😂
@@annak8755 in my case the flight attendant asked for our medical council membership cards to make sure, fortunately i was traveling with classmates so i just looked away until one of them answered 😅
Colonoscopy with no prep first seems like a crappy situation for the entire flight.
Had that happen a couple times before, but I didn't do anything. My wife thought I would spring into action, but there were whole doctors on the flights, so I didn't budge. (I'm not a physican or P.A. or anything. I'm just a Paramedic.) So, I just sat back and watched.
That's it. That's all that happened. Nothing special, exciting, or cool or anything. I just saw some doctors help a passenger a couple times. That's all. 🤷🏾♂️
In-flight colonoscopy is not a service that should ever be offered 😂
I am a family doctor and I also was on a transatlantic flight after finishing my training and a medical emergency was called. I have never been on a flight where that happened before or since. I did end up dealing with it and it was not an emergency but why does this happen on flights with newly fledged doctors!????
Good for you - someone who knows when to keep quiet and not make it about them. Perfect. I already liked you - that sealed it!🙂
When there's nothing to be done, do nothing.
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No colonoscopy! Sounds like grounds for a medical malpractice suit to me.
might not have been needed but would've got the patient up and alert pretty quickly.
The passenger fainted!!! Didn't you need to do a DRE and ensure there wasn't melena?:):):):)😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
And you did everything right no need to rush into it if someone is already handling it well
Just an FYI. Next time just identify yourself to the FA. There is usually part of the FAs (on a multi Flight attendant flight) who will handle the situation while the rest stand by and continue as normal. They may not need you now but if they need you later they know where to find you. Also if you didn't know another dr (the anesthesiologist was there, having a dr in any proffesion can allow us to open the medical kit. With the guidance of ground drs it can be super helpful 😊
Me seeing your name and yelling, “GLASSES!” My sweet, Levi😂💕
"Stuff happens" You can't ever be ready 24hrs a day. After all we are all just humans.
When you finally woke...you properly recognized the situation and realized all was well😁👍
We flight nurses experience this a lot and would love you on that commercial flight!
"Hey you guys are doing great, just wanted to mention, if it's a poop problem I'm your guy"
The rare in flight colonoscopy medical emergency!
You “got me at the end!” 🤣
Lol very good of you to be humble about it. Now teach my husband that technique! 😅
Solid assessment of the situation.
I did respond to a medical emergency a few weeks ago on a flight. So did my husband and two other (male) physicians. As thanks the airline (Delta) gave all the men vouchers. Just the men.
Stay classy, Delta!
I prepped for a colonoscopy last week and then after getting in, waiting an hour past my "arrive by" time (and another hour in the prep area) was told by the gastroenterologist that my GP had scheduyme because of symptoms that had cleared up after I followed the recommendation of removing dairy from my diet. So we cancelled it.
The anesthesiologist was very happy about being able to go home early.
"I didnt want to overcrowd the situation"
I mean this decision could also be genuinely life-saving
In flight colonoscopy isn't the worst thing delta would do to you 🤷♂️
Took a moment to realize this wasn't a skit lmao 😂 good job on staying calm