Texaco Mike is rapidly becoming the most fleshed out character and we will never see him. Runs a Texaco, Fan boat service, MRI scans, probably a few things I'm forgetting and now a homemade observatory. Truly a modern renaissance man
I think Texaco Mike is a rogue Rhodes scholar. It got to be too much in the city so he moved to the country. Now he can practice without the AMA watching his every move and dabble in the things that interest him. He also changed his name so no one knows who he really is. Can you tell I'm obsessed with TM?
Jonathan: ::walks up:: Texaco Mike: ? Jonathan: ::stares at Mike:: Mike: ::stares at Jonathan:: Jonathan: ::stares at Mike:: Mike: ::nods:: Jonathan: ::nods:: Then they get to work
I really enjoy your self-deprecation when it comes to doing medicine below the bridge of the nose. But I love it when it’s put into a skit. “Technically.” 😂
it's even funnier, because in order to portray every kind of medical professional authentically, he has to know a lot about each field of medicine, and he clearly does!
It's Texaco Mike who can build almost anything for multiple purposes and Johnathan, the man who doesn't care about limitations. That rural hospital is going to be way more effective now. Also, Ophthalmology might need two Johnathans now, one for loaning to someone else, and another to do his work for him.
I live in rural Argentina. I once got two fingers squashed, badly, by a gain elevator. The nurse in the hospital could't figure out how the bone was, so i got back on the truck and drove to the veterinarian that had a x-ray machine on a boom-type of thing and she did wonderfully.
When I see human medicine I'm in awe with how much nurses do. We don't have vet nurses in my country so that job is done by the doctor... Thankfully things are changing and doctors train staff to assist them...
In fairness veterinarians have a tougher job. They have to know the physiology of multiple species and do diagnosis without the patient describing the symptoms.
Love it! From a retired rural doc. Picture elderly man (in his 80s), staggering into your office on his crutches, with bloody paper towels clutched to his chest, hollering "Doc, Doc, I've been shot!" Gits yer day going, uh huh. 😮 (It was his hand that was clutching the paper towels, not in his chest, thank you, God.) He wanted me to "just dig around and get the bullet out". Despite the fact that I could feel multiple metacarpals in more than usual I piece each. Nearest x-ray 20 miles in the wrong direction from nearest ortho. Then he thought he could drive himself to the hospital 65 miles away. Yeah, sometimes I miss it, but 4 years of PHS payback was enough for me, though I didn't leave family practice/geriatrics. But it made for rich real stories just like this Rural Doc shows. Wish I had a Texaco Mike, but our little diner had The Best roast beef on Thursdays and cream pies. (Her secret? She rolled the final crusts in sugar instead of flour. It caramelized keeping the crust from ever getting soggy.) She'd call me at 9am and ask if I wanted a piece saved for me and my med students. Loved those folks.
I was working in an extremely remote (read: fly-in only) community and a patient came in with a speck of stone in his eye. He had been carving, a traditional activity in this area, and hadn't been wearing safety glasses. I was concerned we might have to send him out, but a Morgan lens got the piece out. (For laypeople: a Morgan lens resembles a contact lens but it has a tube attached. You hook this up to a set of IV tubing and use it to flush out the eye.) I sent him home with a strong recommendation to use safety glasses when carving.
Look as far as I'm concerned, the only time i needed my eyes washed out* was when i did NOT safety squint, BUT i needed my eyes washed out* when wearing the safety glasses. therefore evidence suggest that the safeety squint is more effective then safety glasses. * Washed out = going to the hospital and needed Morgan lense. It happened once without safety glasses and twice WITH safety glasses. If you wear safety glasses you are less likely to safety squint.
I finally got to use something I’ve learned from your videos. My knee is super painful so I went to my doctor, she said she starts with X-rays then ultrasound.. because my insurance doesn’t cover an MRI without a fight. I said, “that’s ok, I’ll swing by Texaco Mike’s”… she laughed! 🎉🎉
I work in rural medicine in Northern Maine with a lot of potato farmers and dairy farmers. This stuff is spot on. We truly have to be jacks of all trades for lack of specialist and our community of patients are tough as nails.
Problem arises when a rural farmer patient goes to a city doc with a complaint. The city doc does not understand that the very fact that the person is there indicates something serious, especially during lambing/calving/harvest/planting season!
I bet he's a grandpa. The kind of guy who frequently tells his grandsons "you don't need that millionaire city boy stuff. We can make our own! It's easy; let me show you how it's done."
Texaco Mike would be a BANGER TH-camr. He’d show his whole process from junk pile to functioning machinery and he’d stay under 100k for years just developing a community and dozens of injokes before making a one-off video about his CT scanner that goes insanely viral
as a female engineer i have bad experience with the term STEM lords. generally it refers to the perverts, misogynists and general arsehole. Also isn't a medical engineer a surgeon?
@@saritshull3909 never heard it used so negatively. Always thought that medicine engineers are the guys who figure out what kind of titanium you make implants with or whomever builds scanners and stuff
As a male engineer, I haven't heard the term STEMlord until this comment. I avoid working with female engineers as much as I can, and walk on eggs/eggshells whenever I have to interact. Their ideas of 'misogyny' include phrases like 'big dongle', and using your initials in a file name. It's gotten so bad if one of them misinterprets what you say, there goes your career. Ref: Adria Richards' big dongle controversy, and Karina Gasparova's suing her boss over interpreting her boss' initials as a sexual advance.
"In one evening the Texaco station became the world's most advance mri/ct/xray/mircoscope/telescope/barbecue/onestop shop cardiac pre authorization observation station on airboat that any one had ever seen."
I have to deal with ophthalmologists frequently and by now I am convinced that when the door opens and a patient comes in they see NOTHING but 2 eyes enter. The rest of the body is invisible and unimportant to them.
I grew up in very rural Texas, on a ranch. This brings back memories I have tried to repress my entire adult life. If we were sick, we just kept going. I had my thumb almost completely severed off my hand by a single pane window falling through the rotting frame and my dad just got the duct tape and some toilet paper and wrapped it in TP, then wrapped it tightly in tape and gave me a shot of bourbon for the pain - I was 5. Thankfully my mom took my drunk ass to the city to have it properly fixed (she was a nurse and knew better). If we needed a doctor we usually just waited until the vet came out for a horse or cattle and they would prescribe something. If we needed stitches we got a needle and thread. I have a lot of gnarly scars to prove that too.
We're in rural Oregon and our prospective Ortho surgeon asked if we have a mini C-arm... We were like "well, we do about 1 c-arm case a month, so we can't really justify a mini c-arm" and all I could think of was Texaco Mike and your rural medicine videos.
As a primary care doctor who is constantly asked to clear patients for cataract surgery I feel this one. The good news is that the local ophthalmologists are willing to accept a HBA1C up to 10 as stable for surgery. They do still require an EKG, though.
The safety squints really got me. I watched a guy make a knife outside the US and so many were shocked or indignant about him not wearing any ppe. Someone else brought up the safety squint rule...no, just no. My second major in college was jewelry and metals, and it was appalling how many people I had to go grab safety glasses for, trust me that handing someone a pair is more efficient and garners fewer complaints than asking them to stop their task, walk across the studio, and grab a pair. After the first year in the program even my prof stopped most days. She wore regular eyeglasses, but those aren't rated for impact. The kids who wore standard eyeglasses figured that they didn't need them...they need them as much as anyone else. I bought my own "fancy" safety glasses that were mostly used for motorcycle use but rated for use as safety ppe. They were comfortable, didn't scratch, and I'd usually forget that I was even wearing them.
Rural medicine hits home whenever I'm talking to my dad. Did construction all his life, never used proper ppe until recently. But now that he is a grandfather he cares more about being around longer and started using a mask and hearing protection in his workshop
I like how ophthalmology was just willing to do his best to get started with helping out (or at least asking Johnathan to help out) instead of trying to weasel out of working
Hurrah, Texaco Mike and Jonathan together. The revolution begins. Brilliant sketch with some laugh out loud moments in there. I've had that conversation about the back-up body parts ("I have 10 toes, right, so what's the big deal with losing a couple?").
If we saw Texaco Mike, we would probably only get to see an arm or his legs coming out from behind or beneath some equipment he was working on. We may never see his face and that's okay.
Lovely how the opthalmogolist now needs to be doctoring because Jonathan is, well, fine obviously, but still a bit busy building the microscope from ductape and morning dew with Texaco Mike.
Also wanted to add that the squinty thingy/ eye lashes has been put through some field work for a while in evolutionary biology so I would argue there is something based in evidence here. (Which is not to say it's wise to point sharp wood bits at it.. and putting something more between the eyes and the sharp object has a definite advantage, but... we still have a body full of protection and safety and repair and backup that's doing pretty cool things.)
Texaco mike reminds me of the neighbor I had in rural kentucky who built his house on his own and lived there for 70+ years, "self tended" to his skin cancer, refurbished an old car with spare parts he found along the highway, and grew his own corn
EMS here (our non-doctor branch of prehospital healthcare). Every depiction of the specialities is gold and for the most part spot on in my experience. The endings are what gets me almost everytime and the information spot on. A good head nod to both Texaco Mike and Loyal Scribe Jonathan for their resourcefulness and community service. EMS stands with you!
Yes! I had to call my vision insurance because they were saying I didn’t send itemized receipts. 😂 I told them these ARE the itemized receipts and they were lucky they weren’t handwritten ones! 😂😂😂
I live in an urban area, and I wish it worked this way. Rural doctors get things done. Urban doctors send you to other doctors and bill you $500 for the visit (which lasts 10 minutes).
"The inside of the eye is on the outside of the eye" - Holy F* and "He asks if he can get a pair of glasses?" - the rural way of thinking 😅 Texaco Mike needs an Amazon delivery of safety glasses/goggles so he can add OSHA supplier to his resumé 😅
My dad graduated medical school in 1935. He did general surgery. Total knee replacements. Anesthesia. House calls. Emergency room medicine. Times have changed. He was competent. Now you have to call a specialist for smegma. Lol
There's now a banner on the top of Dr. G's videos that states that he's a licensed medical professional in the US and I'm not sure if it should be on _every_ skit 😂😂 On the other hand, he never actually gives bad healthcare advice and even the most exaggerated ones have people commenting that it's basically true, so...good job TH-cam?
Texaco Mike and Jonathan will be an unstoppable force. They can do anything. I'm glad they work for the good of others and not... EVIL!! We'd be screwed. 😅
OK, as an optometrist practicing in a very rural farming area, this video was perfect. I empathize with the primary care physician here on so many levels. And yes, safety squints are real - though they don't stop metal foreign bodies from getting in your cornea when you're grinding metal. Lack of access forces you to expand your comfort zone and provide as much care as you can, because the alternative is no care is given at all.
Doctor log. I've been in the "rural" dimension for 2 hours. Already I fell light headed and confused from lack of proper equipment. Thankfully, Johnathan has already gained the trust of the locals.
From the anesthesia point of view, this is some incredibly considerate ophthalmologist. A cardiac clearance for a cataract patient? Stunning. I can barely get a medical clearance with many of our ophthalmologists.
@@ferretyluv That's news to me, since I grew up in horse country. Not, like, rich people horse country, but "everyone has a horse or few" horse country.
You got me good on these..oh my gosh ... JONATHAN WITH THE FARMERS HAT AND GRASS BLADE IN HIS MOUTH YES YES YES! ON HIS WAY TO TEXACO MIKES! I LOVE IT!
Texaco Mike is starting to sound like a pretty handy guy. Creates an MRI/CT combination scanner, contrast, and an observatory? Drives a fanboat? Hot dog, give that man a Jonathan and he'll cure cancer.
Rural eye doc here 🙋♀️.. can so relate to this.. 😅 Cardiology you say? Wonder what that is like prior to cataract surgery.. 🤔 Did 100 surgeries last weekend.. not one clearance..🤷♀️ 😐
Texaco Mike must've gotten bored while cooking gas (for the Texaco of course) and contrast fluid, so he figured he would build an observatory. Good on ya, Mike!
Pls bring infectious diseases. You absolutely nailed in your 'closer' video. And if possible give new entry to 'ENT'. And at last thank you for your videos ☺
That’s pretty much every interaction I ever had with ophthalmology as a hospitalist and I practice in a metropolitan area for my whole career. Magically we never have any tools needed. Thanks for keeping it light!
Ophthalmologists HSE professionals 🤝 Always advocating for eye safety (I recently cleaned out my vehicle and had 5 pairs of various types of safety glasses I pulled out then promptly put back in)
You must be a safety professional. :) I'm a technical writer, but I worked two years in an OSHE environment and it changed (read: damaged) me forever. I yell at the tv when I see shows with people working at height who aren't wearing fall restraints, and so on.
I live in the capital of my country and many times I though I should have built my own chair. it just takes that long to see a doctor and often just the incompetent and lazy ones didn't emigrate to Germany & general western direction, so you're better off using Web MD to figure out what's wrong with you. If you forge paperwork you can even get prescription meds from the pharmacist, key is (I'm told) to write with your ass, because legible script is sus. Or ask your vet for some meds, mammal's a mammal anyway. veterinarians don't seem to emigrate as much so you can still find a competent one.
@@MrBrock314the writer is saying that all the talented doctors emigrate to other countries for better working conditions and more money. But the talented veterinarians stay.
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I believe that the day Texaco Mike and Jonathan team up, we might finally fix the entire US Healthcare system
Not while United Healthcare is still around.
Is it broke?
Sure is!
*Fix it!*
👍👍🤣👏👏
@@a2falcone that will be the battle of the ages Texaco Mike and Jonathan vs united healthcare!
It turns out Texaco mike is actually a retired Jonathan
I love how Jonathan has already acclimated to the local culture so soon after arriving.
I was loving that too💯❤️❤️❤️❤️, fits in anywhere.
Wonder if I call out to him, if he'll appear 😂😂😂
It's Jonathan. Johnathan can do anything...
plot twist: Jonathan and Texaco Mike are secretly running socialized medicine in several countries.
@@eunoia3926 Legends say that if you say his name 5 times into Ophthalmoscope on the anniversary of jonathans graduation he'll appear
@@AugustusTitusBigger plot twist: Texaco Mike IS a Jonathan, gone feral in the country.
Texaco Mike is rapidly becoming the most fleshed out character and we will never see him.
Runs a Texaco, Fan boat service, MRI scans, probably a few things I'm forgetting and now a homemade observatory.
Truly a modern renaissance man
Barbecue grill
Texaco Mike is the Mrs Columbo/Maris Crane of the 'fleckenverse.
Makes his own contrast dye but is a bit stingy with it……
I think Texaco Mike is a rogue Rhodes scholar. It got to be too much in the city so he moved to the country.
Now he can practice without the AMA watching his every move and dabble in the things that interest him. He also changed his name so no one knows who he really is.
Can you tell I'm obsessed with TM?
@@cphilips502Tim the Tool Man's neighbor and Howard Wolowitz's mother, too.
I feel that Jonathan and Texaco Mike would get along great, both are doing impossible things on a daily basis 😊😂
i ship them
i'd love to see a video of that
Jonathan and Texaco Mike in 2024!
Texico Mike would facilitate the Jonathan revolution :)
@@advanceringnewholder no
Jonathan: ::walks up::
Texaco Mike: ?
Jonathan: ::stares at Mike::
Mike: ::stares at Jonathan::
Jonathan: ::stares at Mike::
Mike: ::nods::
Jonathan: ::nods::
Then they get to work
I like to believe that Texaco Mike's nod is an upwards one. For symmetry.
That would be a good video
Perfect!❤
Then suddenly, Dyson Sphere.
Please God?! An Epic series has been born!!!!
As an internal medicine doctor who sees way too many patients for 'cardiac clearance' for cataract surgery, that last part made me cackle
This is a reference to Will's own professor who did cataracts surgery on a patient having a heart attack before the pre-screenings were a thing.
Is it necessary?
Thank you!
I didn’t get a cardiac clearance exam before my cataract surgeries.
well, the heart is an internal organ and you're not cutting into it, so it sort of counts 🤷
If you made a 2nd channel of just Rural Medicine, I wouldn't be mad.
Me neither, he is my fave.
Same
"Mad" assumes insanity...you mean you wouldn't be angry? 😂👍🏽
@@linamendt9149 colloquial vs formal usage. Bloody prescriptivists.
I adore Rural Medicine. He's my favorite.
I really enjoy your self-deprecation when it comes to doing medicine below the bridge of the nose. But I love it when it’s put into a skit. “Technically.” 😂
it's even funnier, because in order to portray every kind of medical professional authentically, he has to know a lot about each field of medicine, and he clearly does!
@@peterstangl8295You naive little monkey. Jonathan clearly writes his scripts for him! 😊
It's Texaco Mike who can build almost anything for multiple purposes and Johnathan, the man who doesn't care about limitations. That rural hospital is going to be way more effective now.
Also, Ophthalmology might need two Johnathans now, one for loaning to someone else, and another to do his work for him.
Texaco Mike built a MRI machine if memory serves lol
@@i-love-comountains3850 It also did the other major thing you need to be put through as well, and tripled as a cooking device
@@Drave_Jr. It's a combo CT-MRI-oven 😂
Give Johnathan a Johnathan
It grills a mean steak while conducting a walk by body scan
Who else keeps tuning in for the epic saga of Texaco Mike?
Primarily I'm here for Jonathan, though
My 17 year old son has been playing video games with random people, he calls himself Texaco Mike to remain anonymous! 🤣🤣🤣
@@bantiechick2966 Right on! 😆
*shyly raises hand*
@@bantiechick2966looks like you're raising your son well!
honestly surprised Jonathan didn't have a microscope on hand and ready to use 😂
He’s a loyal scribe, not a pathologist.
Don't let him hear you say that. You'll put him into a funk that will last for years.
As incredible as Jonathan is, he is still not a pathologist.
@@tyrant-den884 give him 48 hrs
no he did but wasnt asked that question so he did provide it.
The one thing vetinaries and rural doctos have in common. They do everything.
In my experience, they generally are the same person at that.
I live in rural Argentina. I once got two fingers squashed, badly, by a gain elevator. The nurse in the hospital could't figure out how the bone was, so i got back on the truck and drove to the veterinarian that had a x-ray machine on a boom-type of thing and she did wonderfully.
@@dragonqueenniisan4122 Was about to come down here and comment just that lol
When I see human medicine I'm in awe with how much nurses do. We don't have vet nurses in my country so that job is done by the doctor... Thankfully things are changing and doctors train staff to assist them...
In fairness veterinarians have a tougher job. They have to know the physiology of multiple species and do diagnosis without the patient describing the symptoms.
"Give me a Texaco Mike and a Jonathan and I can move the world" -rural medicine
Love it! From a retired rural doc. Picture elderly man (in his 80s), staggering into your office on his crutches, with bloody paper towels clutched to his chest, hollering "Doc, Doc, I've been shot!" Gits yer day going, uh huh. 😮 (It was his hand that was clutching the paper towels, not in his chest, thank you, God.) He wanted me to "just dig around and get the bullet out". Despite the fact that I could feel multiple metacarpals in more than usual I piece each. Nearest x-ray 20 miles in the wrong direction from nearest ortho. Then he thought he could drive himself to the hospital 65 miles away. Yeah, sometimes I miss it, but 4 years of PHS payback was enough for me, though I didn't leave family practice/geriatrics. But it made for rich real stories just like this Rural Doc shows. Wish I had a Texaco Mike, but our little diner had The Best roast beef on Thursdays and cream pies. (Her secret? She rolled the final crusts in sugar instead of flour. It caramelized keeping the crust from ever getting soggy.) She'd call me at 9am and ask if I wanted a piece saved for me and my med students. Loved those folks.
"non eye doctor". What's funny is that this is literally true. He's literally the doctor for everything else.
I was working in an extremely remote (read: fly-in only) community and a patient came in with a speck of stone in his eye. He had been carving, a traditional activity in this area, and hadn't been wearing safety glasses. I was concerned we might have to send him out, but a Morgan lens got the piece out. (For laypeople: a Morgan lens resembles a contact lens but it has a tube attached. You hook this up to a set of IV tubing and use it to flush out the eye.) I sent him home with a strong recommendation to use safety glasses when carving.
Looks like you'll have to be the Harbor Freight supplier for this community unless Amazon does deliveries here?
But, you do know that he doesn't have / won't wear safety glasses, right?
Look as far as I'm concerned, the only time i needed my eyes washed out* was when i did NOT safety squint, BUT i needed my eyes washed out* when wearing the safety glasses. therefore evidence suggest that the safeety squint is more effective then safety glasses.
* Washed out = going to the hospital and needed Morgan lense.
It happened once without safety glasses and twice WITH safety glasses.
If you wear safety glasses you are less likely to safety squint.
@@mathieu4432 sounds like you just need better glasses.
Oy vey....
"Well, technically". This goes really well with the "From a doctor licensed in the US" placard.
I finally got to use something I’ve learned from your videos. My knee is super painful so I went to my doctor, she said she starts with X-rays then ultrasound.. because my insurance doesn’t cover an MRI without a fight. I said, “that’s ok, I’ll swing by Texaco Mike’s”… she laughed! 🎉🎉
That's a hoot! 😂
I work in rural medicine in Northern Maine with a lot of potato farmers and dairy farmers. This stuff is spot on. We truly have to be jacks of all trades for lack of specialist and our community of patients are tough as nails.
Thanks from a Mainah born and raised herah. I love me some fried tatah as I type!
Then there's me. "My fingie hurts & idk whyyy! 😭"
Problem arises when a rural farmer patient goes to a city doc with a complaint. The city doc does not understand that the very fact that the person is there indicates something serious, especially during lambing/calving/harvest/planting season!
I'm sure Jonathan and Texaco Mike will become great friends
Or mortal enemies.
This was gold! I love Jonathan’s rural look! 😂 and that no matter how ridiculous the request, his nod is always there for us 🥰
I need a hat like that... burned my face and receding hairline twice this year already despite LPF 30.... Dermatology would not be proud.
I feel like Texaco Mike mostly likes to tinker and build things. He's just happy to share them with folks around him.
T Mike is a modern Renaissance Man!
Rural Renaissance Man! Far more practically minded.
I bet he's a grandpa. The kind of guy who frequently tells his grandsons "you don't need that millionaire city boy stuff. We can make our own! It's easy; let me show you how it's done."
I think he does make a killing off it
He's an entire forest of shadetree mechanics. By himself.
We need the Jonathan meets Texaco Mike episode.
I believe that Texaco Mike is a retired city doctor who is secretly trying to help the farmers with the little technology he can afford ❤
I love this headcannon and have accepted it!
Well he's also clearly Macguyver's godson.
That destroys the purpose of recognizing the rural peoples ingenuity in solving their own issues due to lack of access... so no.
What if Texaco Mike is a retired Jonathan? Do they age?
@@immacat515 only if they know that Texaco Mike is a retired city doctor.
Texaco Mike would be a BANGER TH-camr. He’d show his whole process from junk pile to functioning machinery and he’d stay under 100k for years just developing a community and dozens of injokes before making a one-off video about his CT scanner that goes insanely viral
Problem is you will never see AvE on camera for that collab!
I feel Perun vibes
basically MyBuddyAlfred from Goldshaw Farm
I finally get it.
Jonathan isn't a medical professional. He's a medical engineer. Only a STEMlord could excercise such efficiency
STEMlord is my new favorite term. Thank you.
as a female engineer i have bad experience with the term STEM lords. generally it refers to the perverts, misogynists and general arsehole.
Also isn't a medical engineer a surgeon?
@@saritshull3909 never heard it used so negatively.
Always thought that medicine engineers are the guys who figure out what kind of titanium you make implants with or whomever builds scanners and stuff
As a male engineer, I haven't heard the term STEMlord until this comment. I avoid working with female engineers as much as I can, and walk on eggs/eggshells whenever I have to interact. Their ideas of 'misogyny' include phrases like 'big dongle', and using your initials in a file name. It's gotten so bad if one of them misinterprets what you say, there goes your career. Ref: Adria Richards' big dongle controversy, and Karina Gasparova's suing her boss over interpreting her boss' initials as a sexual advance.
@@Toshinben you guys sure hate each othere there, if the culture is so bad
"In one evening the Texaco station became the world's most advance mri/ct/xray/mircoscope/telescope/barbecue/onestop shop cardiac pre authorization observation station on airboat that any one had ever seen."
😂😂😂👍💯
Something tells me the gas there is made by Mike too 😂
I believe the MRI/CT is in the back of the Texaco, not on the fan boat.
Texaco Mike is gonna git raht on that mobile fan boat scanner.
I was not expecting a reference to safety squints in this video but I am absolutely here for it
I have to deal with ophthalmologists frequently and by now I am convinced that when the door opens and a patient comes in they see NOTHING but 2 eyes enter. The rest of the body is invisible and unimportant to them.
I grew up in very rural Texas, on a ranch. This brings back memories I have tried to repress my entire adult life. If we were sick, we just kept going. I had my thumb almost completely severed off my hand by a single pane window falling through the rotting frame and my dad just got the duct tape and some toilet paper and wrapped it in TP, then wrapped it tightly in tape and gave me a shot of bourbon for the pain - I was 5. Thankfully my mom took my drunk ass to the city to have it properly fixed (she was a nurse and knew better). If we needed a doctor we usually just waited until the vet came out for a horse or cattle and they would prescribe something. If we needed stitches we got a needle and thread. I have a lot of gnarly scars to prove that too.
That's amazing! Your five year old drunk ass!
We're in rural Oregon and our prospective Ortho surgeon asked if we have a mini C-arm... We were like "well, we do about 1 c-arm case a month, so we can't really justify a mini c-arm" and all I could think of was Texaco Mike and your rural medicine videos.
As a primary care doctor who is constantly asked to clear patients for cataract surgery I feel this one. The good news is that the local ophthalmologists are willing to accept a HBA1C up to 10 as stable for surgery. They do still require an EKG, though.
You mean danger squiggles
The safety squints really got me. I watched a guy make a knife outside the US and so many were shocked or indignant about him not wearing any ppe. Someone else brought up the safety squint rule...no, just no.
My second major in college was jewelry and metals, and it was appalling how many people I had to go grab safety glasses for, trust me that handing someone a pair is more efficient and garners fewer complaints than asking them to stop their task, walk across the studio, and grab a pair. After the first year in the program even my prof stopped most days. She wore regular eyeglasses, but those aren't rated for impact. The kids who wore standard eyeglasses figured that they didn't need them...they need them as much as anyone else. I bought my own "fancy" safety glasses that were mostly used for motorcycle use but rated for use as safety ppe. They were comfortable, didn't scratch, and I'd usually forget that I was even wearing them.
Rural medicine hits home whenever I'm talking to my dad. Did construction all his life, never used proper ppe until recently. But now that he is a grandfather he cares more about being around longer and started using a mask and hearing protection in his workshop
I like how ophthalmology was just willing to do his best to get started with helping out (or at least asking Johnathan to help out) instead of trying to weasel out of working
„You are a Medical doctor, right?“ „Technically“ That got me! 😂
I never knew I needed Jon bro dressed up as a farmer until now! Great video, eye bro!
The more I hear about T Mike, the more I think MacGuyver was a hack who just got lucky most of the time.
This made me literally lol
I'd watch a show about Texaco Mike. 😂
what if T Mike is a retired MacGuyver?
@@MewnFrostFang 🤔
Hurrah, Texaco Mike and Jonathan together. The revolution begins. Brilliant sketch with some laugh out loud moments in there. I've had that conversation about the back-up body parts ("I have 10 toes, right, so what's the big deal with losing a couple?").
It is a big deal when you lose all ten to diabetes or other tragedies.
Exactly, same with bones. Break 200, still got some spare ribs.
you completely overlooked the most important rural medical professional: the vet! they can fix anything with patients that can't even talk to them.
Yea baby!! Go vets 😄💪👍
Such a big fan you have inspired me to actually became a ophthalmologist
And? Do you allredy have a Johnethen?
Good for you!
That's great! Keep us posted!
@@zeitkrieger4085 they ARE the Jonathan!
Excellent choice!
This may be my favorite Jonathan moment 😂😂😂😂
I would love to see Texaco Mike and Jonathan interact. They're both superhuman!!
Jonathan's rural outfit is amazing!
Looking forward to Texaco Mike's face reveal! Him and Jonathan's teaming up would be OP af! ❤
We need to see Texaco Mike and Jonathan working together now!
Awesome video! Can’t wait to see more!
If we saw Texaco Mike, we would probably only get to see an arm or his legs coming out from behind or beneath some equipment he was working on. We may never see his face and that's okay.
Lovely how the opthalmogolist now needs to be doctoring because Jonathan is, well, fine obviously, but still a bit busy building the microscope from ductape and morning dew with Texaco Mike.
Also wanted to add that the squinty thingy/ eye lashes has been put through some field work for a while in evolutionary biology so I would argue there is something based in evidence here. (Which is not to say it's wise to point sharp wood bits at it.. and putting something more between the eyes and the sharp object has a definite advantage, but... we still have a body full of protection and safety and repair and backup that's doing pretty cool things.)
@@incalescent9378 that's very cool 😊 thanks for the info 👍
@@incalescent9378 Except that unlike most of the rest of the body, eyes don't regenerate.
@@MrBrock314 True, true, it sure wasn't meant to be a full comprehensive guide on the human body or even eyes.
Texaco mike reminds me of the neighbor I had in rural kentucky who built his house on his own and lived there for 70+ years, "self tended" to his skin cancer, refurbished an old car with spare parts he found along the highway, and grew his own corn
I think he was kin to one of my patients in Missouri. 😂
Someone should write a book about these people!
EMS here (our non-doctor branch of prehospital healthcare). Every depiction of the specialities is gold and for the most part spot on in my experience.
The endings are what gets me almost everytime and the information spot on.
A good head nod to both Texaco Mike and Loyal Scribe Jonathan for their resourcefulness and community service. EMS stands with you!
Yes! I had to call my vision insurance because they were saying I didn’t send itemized receipts. 😂 I told them these ARE the itemized receipts and they were lucky they weren’t handwritten ones! 😂😂😂
And here I thought Jonathan couldn't be any more adorable...
Jonathan and Texaco Mike, the crossover we don't deserve, but we have nonetheless
I live in a rural area, and can confirm this is exactly how it works.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! 😂
I live in an urban area, and I wish it worked this way. Rural doctors get things done. Urban doctors send you to other doctors and bill you $500 for the visit (which lasts 10 minutes).
Oh this was great! Jonathan in a straw hat, Texaco Mike, Rural medicine and eyeball bro all in one clip! Thanks! Made my day! 😍
"The inside of the eye is on the outside of the eye" - Holy F* and "He asks if he can get a pair of glasses?" - the rural way of thinking 😅
Texaco Mike needs an Amazon delivery of safety glasses/goggles so he can add OSHA supplier to his resumé 😅
I feel like Rural Medicine is, like, some form of Jonathon. With how much he does all at once, he has to be.
Perhaps a slightly older Jonathan from a parallel universe, and doesn't know it 😃
@@RheylixWise oooh, I like this head cannon
Jonathan obviously needs a vacation in the country. He looks really really happy
My dad graduated medical school in 1935. He did general surgery. Total knee replacements. Anesthesia. House calls. Emergency room medicine. Times have changed. He was competent. Now you have to call a specialist for smegma. Lol
There's now a banner on the top of Dr. G's videos that states that he's a licensed medical professional in the US and I'm not sure if it should be on _every_ skit 😂😂 On the other hand, he never actually gives bad healthcare advice and even the most exaggerated ones have people commenting that it's basically true, so...good job TH-cam?
"You're a medical doctor, right?" "Ah, technically". Lol
Texaco Mike and Jonathan will be an unstoppable force. They can do anything. I'm glad they work for the good of others and not... EVIL!! We'd be screwed. 😅
All the Jonathans are secretly plotting together already. If they turn Texaco Mike we WILL be doomed!
@@eilisnugentmaybe Texaco Mike is the catalyst that the Jonathans Revolution has needed to finally fix health care.
A lot of people talking about the jokes, but that cut at 1:56 is just smooooooth as heck.
Underrated! Thanks for making me rewatch it. Much cooler than it should be.
OK, as an optometrist practicing in a very rural farming area, this video was perfect. I empathize with the primary care physician here on so many levels. And yes, safety squints are real - though they don't stop metal foreign bodies from getting in your cornea when you're grinding metal. Lack of access forces you to expand your comfort zone and provide as much care as you can, because the alternative is no care is given at all.
Doctor log. I've been in the "rural" dimension for 2 hours. Already I fell light headed and confused from lack of proper equipment. Thankfully, Johnathan has already gained the trust of the locals.
I say it every time, but I _adore_ Rural Medicine
Rural styled Jonathan is a delight I never expected 😂
Jonathan even blends in with the local populace to put patients at ease! 😅
That's how they got past Jasper!
@@suzannepottsshortsneither of them wore a suit. That's how they got past Jasper.
From the anesthesia point of view, this is some incredibly considerate ophthalmologist. A cardiac clearance for a cataract patient? Stunning. I can barely get a medical clearance with many of our ophthalmologists.
Ophthalmology's mouth flapping after being reminded that he's a medical doctor made me think of Beaker of the Muppets ☺️
Love, love, love the rural medicine vids. As a racehorse owner I can tell you they are spot on.
Ah, see rural medicine lives in chicken and cow country, not horse country.
@@ferretyluvI always thought Rural Medicine is in Corn, Hogs, and Soybean country.
@@ferretyluv That's news to me, since I grew up in horse country. Not, like, rich people horse country, but "everyone has a horse or few" horse country.
@@Joy21090 In a “How to Ace Your Residency Interview,” they talked about calving season and rich egg farms.
@@ferretyluv thanks for the reminder
I want a sequel with Texaco Mike and Jonathan working together. Seems like they would get along
Jonathan had quite the seamless transition to rural medicine. Love it!
You got me good on these..oh my gosh ... JONATHAN WITH THE FARMERS HAT AND GRASS BLADE IN HIS MOUTH YES YES YES! ON HIS WAY TO TEXACO MIKES! I LOVE IT!
Texaco Mike continues to amaze me.
I love how Rural Medicine did in one sentence what Cardiology failed to do in a whole video 😂
Dying.
Eye ball insides out and wanting glasses is so my farmer dad.
Also nice drag on cardiac clearance. Lol🦈💀
Texaco Mike is starting to sound like a pretty handy guy. Creates an MRI/CT combination scanner, contrast, and an observatory? Drives a fanboat? Hot dog, give that man a Jonathan and he'll cure cancer.
Jonathan with a fun summer hat, chewing straw is EVERYTHING!
I want that picture on another T shirt.
Rural eye doc here 🙋♀️.. can so relate to this.. 😅
Cardiology you say? Wonder what that is like prior to cataract surgery.. 🤔
Did 100 surgeries last weekend.. not one clearance..🤷♀️ 😐
I did 10,000...
Texaco Mike must've gotten bored while cooking gas (for the Texaco of course) and contrast fluid, so he figured he would build an observatory. Good on ya, Mike!
Poor Ophthalmology is getting the shock of his life! Jonathan fits the part perfectly as always.
We really need to meet Texaco Mike!! His reputation precedes him!!
I just love these skits about rural medicine mostly because they are pretty spot on.
Pls bring infectious diseases. You absolutely nailed in your 'closer' video.
And if possible give new entry to 'ENT'.
And at last thank you for your videos ☺
Jonathan has clearly mastered the art of disguise. Must be a valuable skill to the resistance
Love Jonathan's new look!
Love the thought of paired organs/limbs = a back-up to farmers 😂
Why else would you have 2 of so many things? 😂
I don't think the world is ready for a Texaco mike and Jonathan team up
BUT WE ARE!!! 😂
I was not prepared for that amazing Jonathan image. He's such a wonderful loyal scribe.
ophthalmology finally met his match, now he has to do it himself, imagine
That’s pretty much every interaction I ever had with ophthalmology as a hospitalist and I practice in a metropolitan area for my whole career. Magically we never have any tools needed. Thanks for keeping it light!
Finally! The Texaco Mike and Jonathan Collab is at hand.
I love this so much. The facial expressions speak volumes. ❤
Ophthalmologists HSE professionals
🤝
Always advocating for eye safety
(I recently cleaned out my vehicle and had 5 pairs of various types of safety glasses I pulled out then promptly put back in)
You must be a safety professional. :)
I'm a technical writer, but I worked two years in an OSHE environment and it changed (read: damaged) me forever. I yell at the tv when I see shows with people working at height who aren't wearing fall restraints, and so on.
One of the best rural medicine sketches so far, please give us more
Everything with rural medicine is such a mood. This had me laughing.
You wouldn't laughing if you're the part of that community... 💀
I live in the capital of my country and many times I though I should have built my own chair.
it just takes that long to see a doctor and often just the incompetent and lazy ones didn't emigrate to Germany & general western direction, so you're better off using Web MD to figure out what's wrong with you. If you forge paperwork you can even get prescription meds from the pharmacist, key is (I'm told) to write with your ass, because legible script is sus. Or ask your vet for some meds, mammal's a mammal anyway. veterinarians don't seem to emigrate as much so you can still find a competent one.
@@HisameArtwork Pretty sure you mean immigrate. Emigrating is leaving one's country. Immigrate is arriving to a new country.
@@MrBrock314the writer is saying that all the talented doctors emigrate to other countries for better working conditions and more money. But the talented veterinarians stay.
When Jonathan came into frame in that new "look" I laughed out loud.
The moment a Rural Medicine short pops into my feed, I'm THERE
I had a full minute laugh with the safety squints. Love your videos
Jonathan is enjoying this!! 😂
Finally, we are one step closer to Texaco Mike and Jonathan meeting up in a video😂
Jonathan in his hillbilly git up. LOVE it!!
I want to eventually see a mockup of Texaco Mikes station. It must be majestic