Don’t worry, the doctor will fix you up easy-peezy!
So a guy in Colorado broke his leg skateboarding and had to go to the emergency room. And as he lay there waiting for his leg to be tended to, he noticed the doctor hunched over a computer screen. When he managed a little better look, he discovered that the doctor was watching a tutorial on how to set a broken leg (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12310959/I-swear-Ive-Patient-Colorado-films-doctor-watching-YOUTUBE-tutorial-perform-medical-procedure-moments-doing-him.html).
“It didn’t bother me or make me nervous,” said the patient. Gee, it would’ve made me pretty nervous. [Note: video shot by the patient is included in the Daily Mail post.]
Like, it could’ve been worse. Maybe the doctor needed a refresher course on treating a broken leg, and didn’t know he needed it. Maybe the doctor had absolutely no idea what to do. Maybe there was something critically important that he knew he ought to remember, but didn’t. I mean, how many times did your parents tell you, “If you don’t know, ask”? I’m sure they wouldn’t have let you treat a broken leg if you didn’t know how.
I really don’t like to think that the doctor who’s treating me may not quite know what he’s doing. You really shouldn’t have to try to pick it up as you go along. Heck, what’s next–a DIY operating room? “Measure twice, cut once… Or was it measure once, cut twice? Damn…!”
Stay healthy! It’s just much safer.
Salvation comes from the word for good health.