Combat Hospital

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http://abc.go.com/shows/combat-hospital

Anyone going to watch with their MCAT book in their laps?

 

[pgg]

A medical drama series about a field hospital in Afghanistan?

And as every doctor knows - they are nothing without their nurses: Chief of Nursing, Commander Will Royal (Arnold Pinnock), a registered nurse serving with the Canadian Forces, won't let them forget this universal truth.

The idea is interesting and MASH proved it could be done well 40 years ago, but MASH was a comedy first and everything else second.

This looks like a stereotype saturated soap opera. Pass.

 

[Mirror Form]

I just saw a hilarious commercial for this show where a surgeon shot a snake in the middle of an operation. But in the show it wasn't supposed to be a joke, it was supposed to be serious . . . 😱

 

[244913]

I was intimately involved with this "combat hospital" in an abstract way and the only combat I dealt with was stupid AF/USN nurses, lazy ER techs and NP's and PA's seeing the consults I sent up from my Aid Station.

The personnel wearing Marine DigiCams is a nice touch too- everyone there wore scrubs or DCU's- they were mostly Naval Reservists.

-61N

 

[NavyFP]

A medical drama series about a field hospital in Afghanistan?






The idea is interesting and MASH proved it could be done well 40 years ago, but MASH was a comedy first and everything else second.

This looks like a stereotype saturated soap opera. Pass.

I am soooooooo living this dream. I did bring a couple of Aloha Shirts. Can I be Hawkeye?

 

[pgg]

Can I be Hawkeye?

Funny you mention that.

Somehow that 1970s doctor show didn't seem to be saturated with nurses and everyone who wasn't a doctor constantly and poignantly teaching the out-of-touch physicians what it means to be sensitive and care for the patient.

Hawkeye was a doctor and he had his **** together. These days, if a TV doctor isn't incompetent or in need of perpetual rescue or guidance from a veteran nurse, he's comically dysfunctional (eg, House) or some kind of sidekick.

It's no wonder all the medical TV shows today suck.

 

[BOHICA-FIGMO]

Anyone watch? It wasn't abysmally horrible like I thought it would be.

Totally unrealistic, be not bad given my expectations. My main gripes were: (1) live fire in the OR (2) really, a bunch of Canadians, Australians, Brits, and ONE American doctor?!?! Seems skewed to me. (3) the part where the horny brit neurosurgeon talks about benzo's inhibiting serotonin and dopamine uptake and releasing vasopressin?! WTF, over. Hire a medical consultatnt. (4) the whole pregnancy: yes/no subplot. I mean, don't the Canucks pull a qual HCG on their deploying females?

Parts I (kinda) liked: (1) the Col. giving a the talk to the female after she jumped in for a chest tube (2) the U/S to diagnose the guy with spleen lac (I guess I can't really fault them for avoiding a "regular" FAST (3) the Tattoos! The army doc was all tatted up (could make for interesting backstory) and even the lead female had a tattoo! (4) the clueless overfed contractor.

Otherwise, pretty middle of the road. Worth a TiVO. 2 stars out of 4. ;-)

 

[kg062007]

The leading girl is cute but other than that it's horse**** the army version of Grey's Anatomy.

 

[Perrotfish]

Funny you mention that.

Somehow that 1970s doctor show didn't seem to be saturated with nurses and everyone who wasn't a doctor constantly and poignantly teaching the out-of-touch physicians what it means to be sensitive and care for the patient.

Hawkeye was a doctor and he had his **** together. These days, if a TV doctor isn't incompetent or in need of perpetual rescue or guidance from a veteran nurse, he's comically dysfunctional (eg, House) or some kind of sidekick.

It's no wonder all the medical TV shows today suck.

What's wrong with Scrubs?

 

[pgg]

What's wrong with Scrubs?

You got me, Scrubs is awesome.

 

[O2Doc]

Anyone watch? It wasn't abysmally horrible like I thought it would be.

Totally unrealistic, be not bad given my expectations. My main gripes were: (1) live fire in the OR (2) really, a bunch of Canadians, Australians, Brits, and ONE American doctor?!?! Seems skewed to me. (3) the part where the horny brit neurosurgeon talks about benzo's inhibiting serotonin and dopamine uptake and releasing vasopressin?! WTF, over. Hire a medical consultatnt. (4) the whole pregnancy: yes/no subplot. I mean, don't the Canucks pull a qual HCG on their deploying females?

(2) I haven't watched it, but what's the timeframe for the show? There were usually no US docs at that hospital until the handover started, although there were Flight Surgeons with their own units who would come up for MASCAL. So if they're running pre-handover it would still be Canuck-led multinational with a minimal US medical presence.
(4) Doesn't seem like it. I don't believe I ever got one and I've been over twice (including at that very hospital), and we've had a couple of women come up pregnant and obviously having been pregnant pre-deployment. We certainly don't re-screen after the mid-tour break at home.