Fun Thread: Doctors of the Apocalypse

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If the s**t were to hit the fan tomorrow, and the US had a domestic crisis the likes of Haiti, which specialists would be needed the most? EM? GS? Others?

Basically, if the apocalypse occurred tomorrow, which specialty could best handle the situation?
 
probably the ROADs so they can afford to fly the fck out!
 
Diagnosticians...duh.

How useful is House when he doesn't have his minions?

Well, I guess he can ride a mean motorcycle, and you know you gotta ride one in the apocalypse.

I think the procedural specialties would be more useful. Radiography... not so much. Radiation oncology though, maybe they can develop some X-ray weapons!

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I'd go back to the lab and work on a cure for the T-Virus with my biochemistry training.
 
I still stand by EM, GS, anything procedural. What are you going to X ray when there's no power to the hospital? What's the point of pure diagnostics without medicine to administer? YOU ARENT THINKING WORST CASE SCENARIO, PEOPLE!!
 
Emergency medicine, duh 🙂 but the **** does not hit the fan in stable countries the same way it does rock-bottom nations like Haiti. Countries like ours DECLINE but rarely COLLAPSE instantly...bowling-the-frog-slowly syndrome. And it may already be happening.
 
How are you going to perform GS with no sterile field or anesthesia unit.

Well I guess you can carry around a spray bottle of 70% ethanol.
 
I still stand by EM, GS, anything procedural. What are you going to X ray when there's no power to the hospital? What's the point of pure diagnostics without medicine to administer? YOU ARENT THINKING WORST CASE SCENARIO, PEOPLE!!
um. you can't do surgery without power.
you can't do EM without the meds.
your worst case scenario leaves everyone fcked and therefore my solution still stands as the best. GTFO.
 
um. you can't do surgery without power.
you can't do EM without the meds.
your worst case scenario leaves everyone fcked and therefore my solution still stands as the best. GTFO.

You mean there are no doctors practicing medicine in Haiti right now?!


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um. you can't do surgery without power.
you can't do EM without the meds.
your worst case scenario leaves everyone fcked and therefore my solution still stands as the best. GTFO.

I didn't know that we've become too good to just use the old scalpel and saw. Anyway we've got generators hahaha.
In my mind I think the most important doctors will be general surgeons and anesthesiologists. We'll also need psychiatrists to start prescribing those magic happy pills..... XD
 
If it's the apocalypse, every person would die anyways. So what's the point in healing them or trying to save them. If they die, they die.
 
My guess would be an FP from one of the residencies that still teach some general surgery skills along with a good dose of emergency care and plenty of routine illness / chronic care training. Isn't there one in Ventura like that along with a few others? Why them? They can deal with your typical surgical problems (appendectomy anyone?) although after a disaster there'll be plenty of trauma which the FP may not be suited for. However, without an abundance of surgical equipment no one is going to provide any "good surgery" keeping in mind you'll need anesthesia, antibiotics, etc. Once the disaster has run its course, the apocalypse is here, the weak are dead, the strong have lived, and everyone has to rebuild society an FP will probably be handier. In that type of situation, you'll want to live your life more carefully than you otherwise would have due to decreased medical care including decreased supplies, lowered nutrition, poor sanitation, etc. You'll get sick more than you will hurt.
 
Family Practice doing appendectomy? Are you serious?

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
 
Doctors who can supply water and pull people out of the wreckage... After that I'll say CRNA-trauma surgeons.....
 
It all depends on if this particular apocalypse includes zombies. If there are zombies, any doctor that can both use a shotgun and amputate bitten limbs would definitely be the most useful.

Without zombies, I would say any military trained physician, because they are taught how to take care of horrific injuries with minimal facilities.
 
If it was a zombie apocalypse we'd need neurologists to protect all our brains.
 
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