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Originally Posted by douthernDZ
For what it is worth, an 18D has to have the mindset that medicine isn't always pretty and pain "is the patient's problem" - this sounds cold and uncaring, it isn't. Proper medical care sometimes hurts; bury your emotions and do what is proper and necessary. I've inserted a chest tube on a semi-conscious patient at Baltimore Shock Traum - woke his butt up screaming pretty quick, but he survived a tension hemo/pneumothorax.
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What part of "Primum non Nocere" does this fall under? Why is pain the patient's problem, pain can cause shock, shock can cause death, so pain and management thereof IS definitely your problem. Yes, medical procedures can cause pain, but that pain can be mitigated. "Hey TeamSergeant, blow me you whiny bastard, it's only pain, here's some more." I don't think I want your gorilla hands and mindset to care for me, or any of my former Teammates, or a child who was part of the collateral damage of an attack. You must not have had Dr. Rocky as your Primary instructor, his credo always was, "Put the Patient First". You can't always allieviate pain, but you sure as hell can manage it, and keep your patient informed.
Jumping down off the soapbox.