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Monday, December 10, 2018
PSA
8 comments:
Dan
said...
I'd say if you find a roomful of men face down ass up facing Mecca it is the OK to judge them as a group......just before tossing a grenade into the room.
A person who condemns a person based on group tendencies is an asshole. But it is valid to suspect and expect group-typical behavior until proven otherwise.
That's why your differential for chest pain is different depending on whether the patient is a 60-yo fat man reeking of cigarette smoke, clutching a Big Mac in one hand, versus a 25-yo female marathon runner, right?
Judging men one at a time is best when you're able to do that. Judging men by a group is what you must do when you're not. If you've got any survival instinct left in you (which is saying a lot since much of Western Civ has had that instinct bred or brainwashed out of them) you should be able to assess which is more appropriate for your situation.
Funny story, not meant to change your opinion, but: Had a 14 year old girl (volleyball player) show up in our ER with "chest pain" after practice.
Ok ok, we'll take a look and make sure it's just a little exertional discomfort.
Vital sign machine shows an elevated HR and palpated pulse feels a little irregular. Weird. But I'm sure she's just nervous.
EKG shows... Textbook ACLS classroom simulator-style SVT in the 220-230 range!
99% of the time, we're right, just a little bit of exertional discomfort that's gone before they even finish triage. 99% is really damn good. She was the 1%.
Not counting the news outlets or websites along the full range of accuracy and veracity, I follow 16 or so actual individuals' handwritten blogs. Looking them over, 8 of the 16 are current serving or former military and 2 of those 8 are some variation of high-speed low-drag elite forces ninjas. And 2 are cops. So in other words, the same folks I trusted in the military not to wet the bed, sh*t themselves, or otherwise run around like headless Nancys, are the same folks I trust on the interwebz, for demonstrating pretty much the same trustworthiness and circumspectly responsible behavior. Color me shocked.
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8 comments:
I'd say if you find a roomful of men face down ass up facing Mecca it is the OK
to judge them as a group......just before tossing a grenade into the room.
It's silly to pretend that group trends don't exist.
Stereotypes exist because they reflect observable realities.
The saying "You cannot judge a book by its cover." is misquoted. It is, more accurately "You cannot ALWAYS judge a book by its cover."
That means most of the time you can.
"Sorry sir, can't fire bomb Tokyo. My pen pal Tanaka lives there & he's a decent man"
A person who condemns a person based on group tendencies is an asshole. But it is valid to suspect and expect group-typical behavior until proven otherwise.
That's why your differential for chest pain is different depending on whether the patient is a 60-yo fat man reeking of cigarette smoke, clutching a Big Mac in one hand, versus a 25-yo female marathon runner, right?
I gotta point out again that the good Sergeant later goes on to say "I damn ALL 'gentlemen'"
Ironic, no?
Boat Guy
Judging men one at a time is best when you're able to do that. Judging men by a group is what you must do when you're not. If you've got any survival instinct left in you (which is saying a lot since much of Western Civ has had that instinct bred or brainwashed out of them) you should be able to assess which is more appropriate for your situation.
METT-TC loosely applies.
Funny story, not meant to change your opinion, but: Had a 14 year old girl (volleyball player) show up in our ER with "chest pain" after practice.
Ok ok, we'll take a look and make sure it's just a little exertional discomfort.
Vital sign machine shows an elevated HR and palpated pulse feels a little irregular. Weird. But I'm sure she's just nervous.
EKG shows... Textbook ACLS classroom simulator-style SVT in the 220-230 range!
99% of the time, we're right, just a little bit of exertional discomfort that's gone before they even finish triage. 99% is really damn good. She was the 1%.
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