PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoGuerilla in Vietnam being treated in a makeshift swamp operating room, 1970lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down12
arrow-up1176arrow-down1imageGuerilla in Vietnam being treated in a makeshift swamp operating room, 1970lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareJaderick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·9 months agoI cannot imagine that guy had great chances of survival. Any swamp water in his wounds would likely cause a serious infection. Better than nothing I guess
minus-squareDoxin@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI mean in a regular surgery anything below waist level or so is already considered non-sterile, So I think the risk of doctors accidentally dipping their hands in the swamp water is pretty low :P
I cannot imagine that guy had great chances of survival. Any swamp water in his wounds would likely cause a serious infection.
Better than nothing I guess
I mean in a regular surgery anything below waist level or so is already considered non-sterile, So I think the risk of doctors accidentally dipping their hands in the swamp water is pretty low :P