Posted on Aug 5, 2016
RP, what's your experience been with military medicine? Mostly positive? Negative? How can it improve?
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I'm a 68W and have served as both line medic and clinic medic. But I rarely get to "AAR" my care after seeing my patients--if I do my job well, I never see them again. So let's talk about your experiences with military medicine, and ways we can improve the system to better suit the unique needs of our military culture. Feel free to discuss in the comments!
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Thankfully I've only had the experience with Military medicine in Vietnam all I can say now and forever is God bless the medics!
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On my first ship the Chief Corpsman assumed that everyone was a malingerer - have an APC or a shot of penicillin was the mainstay of his clinical skills. Apart from that, I had very good experiences at every subsequent duty station. Best of all, unlike the VA, wait times were minimal.
At the VA my best caregiver was a Physician's Assistant fresh from duty in the Middle East - more caring and up-to-date than most the MD's I dealt with there.
At the VA my best caregiver was a Physician's Assistant fresh from duty in the Middle East - more caring and up-to-date than most the MD's I dealt with there.
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You can always do a follow up with them, the great thing about alhta is it has the patients phone number. Whenever I treat a patient I just try to do whatever I'd want my medic to do if I was the patient
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