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Reference: X compared to Y = possible Discrepancy?
Serack:
--- Quote from: Gigglestomp on January 06, 2015, 09:16:17 PM ---True. I missed that! Though it's possible that his medical training isn't as extensive as hers. Where did she get hers from? She's not a doctor. And he must not have been a Dr. in the service either, since no one calls him by the title. Maybe his knowledge is limited to more common battlefield injuries?
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A Corpsman, if serving with the Marines, is the equivalent of an Army Medic.
Being able to diagnose a "radial fracture" without an x-ray seems to me to be at odds with not being able to judge the severity of Murphy's injury in Small Favor.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Serack on January 06, 2015, 09:54:38 PM ---A Corpsman, if serving with the Marines, is the equivalent of an Army Medic.
Being able to diagnose a "radial fracture" without an x-ray seems to me to be at odds with not being able to judge the severity of Murphy's injury in Small Favor.
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That was a gunshot, which can have internal "nicks" and whatnot, small-scale damage that cant be seen. A "Radial Fracture" is essentially just a fancy way to say broken forearm (ie a break of the Raduis bone). Theoretically /I/ could diagnose that, even if Id be too squeamish to try and set it.
Random note: In that murphy scene Michael starts by saying:
“Charity is the one who’s had actual medical training, but it seemed a simple enough injury to me. A bandage stopped the bleeding, and we cleaned the wound thoroughly. She should be careful to monitor her condition for the next few days, but I think she’ll be all right.”
This means that her "actual medical training" involved something more substantial than a military medic, which is interesting. We have no indication she has ever had any particular career, but it would be entirely within character for her to have gone to nursing school, etc purely to patch up Michael.
Serack:
I need to rev up the wiki editing skills and add her medical training to her DF wiki page
Serack:
The link to the "Maggie the Eldest's ovaries" entry to the OP list is dead, so I'll need to rebuild the explanation of that entry to the list. Interestingly enough, there is a rather recent WoJ on the subject shortly after the timestamp in this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyAKU7sNWYI
Serack:
I need to do a write up on who hired the Churchmice in Death Masks. Suffice to say, I’m pretty sure there is a WoJ that SG has it right.
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