PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGuerilla in Vietnam being treated in a makeshift swamp operating room, 1970lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down13
arrow-up1187arrow-down1imageGuerilla in Vietnam being treated in a makeshift swamp operating room, 1970lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareJaderick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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