Educating common people on professional subjects, is it helpful or is it an asking for a disaster?

[Elisa Joy Ocasla]

Of course, in many cases, this could be very pertinent in an urgent situation. Both points are valid, but despite the author's lack of professionalism in the field, I believe this preconceived practice has the potential to save lives. However, it is always plausible to consult and only believe in information gleaned from clinical research conducted by professionals in the field, but this does not imply that the author has never delved into. In my opinion, everyone should have a basic understanding of such occurrences.

[Francis Aderogbin]

In my opinion, as the writer have said, it is in emergency situation this can be performed. I believe after the emergency situation has been attended to, then a professional should be called in to continue from there. I believe having this knowledge is good for emergency purposes.

[Salah bourouba]

educating common people is definetly an advantage in some situations but the deeper the information the worst the situation could be, a common person can't do surgery, but he can help someone who might drowned and do cpr so the it depends on the situation

[Goodness C N]

There's a reason why it is called "emergency" when a medical professional is not readily available, what can a non-medic around do to help a needy patient? We need to inform people on how to help themselves.

[regentisbetter]

Knowledge can only ever be helpful . The application of that knowledge is up to the people themselves but sharing knowledge can only ever lead to good things . There will be less loss o d life as more and more people are capable of thinking and reacting quickly to assist in a life or death situation than those who had no knowledge of the act.

[Menace Crypto]

I agree that sometimes people tend to take matters into their own hands and end up making matters worse, but I think the benefits outweighs the harm. Having the medical knowledge to deal with medical emergency has saved and will continue saving a lot of lives.

[Elendu Ekechukwu]

It has it's advantage and disadvantages but I think the advantages out weighs the disadvantage. You could educate a common person on health matters and he would use it to save someone's life.

[Nathaniel Owolabi]

In this parts of the world where I am from, I think this book can play a very important role, educating people on what to do in certain circumstances, because there is no emergency service to call. Typically, when accidents or medical emergencies occur, it's left to the people around to find a way to get the person to the hospital. In that case, it would help a lot if the people have certain medical knowledge like the ones this book provides. They might not be the professionals but at least they can try their best and do what they can rather than just sitting duck.

[mbhuibregtse]

I think it is extremely valuable to educate people on professional subjects. If they are not getting information from books, they may get it from other sources that are frequently invalid. Thinking about today's social climate around fake news and unreliable sources, I think that teaching the public to be more educated and aware is a good thing.

[Suzer6440 xyz]

This book and the information we read on Google is definitely not the same in my eyes. I look at that book as educational and informational, but I do agree that if the matter is of “extreme serious”nature, it is good to be aware of the do’s and the don’ts which this book does provide. My personal thinking is that it will always depend on the severity of the problem to decide whether a professional needs to step in.

[Chetna_Kharbanda]

I agree that googling symptoms and medical procedures may not be the answer to treat oneself or others. However, knowledge of first aid and handy medical information would help. In my opinion, one must seek professional help even if you have hints on the situation. An untimely and unprofessional examination may turn less potential suffering into a fatal one.

[Vishnu Priya B]

Though I'm not a medical professional, I believe one can not gain medical knowledge just by reading one book. Or dozens of books for that matter. I do support gaining the knowledge of basic emergency first aid that you're supposed to give before a professional help arrives. But trying to educate non-professional people on a deeper level only makes things worse. Most often that not, people tend to self medicate which is an absolute disaster.

[ReaderAisha2020]

I think it is necessary at times. For example, there may not be a medically trained person available.

Unfortunately, many people are losing trust in medical professionals. They don't always give correct advice.

For this reason some of us research information before we go to a doctor to get it confirmed.

In fact, sometimes this has saved people. My friends son had meningitis once, but the doctor failed to recognise it. She went several times, and said he had a purple rash that did not fade when you put a glass over it. The doctor told her it was only a urine infection and to come back after 2 weeks.

He had a high temperature and began to hallucinate and did not recognise his own brother so she took him to the hospital, where they took him in straight away saying that it was meningitis. He was now in the last stage, but she had managed to bring his temperature down by giving him a cold bath before going to the hospital. Apparantly he might not have survived otherwise.

Therefore, I believe it is good for people to be able yo recognise conditions and know basically what to do and even get second opinions and debate doctors when they mis diagnose

[toointofiction]

I don't believe education can be disasterous. I think everyone should be educated, even in the slightest, about professional or any other subjects. Any form of education is helpful no matter who receives it.

[Laura Britos]

For me, I think it's very useful to educate the general public on professional subjects. However, it's should be on the peripheral and not at a deep level as the author did. For instance, educating the public on emergency and first aid medical procedures that people can undertake before a professional takes over isn't a bad idea as it helps save more lives in a time of emergency and danger.

I agree with you, I think is paramount for people to know what to do in emergencies and try not to panic. However, as you said, it makes not use for someone to know how to perform certain medical procedures in a complex situations only with a very weak or inadequate education. Even if I read and learned how to perform a surgery on someone, that does not give me the necessary knowledge to actually do it.