Educating common people on professional subjects, is it helpful or is it an asking for a disaster?
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Re: Educating common people on professional subjects, is it helpful or is it an asking for a disaster?
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I completely agree with you because many people do things like trying move an injured person to make them more comfortable but they might end up injuring them much more by doing that. However, with this book, we at least would know not to do that.Mindful Wordsmith wrote: ↑01 Oct 2021, 15:20 This is a question that I too have in my mind ever since I've been reading this book. I think there are certain procedures that cannot be performed by non-medical professionals. But I think reading this book will create an awareness in the reader's mind about the different useful procedures. That way, a reader, who cannot do certain difficult maneuvers, can at least avoid doing something harmful with the knowledge he/she has gained through this book. This is the approach I've been using to read this book. If I can't do something, at least I know about all the wrong things that I shouldn't be doing.
Also, even if we know we can't do certain medical procedures, we might at least be able to do some basic things while medical professionals arrive (like checking for blood loss).
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I honestly don't see any harm in educating common people in professional medical subjects because most people have common sense to know their capabilities and limitations. They would know what procedures they can or cannot do.Sushan wrote: ↑30 Sep 2021, 23:57 He has tried to make a person able to provide medical care in an emergency situation without any help from the professionals.
Though I agree that having medical knowledge can be useful, this can worsen the scenario by a non-profesional trying to play the hero. What do you think?
The type of people that would risk someone's life by "trying to play the hero" are very few (and who knows, they might actually do the procedure successfully), but the people who would be saving someone's life by using a quick tip picked up in this book are much higher in number, I imagine.
I don't think gaining knowledge is ever a bad thing.
Also, the way you wrote the sentence "He has tried to make a person able to provide medical care in an emergency situation without any help from the professionals" makes it sound like the author is actively encouraging people to do difficult medical procedures without even trying to ask for help or call 911, and that is not the case at all. This book is for those who are in an emergency situation where getting medical help is absolutely impossible, which means they HAVE to do something or the other person is going to die either way.
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It's unfortunate that this is the state of this noble professional now. It makes it even more crucial now to learn some of the basics of emergency medical procedures.ReaderAisha2020 wrote: ↑03 Oct 2021, 14:58 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
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One more difference is reading stuff of off the internet and reading a book by a proper doctor, there is bound to be more carefully given information in a book. Also, some people get anxiety knowing to much about illness and medical information therefore those people must also avoid reading such texts due to adverse mental effects.
So, to reiterate what I said earlier, it lies in a grey area.
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