I called the Medics, who came and picked him up and took him to the hospital. Next day I checked on how he was - only to be told that since they couldn’t understand his babbling, they put him in the psycho ward.<<<
It has not changed any, a few months ago a friend went back in for a year, and came out as a very unhappy man.
He too was involved in training.
At times I have thought that the military is designed for self defeat.
And yet, over the years, I have known Navy Corpsmen that trained as hard as any doctor and wanted to be the “Best” they could be, so as usual, it is the group on that day, who gets talked about.
You think babbling got him in trouble, as the wife of a Navy man stationed on a Submarine, we had a Navy Doctor to call for help.
As usual when I took new foster kids, they brought a disease with them, that year, it was mumps and I spent Christmas with 4 or 5 kids and MYself, all full mumps. And of course a husband at sea.
The Navy Doctor did not have a clue on how to treat a woman with the mumps, when I called, he said he only treated men with mumps and I would need to go to the Navy Hospital.
Think of how I could have spread it further....
>>>Navy Corpsmen that trained as hard as any doctor and wanted to be the “Best” they could be<<<
Sometimes they carry things too far though.
When i was at Ft. Wolters, TX, a number of doctors were behind in certain procedures - they needed X number of them to maintain their proficiency.
So, the next 16 men who came in, got Spinal Taps - then next batch got appendectomies. Need it or not!
Big blow up over that one... ‘Troop, report to room 2354 at the Base Hospital... You are scheduled for a procedure.’ was the order of the day till the IG, Base Commander, and 4th Army Commander all gathered and officially put a stop to it.
Just needed a few cadavers to practice on to maintain proficiency... They were US.....
Shots were something else too... being STRAC mobile, we had to be prepared to leave at the drop of a hat for anywhere in the world there was a problem. So we got shots on top of shots. Typically you would run the gauntlet getting two shots in each arm. Everything from Yellow Fever to Tetanus to Beri Beri - My shot record was FULL and they even attached a second card on all of ours.
Worst time was when man ahead of me fainted - I caught him under the arms, and while he was out, they gave him all 4 of his shots - while still holding him, they gave me my 4.
You cannot imagine the feeling of a needle being jabbed into an extremely tight muscle and the serum injected. It was 3 or 4 days before I could even lift my arm to salute. Had to do some maneuvering to dip my head low enough to give a salute by lowering my head rather than raising my arm. (of course the guy who was out, felt no pain and no aftermath) I must be doing something wrong... Next time he can go all the way to the floor and get them there... Then let those medics pick him up! I’ll just put my reflexes on hold.....LOL