I'm watching MASH and one common event in a number of episodes is that they are in the OR for 20+ hours operating on wounded folks.
I thought the purpose of a MASH unit was to stabilize the patients and then ship them to a specialty hospital for further care. Does the show depict MASH units from the Korean War truthfully to some extent, at least in how they operate?
>>28288248
>I thought the purpose of a MASH unit was to stabilize the patients and then ship them to a specialty hospital for further care
Which is exactly what they do. Do you think there's only 10 casualties for a battle? They just don't always show the hundreds of casualties they get over the course of a 5-6 hour offensive. There's also cases where they might have to spend a lot of time on a single patient to get him stable.
>>28288274
How do they offset fatigue exactly after 20+ hours? From the shows standpoint they have 4-5 surgeons. Just breaks every few hours or so for 20 minute times?
>>28288289
Coffee. Lots and lots of fucking coffee. When there's a few days between such exertion, you can deal with it without too much issue. Surgeons today do it a lot as well, look at the heart transplants and shit that take the better part of a day.
>>28288309
Do they just scrub out and scrub in between the breaks? I wish my only exposure to this side of the war wasn't a comedy sitcom. It's a very interesting subject.
>>28288289
By being dedicated and caring about what they do and who they help.
>>28288328
>MASH
>Comedy
It ain't all fun and games man. Are you only season two or three?
And yes, any time they leave the OR they have to rescrub. I imagine they do a light one every few patients as well from having to switch gowns and such.
>>28288344
I just finished the episode when Blake died and Trapper leaves in the next episode. I know Alan Alda takes over in the next season and it begins to get a fuck ton more serious.
>>28288358
Season six is where I remember it gets noticeably darker. That's the point they've been in Korea for a full year and realize it's not ending anytime soon.
>>28288371
fuck. well thanks for answering my questions anon
>>28288344
It was a comedy. The later episodes are crap.
https://desustorage.org/k/search/username/The_Ant_Man/tripcode/%21KpuDfj7%2F2s/
Imagine if antman was the surgeon/medic in that period of time...
>>28290968
I actually think it gets better once Winchester gets there. It gets a bit darker but they still have enough humor to make it tolerable. My parents actually thought Scrubs reminded them of it, with the mix of humor and serious topics.
>>28291043
Then the whole series just turns into Dexter 3.0 korea war edition
People forget: First there was a book. Then there was a movie with Donald Sutherland in it. Both come highly recommended.
>>28290968
Shut your whore mouth.
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Truthfully enough for the purposes of comedy and melodrama.
I was up for 36 hours the first deployment. I had to establish radio, radio, and internet comms for my aviation bn in afghanistan.
>>28291154
Implying the Potter era was better than the Blake era... Puh-leeze.
>>28291178
It was the Alan Ada directed episodes that forgot they were comedy. Canuk was just bitching about Vietnam the entire time.
>>28288248
>they are in the OR for 20+ hours operating on wounded folks
not just person, as they were responsible for entire sections of the front line.
Yeah, they would work 20+ hrs in a row, but not on one person.
>>28291149
Haven't read the book but the movie was alright. It didn't have much of a plot, more of a collection of shenanigans, so the series followed that pretty well.
>>28288289
They can work many, many hours even in training.
>>28288289
Sometimes surgeons took naps in turn if it went on for a long time.
>>28291149
The book was amusing, nothing amazing. Well, unless you count an epilectic whore amazing.
>>28291268
>The movie didn't have much of a plot, more of a collection of shenanigans
I haven't seen the film, but I have seen the book, and that's all it was.
>>28291043
>be me
>be wounded in the leg and arm by some north gook from the other side
>be sent off to get my wounds treated because I'm a fucking faggot
>end up in M.A.S.H. medical camp
>get escorted off the helicopter and put in one of the medical rooms
>meet this nurse that comes to tell me to relax and stay calm the doctor will be here soon
>"how soon nurse?"
>she gives me this creepy smile and says "soon"
>laying on the medical bed hurting I hear screams and shouts of laughter in the other medical barracks
>"oh dear god"
>>28291464
>suddenly see "hawkeye" coming by then feel calmed down
>"oh hey there soldier I see you got a few bullet holes in y'all?"
>"y-yeah doc you gonna help me?"
>he looks at me and says "nope not my shift I'm gonna go play golf with my buddies but theres a new doctor that just got here and he's making a killing haha!"
>huh what?
>he walks off and I hear something shuffling outside and hear laughing
>see this doctor that's covered in blood and is wearing this scarecrow head of some kind and is covered with ants all over his body
>what the holy hell?
>"AH HELLO THERE FRIEND I WILL BE YOUR DOCTOR TODAY AND BOY I DO SEE A MIGHTY HOLES IN YOU KIDDO BUT DON'T YOU WORRY I WILL GET YOU PATCHED UP IN NO TIME!"
>"oh dear fucking god!"
>he walks over and just starts grabbing blood covered tools off from some other counters and starts digging into my wounds
>"HOLY FUCKING SHIT GODDAMNIT IT FUCKING HURTS FUCK JESUS!"
>he just cobtinues to rip through and then he shouts "HERE COMES THE CHOO CHOO HAND!" as he plunges it down into my wound and pulls out a bullet
>traumatised and hurting I spoke up "why -cough- man why?"
>"NO TIME FOR NUMBING THE PAIN THE BULLETS GOTTA GO AND TRUST ME I'M A DOCTOR WITH GREAT SKILLS!"
>he pulls out this rusted knife and starts digging into my other wound and somehow I don't pass out from the pain but he gets the other bullet out and just shouts "ANOTHER SOLDIER READY FOR ACTION FOR THE ALMIGHTY GOD!"
>"your fucking crazy!"
>he just stands there and looks at me with those soulless eyes
>"I'M NOT CRAZY DON'T CALL ME CRAZY AH FUCK MY HEAD HURTS I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS FUCK!"
>I was terrified at this point as he grabs me by my neck and starts to choke me but then stood and tells me "SORRY MY HEAD LIKES TO TELL ME TO DO THINGS DON'T WORRY A NURSE WILL COME BY SHORTLY NOW I GOT OTHER CHILDREN OF MINE TO GO SAVE!"
>he gets in all fours and crawls away
>now suffering from severe PTSD and have extreme fears of doctors now
>>28288248
IIRC during the Tet offensive three USMC surgeons in one hospital operated for 72 hours straight
Wish i could remember the source.
>>28292337
You mean Navy surgeons. Marine corps doesn't have medics or doctors, they just use corpsmen and doctors from the Navy.
>>28292383
That's correct. I couldn't remember if USMC had their own docs. I doubted it but was just too plain lazy to check
>>28290968
It goes from a good comedy to GOAT tv dramedy.
>>28291199
>Alan Alda
>Canuk
You mean New Yorker
>implying he and Jamie Farr weren't the only two cast members who served IRL
>>28290968
>It was a comedy.
For the first half yes.
>The later episodes are crap.
You shut your whore mouth.
>>28292450
This.
>>28288344
It goes from modern comedy to classic comedy. I personally love that.
