@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 year agoGuerilla in Vietnam being treated in a makeshift swamp operating room, 1970lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5arrow-up1192arrow-down13
arrow-up1189arrow-down1imageGuerilla in Vietnam being treated in a makeshift swamp operating room, 1970lemmy.world@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square5
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish27•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-square@DoxinlinkfedilinkEnglish4•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