Why I’m terrible to watch movies with (medical accuracy)

[@liawigle3486]

If they have a patient on a monitor I'll pause to read the vitals and see if its an actual rhythm or aggressive squiggles

[@ada5851]

Yep, after doing some training on a trauma ward, I thought I'd be the one to be like, "No way they'd survive that" when watching action scenes in movies. Instead I'm often like "eh, I've seen a patient survive worse." I do also take issue with the amount of time/extent of recovery characters have from certain injuries.

[@mjackstewart]

I’m the same way about on-screen “hackers”: They seem to rub their hands over the keyboard randomly, then look up and say, “I’m into the CIA mainframe.” ARRRG!

[@madeleinewilliams4543]

What do you think about Mr Robot?

[@mattmaco9065]

As a history major, I cannot watch historical movies anymore unless they are EXTREMELY accurate without cringing and going “um actually.” I feel like right now I can watch medical shows and suspend my disbelief but if I end up going to med school I am sure that will stop lol

[@Lezackd9y]

All the scenes in action movies where someone gets shot and they make a huge deal out of having to dig the bullet out of them as if it's a timebomb that's going to explode.

[@vcostello712]

Lmao yeah like let me dig around in the main character's arm with a utility knife or something instead of, y'know, stopping the bleed

[@blip_bloop]

Only recourse is to nerd out about the craft of movie magic. start learning those secrets of practical effects. really learn to love those Wilhelm screams

[@kas7145]

And the common loon and red tail hawk somehow having colonized the entire world in universe

[@viniciusgiroto]

As a physicist I literally can watch nothing

[@FarewellChorus]

0:32 As an UC patient who had an ostomy for a month while waiting for my ileal j-pouch to heal, I'd prefer if it'd worked out like it did for the guy in the move. Even 12 hours of sepsis doesn't sound too bad, especially after 16 hours waiting for emergency surgery after the pouch perforated; at least the sepsis only happens once.

[@davidhardy4419]

My dad is a biomedical technician for a hospital. I can't watch anything with him that has hospital machines or some sort of biomechanics in it. He is aways like "That's not how that machine is suppose to work" "Why did he press that button for that reason." Its gets an annoying sometimes but that's my dad. lol

[@mikeyfergish]

Might have hit and lacerated his abdominal aorta, not instant but he'd be out in a minute or two.

[@mikeyfergish]

Could have even (unlikely but whatever, Katniss can hold a bow drawn longer than an olympic archer so who knows how steong a bow she can shoot) punched right into his spinal cord and then he's down on his knees (like the movie) instantly

[@Aunruh557]

This disease also affects lawyers. I’m a prosecutor and you don’t wanna be anywhere near me when a cop show or law and order comes on.

[@arielh4058]

No but the *hit pause* “um actually” is my ideal way to watch movies

[@nicolemascarenhas7973]

Medical school ruined HouseMD for me I went from loving the show to absolutely hating it after seeing all the inaccuracies, not just on the medical aspect but also on the administration and overall working of the hospital😂

[@dnatortnator]

Admin firing me on the spot no matter how "good" I am for ordering 20 of the most expensive tests in the hospital every day and insurance covering 3 of them.

[@Zm4rf]

Me, a Canadian, ordering the dumbest shit day in and day out without recourse 😎

[@johnmiskella9981]

Haha I wondered if this was just a me thing, glad others also experience these thoughts

[@amberwyman3176]

I can’t deal with every ETT at 3cm at the lip. Wtf

[@jasonjhiggins]

I would still watch movies with you, bro!

[@vcostello712]

See also: getting bonked on the head and knocked unconscious for multiple hours and waking up mostly fine. if you get hit on the head and you're down for that long you probably have a TBI or worse

[@mitalishinde6890]

And then there's a hero who walks just fine after being in carsh crash with multiple gun shot wounds . Like John Wick.

[@dan2dos2zwei]

For me, I have always been amazed at how protagonists are able to sustain injuries that should warrant considerable blood loss yet somehow remain energized in the fight. I'm just waiting for the movie where the protagonist says "I'm gonna lie down for a nap for a bit and then when I've got more erythrocytes I'll finish my righteous crusade".

[@iparrish17]

Please do more of these!

[@williamhrivnak7345]

Hospital scenes are so bad too. I don’t think I have ever seen an ACLS code in a movie that was at least 50% correct

[@copiouscat]

🤣💀😭 omg id like to Watch movie with you because id actually learn some shxt

[@jacobthiessen7027]

Also, who has time for movies during training/school? I suck to watch with bc everything is 2x baby!

[@HariboStarman]

Maybe it hit the descending aorta 🤷‍♂️

[@nmihnea2630]

Please make a compilation of bad" movie deaths or survivals

[@bptabata]

I cant stand the classic 90s gunshot to the shoulder and the hero is perfectly fine. Axial vessels, brachial plexus, def way too much going on to and have virtually no problems after that.

[@kas7145]

Don't forget one of the most recent Die Hard movies in which Bruce Willis shoots himself in the shoulder to kill the bad guy behind him. The bad guy is hit in roughly the same spot in his shoulder and dies instantly. Then the hero sits on the back of an ambulance to chit chat while a medic gingerly dabs at the bullet wound and gives them a sling. IRL I kick your friends to the curb, one can ride shotgun, and you're going to a level one trauma center.

[@jamesburton1050]

I think I would watch with you!😂

[@masterofdesaster8]

I mean, she could have hit the aorta, but I'm not sure that would cause loc so quickly.

[@samiippotsuboku2580]

Though a destroyed spleen would kill him extremely fast (like 15min to an hour) . . Yeah i see your point

[@Squirrelbear5950]

It hit him in the head in the book

[@lessons_in_tanya]

The amount of completely unrealistic deaths in hollywood has ruined countless movies for me, but I do not work in the medical field, I just happen know what it looks like to be brutally murdered

[@madeleinewilliams4543]

😬

[@lessons_in_tanya]

@@madeleinewilliams4543 at one point in your life, you were also a teenager with unrestricted internet access and boundless curiosity, so don't give me that

[@HariboStarman]

You ever see the stabbing death in the movie 1917? Surprisingly legit

[@itspresro]

Yeah really fascinating

[@theparaminuteman]

I had the exact same thought when I watched it. Long ass knife too.

[@theparaminuteman]

As a Paramedic. Yes. 1000000% Yes. Fucking aggravating.

[@orxanmamedov2671]

Relatable AF

[@lobsterairsoft499]

Abdominal aorta?

[@madeleinewilliams4543]

Literally anything sci fy that isn’t hard science fiction makes me cringe and roll my eyes. I almost turned off Prometheus because it was so silly. On the other hand, I’m a linguist and Arrival was fun to watch

[@Pancakesurpreme]

FIRST

[@Forge17]

UMM ACKTUALLY 🤓 😂

[@enacte]

Me irl

[@UUwUU80]

You’re a dork 😊

[@harrisonzhu3300]

Just assume they pass out from shock lol

[@theparaminuteman]

Thats..... not what shock is or how shock works.

[@harrisonzhu3300]

@@theparaminuteman shock is hypotension you’re saying someone in hemorrhagic shock can’t pass out?