Hospital Ship is good but I get the feeling that it would have been much better had it not been a melodrama. I’m seriously looking forward to some medical fact checking of ep 5.
Hahahah! Oh cmon! You cant enjoy Hospital Ship if u expect it to check medical facts…! I mean such major surgery on a rocking boat at sea in a storm so bad that the coast guard cant come?!? What is the surgery room insulated to avoid/cancel vibrations/movement ala high end optical tables?!
My policy is treat it as a semi-fantasy drama and enjoy the performance!
I have suspended disbelief about the rocking boat thing from the get go. I’ve convinced myself that the ship uses some ridiculous high tech/futuristic dampeners that stabilise the operating rooms only. That and/or magic. But come on. It’s a medical show. I need to have some reality to grasp at with the diagnoses and operations at least. I mean, they are doing a pretty good job of depicting human nature with most of the cast. Help me along with the medical side as well.
Futuristic dampeners and tech sounds about right! I’m just gonna apply that to the medicine too.. did u notice that the hand wasnt even kept on ice while she was sowing it back on?! i rather not go there..!
lol. I think the other reason why I’m questioning the medical side of things is because there are beanies who work in the field who give their analysis. So whenever I read their comments on shows that are way less difficult to suspend disbelief and I think about I compare this show…😂
Ooh @purebristles posted this on the HS recap thread (only recently, so i think most of us missed it).. Cant figure out how to link the post, so copy pasting the comment:
“Actually hospital ships do conduct surgery — yes it’s not the most ideal conditions but if the ship is large enough and the weather calm enough, the ships are very stable. Do look at the amazing work folk are doing on the Africa Mercy https://www.mercyships.org/who-we-are/our-ships/the-africa-mercy/”
Pretty amazing huh?! I checked out the site and they do all kinds of surgery on board! Wowzy.. didnt have time to check what kinda technology they use though..
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hades
September 6, 2017 at 7:50 PM
Hospital Ship is good but I get the feeling that it would have been much better had it not been a melodrama. I’m seriously looking forward to some medical fact checking of ep 5.
Rainbow Unicorn
September 6, 2017 at 8:29 PM
Hahahah! Oh cmon! You cant enjoy Hospital Ship if u expect it to check medical facts…! I mean such major surgery on a rocking boat at sea in a storm so bad that the coast guard cant come?!? What is the surgery room insulated to avoid/cancel vibrations/movement ala high end optical tables?!
My policy is treat it as a semi-fantasy drama and enjoy the performance!
hades
September 7, 2017 at 4:32 AM
I have suspended disbelief about the rocking boat thing from the get go. I’ve convinced myself that the ship uses some ridiculous high tech/futuristic dampeners that stabilise the operating rooms only. That and/or magic. But come on. It’s a medical show. I need to have some reality to grasp at with the diagnoses and operations at least. I mean, they are doing a pretty good job of depicting human nature with most of the cast. Help me along with the medical side as well.
Rainbow Unicorn
September 7, 2017 at 4:45 AM
Futuristic dampeners and tech sounds about right! I’m just gonna apply that to the medicine too.. did u notice that the hand wasnt even kept on ice while she was sowing it back on?! i rather not go there..!
hades
September 7, 2017 at 4:53 AM
lol. I think the other reason why I’m questioning the medical side of things is because there are beanies who work in the field who give their analysis. So whenever I read their comments on shows that are way less difficult to suspend disbelief and I think about I compare this show…😂
Rainbow Unicorn
September 7, 2017 at 7:31 PM
Ooh @purebristles posted this on the HS recap thread (only recently, so i think most of us missed it).. Cant figure out how to link the post, so copy pasting the comment:
“Actually hospital ships do conduct surgery — yes it’s not the most ideal conditions but if the ship is large enough and the weather calm enough, the ships are very stable. Do look at the amazing work folk are doing on the Africa Mercy https://www.mercyships.org/who-we-are/our-ships/the-africa-mercy/”
Pretty amazing huh?! I checked out the site and they do all kinds of surgery on board! Wowzy.. didnt have time to check what kinda technology they use though..