DU medical professionals, what if you had to treat Rush?

[MindPilot]

I know you are supposed to not even consider things outside of the fact that it is a person who needs care, but man, if you got Rush Limbaugh laying there it would have to be a very tough thing to look past.

[el_bryanto]

1. Remember your Hippopotamus oath! n/t

[Xipe Totec]

2. if I saw Rush Limbaugh laying there, I'd think it was a luau n/t

[liberal N proud]

13. +

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[samplegirl]

17. OMG!!!!!!!

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[no_hypocrisy]

3. I'd be worried that he'd sue me for malpractice no matter what I did right if he knew if I

was a registered democrat.

[PCIntern]

4. conflicted...

really conflicted.

I guess I'd do what I could...

I would just remind all of the line (paraphrased) from the film Serpico: "It isn't that we'll do anything to you, but we might not be there when you need us most."

[Kansas Wyatt]

5. I'm not a medical professional, but I recommend...

A permanent ventilator.

[Barack_America]

6. I'd do it. The man is not worth throwing away my career or my ethics.

I'd give him the best care I could and keep my mouth shut about it so I could keep my job. Not as much out of any compassion for him, but I've trained for this career so I could help others and he's not worth giving that up.

[JohnnyLib2]

18. Good to hear.

[onenote]

7. wow. just wow.

I can only imagine the reaction here if/when the bozos in freeperland started a thread suggesting it would okay for medical professionals not to give full care to someone they don't like.

[MindPilot]

14. I did not even come close to suggesting withholding care.

I'm kind of surprised you read it that way.

My OP is just asking for opinions from medical people who might be confronted with that situation.

[izquierdista]

8. Cage rest

Lots of leafy greens, maybe turn up his heat lamp.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. What does 'first, do no harm' mean in a case like Rush's? nt

[berni_mccoy]

21. Minimize the damage which would be unavoidable operating on a non-human species.

Doctors are trained on humans, not pigs.

[Warpy]

10. Changing a rotten personality was never my job

although setting some limits so the bastard didn't drive me and everyone else nuts was.

I'm sure his care is impersonal and professional.

Nurses have to deal with all kinds, including child rapists, wife beaters, gang bangers, and other lowlife.

I'm sure the staff is taking Limbag in stride.

[hlthe2b]

11. There was a recent episode of "House" that dealt with treating ....

a fictional African leader guilty of genocide.... It was an interesting ethical consideration and I couldn't help but think the "easy" thing to do is that which you were expected to do-- ignore any feelings towards the man and treat him like any other. Interestingly, one of the more idealistic (and arguably "brave") docs treating him believed that he owed more to the people at risk from this man than to the individual patient and made a conscious decision to do less than required to save him.

Rush Limbaugh may be many things but certainly does not equate to this scenario... I would try to treat him with as much respect and professionalism as I would anyone and hope that by doing, I might send a message or even a lesson to him... As to the genocidal dictator, who knows until faced with such....

[WI_DEM]

12. I think any physician would put politica behind them and ably treat any person

including Rush.

[randr]

15. There is a great joke about who to save--

Maybe someone could find it and we can all have a good laugh!

[bigwillq]

16. I hope they would do their job

Do all they can to save a life.

[HopeHoops]

19. The hospital had to call in a large animal veterinarian.

Nobody at the hospital was trained in his species.

[still_one]

20. What a bullshit question. Any medical professional who didn't proper care to ANY patient

not only should be doing something else, but should be fired immediately

[MindPilot]

25. No it's not a bullshit question.

Of course they will be professional; I want to know how they feel about it.

[still_one]

28. ok /nt

[onenote]

29. thanks for the clarification. the OP wasn't that clear, imo

[MindPilot]

30. Yeah, I kind of gathered that.

Hard to tell sometimes how people will read something.

[berni_mccoy]

22. Damnit Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a Veterinarian!

[MindPilot]

26. LOL!!

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[kestrel91316]

24. Physicians need to butt out. Only veterinarians can treat pigs.

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[Hoopla Phil]

27. IIRC it was a Dem doctor that operated on Ragan when he was shot.