Things I'll Never Do As A Doctor

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[trichlorophenate]

This is such a cool format. As a computer scientist, theres many things I would never do that people normally aren't aware of are problematic and it can be frustrating at times to see friends or family lose access to accounts, get information stolen etc. that could have been prevented with a 5min talk about the right topic, and when it comes to our health getting this kind of information out there is even more important! I'd love to see this become a recurring format!

[varisgupta]

Re: legs on the dash

I work on cars, and I can't stress enough how dangerous it is to put not only your legs, but just *anything* on top of an airbag. I've seen people put mats to protect the dash, I've seen people glue/tape objects right on top of where the air bag itself pops out of. Not only does this make the airbag less effective (practically useless if you put a mat/rug on it), but it creates a projectile that is going to be aimed directly at you, cause the air bag is designed to shoot towards the passenger.

[christinaandre]

I'm a nurse practitioner I specialize in rural medicine. One thing I would never do is avoid calling 911 in an emergency or delay seeing a provider because it requires traveling to the next town. I've seen too many people die unnecessarily or have organ damage or disfigurement because they did not want to seek care. In rural medicine, we make house calls. Please call us.

[kaylakinker]

I'm a PCP and my husband is a vascular surgeon. We both agree, smoking cigarettes is one the absolute worst things you can do and once you start it's so hard to quit. Hypertension, copd, heart attack, strokes, loss of limbs, and dozens of cancers are all linked to smoking. Ick.

[Eroc]

1 thing I'll never do as a doctor : never eat an apple...
Yall 10k?

[ocdandanxiety]

Very eye opening! If you ever do one for mental health...I've got plenty of "things I'd never do!" Keep up the good work!

[HananSaleh-yl]

Concise medical advice from large number of experts in 10 minutes. Great idea dr. Mike. Thank you a lot.

[RxPulsePixie]

Omg, please keep doing this! Getting the perspective from all specialties in one space is rare and incredibly helpful :]

[FootDocDana]

These are all such good tips! 💯 And thanks for inviting me to this video!

[TitLeeEst]

That "ignore serious head injury" one. Yeah. I fell off a jungle gym at age 6. Broke my left arm. The doctor did a basic concussion check, set my bone and splinted me up. 12 years later I was diagnosed with epilepsy due to a traumatic brain injury in my left temporal lobe. Every neurologist I have seen was shocked I developed as well as I did at the amount of tissue that was damaged. Ended up just having the entire anterior temporal lobe removed because medication wasn't working.

[giddyninja]

These are all great I am not a doctor but I am an xray tech. Something I would never do as an xray tech is wear a claw clip in my hair when I am in a car, ride a motorized scooter or bike, ride an ATV, drink and drive (even a golf cart), get on a motorcycle without every protection known to man, and a million other things. Being in healthcare, especially a hospital setting in my case, opens your eyes a lot to the dangers you can put yourself in without even thinking about it.

[soniadoc]

As a fellow doctor from the UK and a new YouTube content creator, I appreciate how you keep your message simple and engaging 👍

[aceace]

as someone who, at 15 had spinal surgery that went wrong and left me paralysed for life (now 39), Dr Mikes one hit hard. my case was for scoliosis and was too severe for other treatments but not at the point it had to be done because the main issue i had was back pain, which progressively strong pain killers were solving (that a bullying at school about the hump back).

I went ahead because online it said anything over 45 degrees is severe enough for surgery and i was in pain allot and as i was young and still growing it seemed highly likely it would eventually get severe enough.

The surgeon gave me confidence everything would be fine, telling me how they monitor the spine multiple times per second and reverse right away if anything happens, and he had done it over 150 times before. only for him to use another approach and only check every 15 minutes the spine was ok, then when he paralysed mne and the alarm went off he just turned off the alarm and carried on.

Yes i sued, and got a settlement but we live in the uk and the settlement was not as good as you would expect, its so frustrating seeing compensation payouts for less severe injuries people get at over double what i ended up getting sigh. but im a lucky one so i count my blessing anyway

[ignitionfrn]

0:10 - Family medicine
0:30 - Gastroenterologist
1:00 - Podiatry
1:15 - Rheumatology
1:40 - Facial plastic surgery
2:15 - Pediatry
3:00 - Spine surgery
3:25 - Obesity medicine
3:45 - Ophtalmology
4:05 - Urology & pelvic surgery
4:45 - Gastroenterology part 2
5:10 - Ophtalmology part 2
5:35 - Plastic surgery
6:15 - Psychiatry
6:55 - Plastic surgery part 2
7:30 - Dermatology
7:55 - Cardiology
8:30 - Hematology & oncology
9:00 - Conclusion

[laurenspiridigliozzi]

Thank you for saying a patient should not rush to have surgery. I have metarsal tendonitis in my right foot. The doctor who diagnosed me immediately suggested surgery after doing X-rays. I got a second opinion. The new doctor said surgery is optional and gave me suggestions for managing pain.

[Geechee_Chick]

0:13 thank you. People are always trying to force surgery onto me. I hate that people minimize spinal surgery and act like its not a big deal. They shrug off the possible risks and side effects and act like im acting strange for choosing to manage my condition thru daily exercise and physical therapy. Im not getting surgery if i don't have to

[americaroleplayer]

You have no idea the amount of relief the first 30 seconds of this video has given me. I have severe scoliosis and I have had SO MANY PEOPLE tell me I should just get surgery to fix it. Mind you, the one doctor I saw about it over a decade ago said NOT to get the surgery. But now thanks to all these obnoxious friends I have this little voice in the back of my head wondering if I should. . . THANK YOU!!!! At least now I know I have the time to wait and make an educated decision on it.

[Markrose]

Neurologist and concussion specialist here. Chiropractic manipulation of the neck, especially the NUCCA/Atlantoaxial manipulation stuff. It has a high rate of vertebral artery dissection with subsequent posterior. circulation strokes

[dextrition]

The legs on the dash one- not only are the airbags a problem but when you get into a crash there's insane stopping force applied to the car and the inertia from the car travels to you and you get sent flying. if your legs are on the dash there's a huge chance of injury especially if your car was hit front on.

[valravn]

Not rushing into surgery unless absolutely necessary is a good advice across the board