Ophthalmology Visits Rural Medicine

Texaco Mike and Jonathan out here saving eyeballs

[sunnyyish]

I believe that the day Texaco Mike and Jonathan team up, we might finally fix the entire US Healthcare system

[Ciborium]

I love how Jonathan has already acclimated to the local culture so soon after arriving.

[Matrim]

Jonathan: ::walks up::
Texaco Mike: ?
Jonathan: ::stares at Mike::
Mike: ::stares at Jonathan::
Jonathan: ::stares at Mike::
Mike: ::nods::
Jonathan: ::nods::

Then they get to work

[SayakaYukikoSayuri]

I feel that Jonathan and Texaco Mike would get along great, both are doing impossible things on a daily basis 😊😂

[benczech]

Texaco Mike is rapidly becoming the most fleshed out character and we will never see him.
Runs a Texaco, Fan boat service, MRI scans, probably a few things I'm forgetting and now a homemade observatory.
Truly a modern renaissance man

[katherinemccroary]

As an internal medicine doctor who sees way too many patients for 'cardiac clearance' for cataract surgery, that last part made me cackle

[Jenna]

The one thing vetinaries and rural doctos have in common. They do everything.

[Hagop]

If you made a 2nd channel of just Rural Medicine, I wouldn't be mad.

[BigbyOShaunessy]

I really enjoy your self-deprecation when it comes to doing medicine below the bridge of the nose. But I love it when it’s put into a skit. “Technically.” 😂

[Drave_Jr.]

It's Texaco Mike who can build almost anything for multiple purposes and Johnathan, the man who doesn't care about limitations. That rural hospital is going to be way more effective now.
Also, Ophthalmology might need two Johnathans now, one for loaning to someone else, and another to do his work for him.

[onlyinsomniac]

Who else keeps tuning in for the epic saga of Texaco Mike?

[snackie]

honestly surprised Jonathan didn't have a microscope on hand and ready to use 😂

[GreenPhoton]

"non eye doctor". What's funny is that this is literally true. He's literally the doctor for everything else.

[ffwast]

"Give me a Texaco Mike and a Jonathan and I can move the world" -rural medicine

[amgoudman]

I was working in an extremely remote (read: fly-in only) community and a patient came in with a speck of stone in his eye. He had been carving, a traditional activity in this area, and hadn't been wearing safety glasses. I was concerned we might have to send him out, but a Morgan lens got the piece out. (For laypeople: a Morgan lens resembles a contact lens but it has a tube attached. You hook this up to a set of IV tubing and use it to flush out the eye.) I sent him home with a strong recommendation to use safety glasses when carving.

[AlexBesogonov]

"Well, technically". This goes really well with the "From a doctor licensed in the US" placard.

[palexander]

I work in rural medicine in Northern Maine with a lot of potato farmers and dairy farmers. This stuff is spot on. We truly have to be jacks of all trades for lack of specialist and our community of patients are tough as nails.

[stephanieparker]

I finally got to use something I’ve learned from your videos. My knee is super painful so I went to my doctor, she said she starts with X-rays then ultrasound.. because my insurance doesn’t cover an MRI without a fight. I said, “that’s ok, I’ll swing by Texaco Mike’s”… she laughed! 🎉🎉

[Alex-rgyb]

I'm sure Jonathan and Texaco Mike will become great friends

[carols-corner]

This was gold! I love Jonathan’s rural look! 😂 and that no matter how ridiculous the request, his nod is always there for us 🥰