Norman McSwain was one man but through his work developing PHTLS (Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support) and introducing modern EMS practices to numerous countries around the globe he truly did save countless lives. He has been credited for doing more to reduce the homicide in New Orleans than any mayor or police commissioner because he taught the trauma surgeons that increased survival from penetrating wounds and was an incredibly skilled surgeon himself. His work with the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Committee helped reduce battlefield fatality rates to historic lows.
The statistics don't take into account the kind of doctor you choose to be. If you choose to join a posh private practice and treat little old ladies who "just don't feel quite right" you may not save a lot of lives. But if you choose to be on the front lines, for instance one of the last doctors out of Charity hospital after Katrina, and spread knowledge far and wide you may just save more than "ninety lives".
We all get the same 24 hours in each day. Norman just used them better than most of us.
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Norman McSwain was one man but through his work developing PHTLS (Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support) and introducing modern EMS practices to numerous countries around the globe he truly did save countless lives. He has been credited for doing more to reduce the homicide in New Orleans than any mayor or police commissioner because he taught the trauma surgeons that increased survival from penetrating wounds and was an incredibly skilled surgeon himself. His work with the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Committee helped reduce battlefield fatality rates to historic lows.
The statistics don't take into account the kind of doctor you choose to be. If you choose to join a posh private practice and treat little old ladies who "just don't feel quite right" you may not save a lot of lives. But if you choose to be on the front lines, for instance one of the last doctors out of Charity hospital after Katrina, and spread knowledge far and wide you may just save more than "ninety lives".
We all get the same 24 hours in each day. Norman just used them better than most of us.