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A relative served in the U.S. Army as a doctor many decades ago and said some of the training involved shooting goats with a small caliber gun, removing the bul
by ilamont 9y ago
A relative served in the U.S. Army as a doctor many decades ago and said some of the training involved shooting goats with a small caliber gun, removing the bullets, and stitching them up. His specialty was not surgery - I assume this was training for basic field medicine and emergencies.
I've read somewhere that Navy Corpsmen have a training exercise in which a pig is anesthetized and then burned or shot and the job of the corpsman is to keep it alive as long as possible.
ETA: This was happening in 2012 but PETA objected (1); I am not sure if it's still part of the program.
1. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/pigs-military-medic-training-san-diego-county.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/pigs-military-...
- sandworm101 9y agoPart fact, part fiction. Some of that did happen but many stories dont add up. For instance the common tale of removing bullets from animals: Why? That isn't part of a medics job. One would never attempt to remove a bullet in the field. Such actions would do far more harm than good. Even in hospital it is often much better to leave the bullet in, at least until the patient is stable.