Re:Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pil...
by lvs on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @01:33PM
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Is it common for surgeons to have scalpels at home?
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Re:Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pil...
by Turing_Machine on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @01:53PM
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Sure. At one time every doctor had a medical bag with scalpels, sutures, basic medications, etc. that they carried with them everywhere they went. I think it's still pretty common (though maybe not as common as it was in the days when doctors made house calls).
Re:Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pil...
by fragmede on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @01:43PM
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Unfortunately I'm not finding anything via Google to back me up, but in my experience, yes, it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Scalpel-Blades-10-Box-100/dp/B0008FUQ2... It's not like it's at all expensive either.
Re:Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pil...
by kjs3 on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @03:06PM
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Every single surgeon, nurses, PAs, PTs and med students I know does (and since my wife is in the business, that's a lot).
Re:Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pil...
by icambron on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:25PM
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She's an internist, not a surgeon, but my wife has no shortage of simple medical equipment in our home.
Re:Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pil...
by AndrewGreen on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @01:45PM
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A friend of mine who's an ER doctor removed a mole for me at his kitchen table with kit he had in the house.
Re:Cops find five Indian Ocean practice runways in MH370 pil...
by bunderbunder on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:51PM
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And suture packs, too.