re: Black Woman Says Flight Crew Refused to Believe She Was a Doctor

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Every female physician is believed to be a nurse until proven otherwise.

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Because 100% of nurses* historically have been female.


























*wet ones

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‘oh no sweetie put your hand down, we are looking for actual physicians or nurses or some type of medical personnel, we don’t have time to talk to you.’ I tried to inform her that I was a physician but I was continually cut off by condescending remarks.”

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BALLS!!!!

A flight crew is looking for ANYBODY in that situation. A friend of mine was on a similar flight. She's just a nurse like me. no docs on the plane. She is IRL a frazzled mess at work, so I can't imagine how she handled this situation. Guy was having a heart attack. They deferred to HER about landing (sort of.. I'm sure the Captain wanted to land but any support was taken) the plane. She told them to land.

There is quite a bit of equipment on flights. I don't know if it is universal or dependent on flight and duration or time over water (away from hospitals), but there is a ton of shite on their that really needs MD, RN or Paramedics to use. Another doc I know was on an international flight and a passenger went down. They brought out the "kit" to her and she was like "WTF"...? Ton of meds on there.

What I CAN see happened is the flight being a Houston flight had a shite ton of medical staff on board. And she walked up and the person was surrounded. Not much room in that kitchen and 4-5 "cooks" would make that a fricking circus.

But the notion that a flight attendant had balls enough to tell someone saying "I'm a doc!", "Nah I got dis'!" I call bullshite.