Treating a Nation of Anxious Wimps

Admitedly, this next article might not be your normal prophetic article....but it does give us a clear window into what this nation has become.

30-40 years ago we were a nation of children who climbed trees, made forts in the woods, built go carts with no brakes, went skating on ponds with no adults in sight...the lists go on and on.

Today we have become a nation of wimps that calls the ambulance when we get a bee sting.  This is having a calamitous effect on the health care field and also will have a calamitous effect on the expenses paid by all of us.

It may be just one more nail in the USA's coffin.

Healthcare costs too much in our country because we deliver too much healthcare. We deliver too much because we demand too much. And we demand it for all the wrong reasons. We’re turning into a nation of anxious wimps.

I still love my job; very few things are as emotionally rewarding as relieving true pain and suffering, sharing compassionate care and actually saving lives. Illness and injury will always require the best efforts our medical system can provide. But emergency departments nationwide are being overwhelmed by the non-emergent, and doctors in general are asked to treat what doesn’t need treatment.

In a single night I had patients come in for the following complaints (all brought by ambulance): “Smoked marijuana and got dizzy”, “stung by a bee and it hurts”, “got drunk and have a hangover”, “sat out in the sun and got sunburn”, “ate Mexican food and threw up”, “picked my nose and it bled, but now it stopped”, “just had sex and want to know if I’m pregnant.”

Here;  http://www.epmonthly.com/columns/in-my-opinion/treating-a-nation-of-anxious-wimps/?_ft_qid=5695300947057173307

There was a famous saying by some French dude that basically said, "Tomorrow's soldiers are being made on the playgrounds today." 

I just finished watching Band of Brothers which is true stories from WWII and the intense physical stamina of those soldiers 65 years ago.  It makes me wonder if we have any of the manly-men today that we had in generations past...or if the men today are more concerned about getting their nails and hair done?

Hat tip to Julie E.