Why You NEVER Try to Cut Off a Marine’s Arm 😳
A Marine recounts waking up during surgery on a hospital ship when doctors attempted to amputate his arm due to muscle damage from combat wounds. He violently resisted the procedure, striking a doctor and knocking over surgical instruments, until guards intervened and assured him they would not proceed with the amputation, which calmed him down.
Summary
The speaker describes being admitted to a hospital ship where he was prepared for surgery. Upon examination, two doctors discovered that his arm had sustained severe damage with all the muscle tissue destroyed by gunfire. The doctors determined that amputation was necessary and that he would be better served with an artificial arm. As one doctor reached for a surgical saw to begin the amputation, the speaker regained full consciousness. Alarmed and unwilling to lose his arm, he reacted violently—striking the doctor hard enough to knock him across the room and overturning the surgical instruments and tray. Two military guards immediately entered and restrained him on both sides. Despite his physical resistance, the speaker continued protesting that they would not amputate his arm. The guards reassured him that the amputation would not proceed. This promise calmed the speaker sufficiently for him to relax and return to sleep.
Key Insights
- The speaker's arm had completely lost all muscle tissue from gunfire, prompting doctors to recommend amputation as the better treatment option
- A doctor began reaching for a surgical saw to perform the amputation procedure without the speaker's conscious consent
- Upon fully waking during surgery, the speaker physically assaulted the doctor, striking him hard enough to knock him across the room and overturn the surgical tray
- Two guards were stationed nearby and immediately intervened when the speaker began resisting the medical procedure
- A simple verbal reassurance from the guards that the amputation would not proceed was sufficient to calm the speaker and allow him to return to sleep
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Transcript
[0:00] I got laid down on a hospital ship. There's two doctors in the surgery room. They look at my arm. All the muscle had gone. [music] All shot out. So, the one doctor said, "Well, we're going to have to take it off and he can use you better with a artificial [music] arm." That woke me up. He started grabbing for the saw to cut my arm off. About that time I woke up really good and I hit him and knocked him across the room. Knocked over the surgical tray. About [singing and music] that time two guards came in and got a hold of me on both sides. I kept yelling, "I told you [0:31] you're…
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