Could a vet deliver a baby?

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I'm just pondering the crossover of medical and surgical skills between vets and doctors. I think a vet could do a cesarean in a pinch because they learn about such a wide variety of species.

I'm not pregnant.

I think anyone with medical training who could stay a bit calmer would be better than the average person, so broadly yes.

Also, could they remove a bullet, hook up an IV and stitch it up. Fairly certain I could remove a bullet.

Yes but then so could I if it were a non complicated birth, plenty of partners deliver babies unexpectedly.

If you mean could they perform a c section in emergency? Well yes perhaps especially with guidance over the phone, whereas you or I couldn’t.

Vets train for longer than Drs, I don’t know if it’s true but my Dad told me vets can practice on people but Drs can’t treat animals. My Dad cones up with loads of weird stuff though so I take everything with a pinch of salt.

I’d say yes, but then whenever I’m feeling sick or need surgery I always say I’d rather go to the vets, you can always get a same day appt.

It’s cleaner and nicer than my local NHS!

Strange musings OP. Think you could use this in a book😂

I knew of a bloke who worked for BOAC who delivered a baby (his daughter). A vet would have no trouble.

[Long story. His DW went into labour early while they were in the middle of nowhere.]

A vet who works with mammals would have the skills and experience for most aspects of human treatment. So yes, but it wouldn't necessarily be legal. But why do you ask?

I would trust a vet to do a c section, would probably be more simple for them compared to some of the animals they work on.

Yes, a c section, vets probably perform surgery most weeks so could view the operation as a large primate.

I always think the vets is nicer than the Dr's. If sick I would rather see the vet, same day appointment, xray machines on site, all the staff love the patients and make a huge fuss of them.

I guess the anatomy is pretty much the same as a big monkey right? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😂😂

I read a book recently where a vet was treating people!

I say this as an NHS worker - I think it’s much harder to be a vet, where the patient can’t tell you what’s wrong and is quite likely to bite you during the appointment. Ok, maybe on a par with being a paediatrician 🤣

Exactly! And we can talk to the vet which is a step up from their other patients. Would dog antibiotics not cure a human infection just the same 🤷🏼‍♂️

It's often on crime dramas where there's a vet digging out bullets and stitching up stabbings. But what about stitching up the veins?

I just think the crossover of medical skills is interesting, if I was a vet I'd treat myself.

Paddy stitched up Dylans wound in Emmerdale, but stated that nobody must ever know, or he could be struck off.
I would think in an emergency situation a vet could save human lives, not sure about performing a c-section though 🤔

oof I'm not sure about delivering a baby. Have you ever seen All Creatures Great and Small?

If you were stuck on an alien world you’d be better going to their equivalent of a Vet rather than a Doctor. They have different species expertise and might be able to problem solve better!

The surgical side would probably be quite straightforward for them, the anaesthesia and neonatal care would throw a spanner in the works though. The only situation I can even imagine this arising would be a perimortem section in absolute cut-off conditions, to allow resus of mum and try to save baby.

Legally, my memory is that it's illegal for anyone except a midwife or a (human) doctor to plan to attend a childbirth. Obviously babies do pick their bloody moments.

Don't they normally stick one of their arms all the way up a cow's arse to help manoeuvre the calf during the delivery?

I'm not sure that most women would particularly relish that when giving birth...

There was an episode of The Brittas Empire if anyone remembers that -very funny series- where <spoiler alert> ends with a vet delivering a baby while a doctor delivers puppies.

They manage anaesthesia on all different sizes of animals so perhaps they could just scale up the dosage?

We are primates. I don't think there's anything about being human that would mean we need treating differently.