Me, Gary Sinise, and a head injury.

[Libralabsoldier]

This is me, in Iraq when I got to meet Gary Sinise. I had busted my head on an AC unit earlier that day after I had picked up my blood supply for the week.

LT. Dan asked me what I had done to my noggin....

 

[Libralabsoldier]

I am the guy on the far right who looks like he has a tampon taped to his head.

 

[Likely Guy]

This is me, in Iraq when I got to meet Gary Sinise. I had busted my head on an AC unit earlier that day after I had picked up my blood supply for the week.

LT. Dan asked me what I had done to my noggin....

OWitch! Looks like you might've lost your blood supply for the week.

 

[Libralabsoldier]

Nah....It was just one of those dumb accidents that could happen anywhere, just happened while I was in Iraq. Good thing that I work fifteen steps from the ER. The bad thing is that everyone in there loves to be jokers when you are injured. I have pics of the stapling and the actual injury, but they may be a bit too gory for the average Tnetter.

I waived patient confidentiality, since it was my head and my camera, they complied.

 

[Libralabsoldier]

I stepped outside of my ISO shelter to dump a few bags of ice that come in the Collins boxes blood gets transported in, and when I stood up, I hit my head on the corner of a steel I beam that was supporting the six air conditioners needed to cool the Xray and MRI shelter. That baby kicks out a lot of heat.

My own lab had two AC window unit and two floor units per ISO, and we had four ISOs. We have to keep the lab at a constant 27 degrees C.

 

[Likely Guy]

I am the guy on the far right who looks like he has a tampon taped to his head.

And they gave you a gun ...

I think that a gun would've gotten in the way of the job he was sent there to do. Keep your lid on next time LLB.

 

[Libralabsoldier]

The only time I had to wear the Kevlar helmet was if I was using one of our ambulances. Usually I went down to the flight line in an ugly purple Opel stationwagon.

Yeah, I had to carry an M16 and 40 rds of ammo everywhere I went except the shower. We were far luckier than the boys that went outside the wire. I never really had to wear body armor or any of the other stuff. My daily uniform was ACU pants, a tshirt, my ACU scrub top and a lab coat.

 

[River Rat]

Great pic ~ I love Gary Sinise, it was very honorable of him to visit with y'all. Sorry about your head, I know you bled profusely, those head cuts are bad, makes it look worse than it really is.

RR

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[Libralabsoldier]

I may post a pic of the actual injury....some people joked (before we had any seriously injured patients) that I should put in for a Purple Heart. I have too many real military heros in my family for that. Besides, my grandad (WWII and Korea, Navy) said if I came home with a Purple heart he would be very disappointed.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

I am the guy on the far right who looks like he has a tampon taped to his head.

And they gave you a gun ...

You should have shot the AC. Wait, Iraq, desert, heat. Your head would have ended up a lot worse. Forget I wrote this.