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Asked by anon-361136 on 24 Mar 2023.
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Kirstie Andrews answered on 24 Mar 2023:
Some people cope with the sight of things like blood better than others. I’m okay with seeing surgery, blood, etc- I find what is going on and how people are being medically treated fascinating and that tends to overcome any other reactions, I get gripped by the scientific details. I got really good advice from a surgeon once about viewing surgery- get enough sleep the night before, wear comfortable shoes, eat properly before (don’t skip breakfast thinking that will prevent you from being sick, it will just make you feel faint), and breathe normally. No guarantees but I find it helps.
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Sarah Bant answered on 24 Mar 2023: last edited 24 Mar 2023 3:31 pm
When you start medical school, one of the first classes you have is called dissection, where you have a body that has been kindly donated by the family of someone that died. So you have plenty of time to get used to it. The class is with other students and so you can all help each other out.
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Nazakat Merchant answered on 24 Mar 2023:
I was fine with it. I guess you don’t look at blood or tissue as gory you look at it as what am I going to find and what I am going to do about it. Your mind is trying to stay ahead of things so honestly most of the time it doesn’t even register to me.
Some of my colleagues did get queasy but often overcame it.
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