A doctor in Antarctica performs his own appendectomy! Dr. Leonid Rogozov’s incredible story of bravery and skill during a polar winter will leave you speechless. Watch his heroic journey unfold.
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Imagine how much adrenaline he had to be on at the time.
Literally the definition of someone who's just built different 😮
If I had a nickle each time I had to do a minor procedure on myself…
I've gotten lots and lots of stitches.
I'm hungry!
Reminds me of the Dr. House episode where House tries to remove tumors from his leg in his own bathtub. Probably the hardest scene to watch in the series.
Another incredible story about someone self treating in Antarctica is Jerri Nielsen. She discovered she had breast cancer while stationed there but it would have been months before any help could arrive or she could leave so she administered who own chemotherapy. It worked and she was in remission until it returned some years later in her brain and liver.
"Fine I'll do it myself"
I wipe my own ass 🙋🏼♂️
It was not as unique as the Australian soldier who removed his own appendix in the jungle during ww11. He had been a vet in a previous life.
No one made me click this, but sometimes supporting your favorite content creator means embracing the good and the O MY GOD! I have no one but myself to blame for ruining my day.
Anyone know the name of the song that plays at 1:27? Thanks 🙂
Yeah nah, in australia we definitely know you never remove an appendix for no reason because it plays an important role for the immune system. It is definitely not an appendage.
Matthias???
Damn. . . this dude is the real Badass Motherf*cker. . . legend.
Credit to his assistants too! Can't imagine how shocking or gruesome that would have been for someone without prior exposure to open surgery. . .
Natural saw trap
Doctor Hardcore.
Hard as nails 😬
my dad worked in Antarctica briefly and he was required to have all his wisdom teeth removed before going for this same reason, so that no one would ever risk being stuck in Antarctica and needing serious oral surgery.
Didn’t a woman get breast cancer?
Funny how all these years later, we keep making excuses to only send a single trained individual. For a role as critical as a surgeon, you'd think there'd be a second set of hands, just in case. It happens in so many lines of work.
Perhaps the most terrifying one I see frequently is a police officer acting without a partner. "It's so dangerous," they say, "but we're not giving you a partner to cover your ass for when your life is actually in danger."
The only job I've heard of take this sort of thing seriously are with pilots, thankfully for many decades at this point, with quite a few airlines and/or countries requiring there to be a co-pilot on board as well.
Guys a damn legend.
He had to have custom-tailored pants to accommodate his huge clanking brass ones. Also, did none of you notice that he was utterly gorgeous?
what a fucking mad lad
I feel like this huge revelation wouldn’t have even been discovered if they had, you know, sent more than 1 doctor to the expedition.
Man ungloved, dude must have some god level clean hands if he didn’t get infection
An Australian woman did a biopsy to diagnose her own breast cancer & treated herself with chemo while in the Antarctic. I think it was in the late 90's 🤔
my appendix was on the left
This fella is the definition of ‘Legend’
Wasn't there a female doctor that had to perform surgery on herself for cancer in more recent years? Wikipedia says Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald was her name. That would be an interesting story if it hasn't already been covered. I had never heard about the Russian man before – the days before communication with the outside world was possible in Antarctica.
@6:48 A vision I really didn't need., glad I wasn't eating
Dude 👍talk about Clinical Detachment 🥴
reminds me of Master & Commander
I'm typically pretty okay when listening to stories about blood and gore, but this. This one. Once you mentioned he used his fingers to feel around I just needed…a moment. Or two.
You should do a vid on the Siege of Suiyang for this channel
The noodles were a little much lol I like my surgery to stay away from my food videos please 😂😂😂
I forget that professional Simon exists LOL
Love the drama!
That man is a BAMF! I don’t even like digging out my own splinters.
Wouldn't it just be easier to always send doctors in pairs on these kinds of expeditions or at the very least a general surgeon and PA or RN… someone with medical training? Ya' know as a back up, "OMG, the doctor had a heart attack! Call the other doctor!"
That’s pretty hardcore
Seeing cases such as this really does show the true grit and determination for a human's need to survive longer he didn't only put himself to the side so he could make it so that he could be the doctor for the rest of his term but his assistance truly went above and beyond to assist him in such a matter it is an amazing story and it just shows that she is stubbornness of the Russian people they do not wish to die and they will not die
A female doctor trapped in Antarctica, had to manage a tumor, which I believe she removed through surgery……. Can’t remember her name though….. 😞
The pain is not on the lower abdomen. It’s more or less up in the stomach.
When I had my appendix removed I never had the extreme right side pain. I had a tiny pain and that’s all. I could have jumped up and down until it burst and never noticed a thing that way. I was sick though. And they only way they even thought appendix is I did mention all week I had very tiny right side pain. Because it didn’t present as normal, I was roughly less than an hour from it rupturing by the time I got into surgery.
Luckily he had a copy of Gray’s Anatomy and searched the appendix.
Once tried to remove a birthmark,on my stomach, had to stop and lay down, because of getting nauseous….🤣
Appendix 😱🤯
My dad had to do this in the rain while cycling to school once.
Those noodles made me simultaneously laugh out loud & say "oh you b!"
Or maybe we send two doctors minimum
Is it possible for You to speak a little slower?