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“shoot” or both. WFH/remote work works here except when the consultant’s presence is required “on set.” Hopefully those glorious days return again soon.</p><h2 id="37a8">Who am I?</h2><p id="0bc6">I’m an academic emergency physician with 30+ years of clinical, research, medical writing, mentoring, advising and teaching experience. I’m used to collaborating and working as the member of a team since emergency care is very much a team “sport” in which every team member’s contribution is both necessary and valued, just like in the film/TV arena.</p><p id="1f9c">I know a fair amount about a lot of medical topics (not boasting, but that’s a job requirement) because everything and everybody comes to the ER. What I don’t know in detail (and there’s some of that too) I know how to find (another job requirement). In short, I have a “broad” knowledge base, and that’s good when it comes to being a medical technical advisor.</p><p id="b46b">Plus I’m fun to hang out with. I have a sense of humor I’m told, and 30 years worth of wild stories. I know when to speak, and just as importantly, when to shut up. And, I’m dependable. Bodies would be littering the landscape if I didn’t take my job seriously. Dependability in the ER translates to the rest of what I do.</p><h2 id="9f65">What have I done?</h2><p id="faa5">Answered the question (many times) “What would a doctor, nurse, paramedic,

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other medical <b>say</b> under these circumstances?”</p><p id="0a17">Answered the question (many times) “What would a doctor, nurse, … <b>do</b> under these circumstances?”</p><p id="83e7">Answered the question (many times) “How can we … (then fill in the blank here with the medical particulars of the scene)? Some examples: deliver a baby in the back of a crushed ambulance, have the mother bleed to death while trapped in the ambulance and have the baby live; have an actor get shot, fall as a result, hit his head and have a seizure; hang someone and have them survive. I could go on here, but I think you get the picture.</p><p id="6c07">Demonstrated lots of “doctor skills.” How would a doctor look at this x-ray? What does a seizure look like? How do you intubate (put a breathing tube in) someone?</p><p id="e3a1">I can give particulars if asked. Plenty of them.</p><h2 id="f301">Have computer, cell phone and car … will travel</h2><p id="9d9d">My life is very much my own these days so I can do what I want when I want to do it. It’s glorious, and that’s good for you because I can be yours at a moment’s notice.</p><p id="de43"><b>So … if you’re feeling it, and have the need, the doctor is in.</b></p><p id="1511">If not, you now know what a medical technical consultant does. So, thank you for reading.</p><p id="abbe">Thank you for your attention as well.</p></article></body>

MEDICAL TECHNICAL CONSULTANT AVAILABLE

I’m Asking For What I Want

A ‘medical technical consultant’ gig is my wish

**(I’m not a doctor on TV, but I play one in real life.)** Photo by Javier Matheu on Unsplash

I’ve worked as a medical technical consultant on film and TV projects, and it was the time of my creative life. I’d do it again in a heartbeat, but I don’t know a sure way back into the film and TV world.

So, I thought to ask the Medium universe since the platform, its readers, writers and editors have been so good to me to date.

What is a ‘medical technical consultant?’

He (in my case) is a doctor who helps writers, directors, actors and others involved in a film or TV project achieve authenticity in their work by advising, answering questions, offering suggestions and in general working as a resource on the project. Depending on project needs, he (that’s me again) can be involved early on during dialogue and scene creation or during the “shoot” or both. WFH/remote work works here except when the consultant’s presence is required “on set.” Hopefully those glorious days return again soon.

Who am I?

I’m an academic emergency physician with 30+ years of clinical, research, medical writing, mentoring, advising and teaching experience. I’m used to collaborating and working as the member of a team since emergency care is very much a team “sport” in which every team member’s contribution is both necessary and valued, just like in the film/TV arena.

I know a fair amount about a lot of medical topics (not boasting, but that’s a job requirement) because everything and everybody comes to the ER. What I don’t know in detail (and there’s some of that too) I know how to find (another job requirement). In short, I have a “broad” knowledge base, and that’s good when it comes to being a medical technical advisor.

Plus I’m fun to hang out with. I have a sense of humor I’m told, and 30 years worth of wild stories. I know when to speak, and just as importantly, when to shut up. And, I’m dependable. Bodies would be littering the landscape if I didn’t take my job seriously. Dependability in the ER translates to the rest of what I do.

What have I done?

Answered the question (many times) “What would a doctor, nurse, paramedic, other medical say under these circumstances?”

Answered the question (many times) “What would a doctor, nurse, … do under these circumstances?”

Answered the question (many times) “How can we … (then fill in the blank here with the medical particulars of the scene)? Some examples: deliver a baby in the back of a crushed ambulance, have the mother bleed to death while trapped in the ambulance and have the baby live; have an actor get shot, fall as a result, hit his head and have a seizure; hang someone and have them survive. I could go on here, but I think you get the picture.

Demonstrated lots of “doctor skills.” How would a doctor look at this x-ray? What does a seizure look like? How do you intubate (put a breathing tube in) someone?

I can give particulars if asked. Plenty of them.

Have computer, cell phone and car … will travel

My life is very much my own these days so I can do what I want when I want to do it. It’s glorious, and that’s good for you because I can be yours at a moment’s notice.

So … if you’re feeling it, and have the need, the doctor is in.

If not, you now know what a medical technical consultant does. So, thank you for reading.

Thank you for your attention as well.