While working as a radiological technologist in a hospital emergency room, I took X-rays of a trauma patient. I brought the films to our radiologist, who studied the multiple fractures of the femurs and pelvis. “What happened to this patient?” he asked in astonishment. “He fell out of a tree,” I reported. The radiologist wanted to know what the patient was doing up a tree. “I'm not sure, but his paperwork states he is a tree expert.” Gazing intently at the X-rays, the radiologist blinked and said, “Cross out ‘expert’.”
我在一家醫(yī)院的急診室里當放射科技師。我給一個外傷病人拍X光片,然后拿去給放射科醫(yī)生看。醫(yī)生看到很多處股骨和骨盆的斷裂,驚訝地問:“這個病人怎么啦?”我報告說:“他從樹上掉下來了。”這個放射科醫(yī)生想知道病人在樹上干什么。我說:“我不敢肯定。不過病歷上說他是一個林木專家?!贬t(yī)生專心凝視著X光片,然后眨眨眼睛說:“把專家兩個字劃掉。”