January 2009 Kabul, Afghanistan
Fair warning: Vegetarians and PETA-types should probably scurry along and not loiter here.
I had an Afghan moment tonight. I am teaching a class tomorrow to security contractors about emergency medical procedures for chest trauma. My employer is a start-up, and we do not have one of the $1500 airway dummies needed for hands-on training, so I asked Shafiq the guard to get me a goat torso from the butcher, with lungs, heart, and hide intact. I was very specific. He returned to the house that night and called out to me, “Sir, your goat is here. You come and see if it is right.” (more…)
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