"Search and Rescue": She's kinda attempting to flirt with Rodney rather than see to the guy with the broken leg. Then she lets John go, which, as a friend might have maybe been the right decision. But as his doctor? Letting him go on a rescue mission, of all things, THAT injured. When he could just as well jeopardize the mission as help it. Or just keel over dead. Not very medically responsible.
Wait ... what? You're holding Keller responsible for John's bad decision? Last I checked, John was an adult of sound mind, and a person in that condition has a right to refuse medical treatment -- it might not be a good idea, but it's totally their right. What was she supposed to do in that situation -- slip him a tranquilizer? Would it have been more medically ethical to drug a patient against their will and force them to accept medical care that they were refusing? I do agree that it was an extremely bad call on JOHN'S part (and, actually, if you want to write up a list of all the ways John is a terrible commanding officer, I'd be very interested in that, because, well, I think there's ample evidence to support it *g*) and I also think the situation was forced for dramatic intensity -- sending a team of Marines rather than three injured people would have made SO MUCH MORE SENSE. But that was John's bad call, and I honestly cannot think what Keller could have done which she didn't do. She tried to talk her patient out of doing something bad for them, and when he refused to listen, she did exactly what Carson did in Conversion, in Siege, in Echoes, in Long Goodbye: she let him go, because when the patient (or their next of kin) refuses medical care, that is what the doctor has to do.
In the earlier scene, I'm not sure why you think she's flirting with Rodney and ignoring a patient. Rodney is the first one out of the hole, and he's obviously hurt, so it makes total sense for her to a) check him out as his doctor (he could have a head injury, spinal injury -- there's no way to tell just by looking), and b) get his assessment of the situation. You can't possibly triage without starting with someone, and the first person out of the hole is the logical one to examine.
Re: My part two to your part one...
Wait ... what? You're holding Keller responsible for John's bad decision? Last I checked, John was an adult of sound mind, and a person in that condition has a right to refuse medical treatment -- it might not be a good idea, but it's totally their right. What was she supposed to do in that situation -- slip him a tranquilizer? Would it have been more medically ethical to drug a patient against their will and force them to accept medical care that they were refusing? I do agree that it was an extremely bad call on JOHN'S part (and, actually, if you want to write up a list of all the ways John is a terrible commanding officer, I'd be very interested in that, because, well, I think there's ample evidence to support it *g*) and I also think the situation was forced for dramatic intensity -- sending a team of Marines rather than three injured people would have made SO MUCH MORE SENSE. But that was John's bad call, and I honestly cannot think what Keller could have done which she didn't do. She tried to talk her patient out of doing something bad for them, and when he refused to listen, she did exactly what Carson did in Conversion, in Siege, in Echoes, in Long Goodbye: she let him go, because when the patient (or their next of kin) refuses medical care, that is what the doctor has to do.
In the earlier scene, I'm not sure why you think she's flirting with Rodney and ignoring a patient. Rodney is the first one out of the hole, and he's obviously hurt, so it makes total sense for her to a) check him out as his doctor (he could have a head injury, spinal injury -- there's no way to tell just by looking), and b) get his assessment of the situation. You can't possibly triage without starting with someone, and the first person out of the hole is the logical one to examine.