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Wound statistics
on the 'closed' thread I gave the following stats: needs a clarification
Now for statistics you've all been waiting for:
Deaths from isolated wounds........
chest = 28%
abdomen= 9%
pelvis = 6%
head = 62%
extremity = <1%
these are for handgun rounds....NOT rifle/high power. They are also from civian trauma centers not areas of war....unless you call certain geographic areas of inner cities war zones ????
All wounds recorded were without body armor or other devices worn except skin or regular clothing. These are the numbers I quote to law enforcement/SWAT/ tactical medics and armed services of why you're still in the fight....getting shot doesn't mean dead...just look at the stats. Too many people, civilians and LEO's think once shot their down and out of the fight. Mindset, training and the will to win and to make it home need to be the only thoughts.
Now the Le MAns projectile could change all that but for now in the civilian world anyone that gets shot, unless it is by either a "lucky" shot from an amateur or a shot from an experienced quiet professional....has a chance of making it to the trauma center for an attempt at getting fixed.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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