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struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
Sat May 11, 2013, 02:56 AM May 2013

How do you treat gunshot injuries? [View all]

Ambroise Paré’s account in the Oeuvres of 1575 of new methods of treating gunshot wounds
http://www.jameslindlibrary.org/illustrating/articles/ambroise-pares-account-in-the-oeuvres-of-1575-of-new-methods

Cops: Mom checked medical website after son shot
http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/05/10/3294608/cops-mom-checked-medical-website.html


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First hunt down and shoot whoever shot you: this will make you feel better, unless you shot yourself
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Argue with your SO about whose fault it was this time, and remember not to discuss the past
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Pour boiling oil into the wound to neutralize the gunpowder and stop the bleeding
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Call 911. You can pray while waiting for the ambulance, if you like
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Check the internet for advice! There's always lots of good information there!
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Apply soothing medicinal herbs to the gun that caused the injury
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Drink lots of tequila to dull the pain, then cut out the bullet with a dull bowie knife
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Leave a message on your doctor's answering machine explaining why you need an appointment sometime this month
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Just try really hard to avoid getting shot
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How do you treat gunshot injuries? [View all] struggle4progress May 2013 OP
I'll take "Tequila and a dull Bowie knife" for a thousand Alex. denbot May 2013 #1
I can't help with the bleeding profusing part, but here's some harp music struggle4progress May 2013 #16
Cocaine and super glue sounds nice jakeXT May 2013 #2
"But officer! I always carry cocaine, in case I get shot! See? Here's my superglue!" struggle4progress May 2013 #7
Drink lots of tequila to dull the pain, then cut out the bullet with a dull bowie knife because ... Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #3
! struggle4progress May 2013 #14
the eggs of 1575? Bertha Venation May 2013 #4
They just don't make eggs like the used to struggle4progress May 2013 #8
Apply a band-aid. HappyMe May 2013 #5
Do you know which work best -- the ones with Snoopy or Hello Kitty or Sponge Bob? struggle4progress May 2013 #6
From the research I have HappyMe May 2013 #9
"There's nothing that a good bleeding won't cure" pinboy3niner May 2013 #10
Theodoric taught me everything I know about medicine! struggle4progress May 2013 #12
Have you ever played the coputer game "Oregon Trail" OmahaBlueDog May 2013 #11
I actually didn't know they had computers back on the old Oregon Trail! Live and learn, y'know! struggle4progress May 2013 #13
They needed them to look up recipes pinboy3niner May 2013 #15
Vinegar Lemonade! struggle4progress May 2013 #23
Depends where they're hit, in my uninformed, useless opinion on this matter. Dash87 May 2013 #17
I remember if it's a head wound you're either supposed to put a tourniquet around the neck struggle4progress May 2013 #21
Nope - be sure to apply directly to the jugular Dash87 May 2013 #25
Eh....rub a little dirt on it.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #18
Got something better. Take two.. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #19
Thanks for the thought.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #20
From behind cover pinboy3niner May 2013 #22
Cut an X over the wound and suck the poison out wi....Never mind, that's snakebite. nt bike man May 2013 #24
I usually proceed with giving the victim mythology May 2013 #26
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