Reply With QuoteThat would be me. Woot!For some lucky people, the bullet may not enter the skull.
Bullet survivor, migraine sufferer.
Don’t count on a head shot
A gunshot wound to the head with a rifle or handgun will not produce an easily predictable outcome. The skull is a sealed container that protects the brain. It is designed to block blunt trauma and the curved spherical structure is strong and handles shock very well. There is very little room for movement. If the brain swells inside the skull, the pressure can build and cause extensive damage.
Penetrating trauma (where the bullet gets inside the skull) leaves a permanent cavity (bullet track) may be large, but the damage from the temporary cavity caused by hydrostatic shock can be much worse. With no room to move, the shock waves can do massive damage.
For some lucky people, the bullet may not enter the skull. Even if it does, the bullet may pass through non-critical parts of the brain and survival is possible.
Here a police booking photo booking photo of one of life’s lottery winners:
That would be me. Woot!For some lucky people, the bullet may not enter the skull.
Bullet survivor, migraine sufferer.
But a true winner tho, right L?
Say whatttttttOriginally Posted by Laworkerbee
My highschool anatomy teacher had a bullet lodged in his brain and a false eye. It was inoperable and he apparently suffered horrific migraines because of the lead.
It's true. I'm one lucky bastard.
A guy I know got shot in the head by a sniper near Jenin back in 2001.
He was in a very bad state and suffered from intracranial hemorrhaging.
In his case they apparently decided to use a drug that is used to treat Haemophilia for the first time ever (never used for a head injury before that incident).
It saved his life and as far as I can tell the guy is living a pretty normal life (which is a 'miracle' in itself).
Wow, LWB your a tough S.O.B. I will now turn in my man card.
They must have been desperate as head wounds tend to bleed a ton.
SAS: shoot center mass!
GSG9: go for the throat!
CIA SAD: don't shoot him, we need him to practice waterboarding!
I'd say that deserves its own thread.
It was fairly well covered here in '04 or '05.
Just curious, was that drug Desmopressin/DDAVP?
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E.K.A.M: Unload the whole 30 round magazine into him. He might be the Taxman!
We learned by our friends
Vietnam. Phoenix Program to neutralize VCI (tax collectors, supply officers, political cadre, local military officials, etc).
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