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| 05.14.24. A note from the “Tactical Medicine Courses” channel. |
| 2024-05-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. From the V Kontakte page of Reports from the New Russia militia. Useful information, and not just for the fighting in Ukraine.. “Tactical medicine instructor with call sign Latvian: Dear friends, today I’ll tell you about gunshot wounds that military personnel face in the Northern Military District zone and other local conflicts. The wounds themselves are divided into through, blind and tangential (based on the type of wound channel), penetrating and non-penetrating (in relation to planes). Well, of course, by localization: head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, spine and limbs. Most gunshot wounds have an entrance hole, a wound channel and an exit hole (in the case of a through wound) or several exit holes (in the case of the destruction of the bullet or the release of bone fragments from the body). More recently, on his channel, we talked about how the wound channel has a rather complex and irregular shape, which is a factor in changing the trajectory of the projectile in human tissue when it comes into contact with internal tissues and their contractility. The most dangerous thing in a gunshot wound is not the primary type of injury - the penetrating cavity, wound channel or exit cavity, but the shock wave that spreads inside the body when injured. I think many people have noticed that with a gunshot wound, a huge “bruise” forms around the wound site, that is, a bruise zone caused by this shock wave appears. This is the most dangerous factor that can subsequently cause death. This zone is a zone of secondary necrosis or “molecular concussion”. In order to avoid the development of secondary necrosis, at the stage of providing assistance to a fighter, it is necessary to administer antibiotics (any wound by default means infection) and, if possible, carry out primary treatment of the wound and the wound channel itself before transferring the victim to the hospital stage.” |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 /\ As you know Ed, "not getting killed, that really is the key to the retirement program." ~ 'The Enlaws' 1979. Vincent Ricardo (Peter Falk).' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-05-15 09:38 |
| #2 So try not to get shot. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-05-15 08:42 |
| #1 Good detail. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-15 00:34 |