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CK, how did you triage that Johnson incident??? Pressure bandage??? Splint??? Tourniquet??? ROFLMAO!!!

Sorry bud... I know I shouldn't make light of a GSW, but that one was too easy Darwinism almost had it's way!!!

Lunker, he just laughed, handed him a Bandaid and told him that a stray dog had carried his jewels away.

I know what ckell is talking about .We went on one that shot himself with a 38 .He shot himself between the eyes and it went all the way around his scalp and stopped in the back in his spine .It paralized him for life .Then the one that shot himself with a 22 in the temple .The bullet discenigraded and never entered the brain .

LOL LD, GSWs are not a laughing matter but in my line of work an odd since of humior is a good thing to have, keeps one shane in an unshane world. The initial bleeding had been profuse, but had all but stopped. The guy was as white as a sheet, clasic shock. As we checked the wound he stated if things were gone just don't tell him. Once we told him Mr.Johnson was wounded by a though and though shot and remained, along with the jewels, his color came back, his humor was very good as well. I have lost track of the number of GSW I have seen. The gun down the front or back of the pants causes some odd scenes with odd humor. Quick draw incidents follow along behind that, You know what I'm taking about Joe. Ternera the handing of the bandaid comes just after the guy finds all is still there, before that he could hardly breath much less move to take a bandaid, after, there were some jokes to lighten the akwardness.

Posted By ckell on 26 Feb 2013 09:39 PM
LOL LD, GSWs are not a laughing matter but in my line of work an odd since of humior is a good thing to have, keeps one shane in an unshane world. The initial bleeding had been profuse, but had all but stopped. The guy was as white as a sheet, clasic shock. As we checked the wound he stated if things were gone just don't tell him. Once we told him Mr.Johnson was wounded by a though and though shot and remained, along with the jewels, his color came back, his humor was very good as well. I have lost track of the number of GSW I have seen. The gun down the front or back of the pants causes some odd scenes with odd humor. Quick draw incidents follow along behind that, You know what I'm taking about Joe. Ternera the handing of the bandaid comes just after the guy finds all is still there, before that he could hardly breath much less move to take a bandaid, after, there were some jokes to lighten the akwardness.

That still doesn't give us much info about how you "handled" the situation at the time... Still ROFLMAO!!! Sorry, as I've said before, some day's I just can't help myself... Where the hell is G1 when I need him... I'm thinking that he'd be enjoying this one right now much more than you were as it was happening

At this point I'm thinking that it was better that it was a GSW than a rattlesnake bite... We've all seen in the movies how you Texas waddy's deal with those

Lunker, I had a good friend get shot in the groin with a .25. The bullet hit the pelvic bone, bounced upward skimming the rib cage, passed through the heart and existed the carotid artery on the opposite side of the original entry wound. He dropped dead, instantly. About a month later, a co-worker's son shot her husband with a .45 colt 1911, and the bullet zipped through with minimal damage to the liver. Both men were shot at approximately the same distance of less than 3 feet. I believe that the size and fps of the shot can have a major influence on the amount of damage inflicted, and the smaller caliber is much more easily deflected due to bullet diameter and speed of the bullet on impact, resulting in more trauma.

I also believe that had both men been shot from a distance of about 8 to 10 feet, the first man might have lived, and the second would have received a much more serious wound, possibly resulting in death.

LD said "At this point I'm thinking that it was better that it was a GSW than a rattlesnake bite... We've all seen in the movies how you Texas waddy's deal with those".

CK says "LOL a snake bite on Mr. Johnson is a death sentence, out in the middle of nowhere, less you have a broke back mountain type friend. We know broke back mountain types are sheep herders, turd burglars. Waddy’s are cattle wranglers, cattle rustlers".

LD said "That still doesn't give us much info about how you "handled" the situation at the time... Still ROFLMAO!!! Sorry, as I've said before, some day's I just can't help myself...".

CK says" The man down call pun intended, is one where you do what you have to do to control the situation. Most of the time they don’t know how bad they have been hit, few will actually look. It initially bleeds profusely, so you never know if the pale look comes from blood loss and/or shock or fear they have lost a old friend. In this case Mr. Johnson was in tact, with good chances of survival. News of his friend’s survival brought back his color and relaxed him enough that his was able to help with the snake handling. The bleeding had stopped enough 4x4s and kling could be used to lightly dress the wound. No splint was needed as there were no bones in the bone to be stabilized. Direct pressure was not needed as the bleeding had all but stopped. And as long as Mr. Johnson did not become excited, which in the situation unlikely, the bleed would remain controlled. I don’t like handling snakes in the first place, much less excited ones, so had the snake became excited Mr. Darwin may have won that battle".
As it turned out Private Johnson made a full recovery and was able to stand and salute the commanding cats when needed. Farmer Johnson was still able to plow the furrows as he had in the past. And he could actual tell some crybaby I have had worse wounds on my d*** than that.
The larger caliber bullets will break bone and decelerate. The small caliber bullets will hit the bone and turn with a little deceleration. The same with muscle the large caliber will tear the muscle fibers like a bundle of rubber bands and decelerate. The small caliber will hit the muscle fibers like rubber bands bundled together, turn and follow the fibers, with less deceleration. How a bullet tumbles or fragments after entering the tissue determines the damage as well. A .22 bullet can do more damage turning, tumbling and fragmenting than a faster larger caliber bullet that breaks bone, tears muscle in more of a straight line then the .22, if it does not hit or disrupt vital organs. Either hitting a vital organ will kill. The .22 does not have the energy, and does not create the temporary shock channel/ cavity of the larger caliber so it must actually hit a vital organ, where the larger does not, to do damage to the organ via the shock wave.