I’m aware of the NCIS scenes, what else you guys got?

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      That small inert lump of metal can have jagged edges that can cause injury later on. It also definitely is loaded with dirty crap that will cause infections. Overall it’s rarely “fine” to leave random, unsterilized foreign objects inside the body.

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        temperature and the explosion would sterilize it, but yes, they can cause injury later, but that would matter if the patient died when trying to remove it immediately no?

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          322 days ago

          obviously removing it immediately and without proper medical training and tools is a horrible idea. i don’t think anyone’s disputing that. but surgeons leaving bullets in people’s shoulders is also not a universally applicable solution for the aforementioned reason

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          121 days ago

          I think projectiles often push other crap in to the wound, like bits of clothing et cetera.

          I learned this from movies so it must be true.

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      22 days ago

      I wonder how often they cause things like heavy metal poisoning, thankfully not enough people around me are shot to take a poll. Although I do know several people who have been shot. The majority, shot themselves. 1 actually did so intentionally. Not the brightest bulb. (Shot himself in the shin, so it wasn’t a suicide attempt)

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        (Shot himself in the shin, so it wasn’t a suicide attempt)

        Might have been, sounds like he’s a shin-for-brains.

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          121 days ago

          For real he obviously got tired, and went to sleep after doing so. Told his then girlfriend about it who was in bed, she said yeah sure whatever and rolled over and went back to sleep. Woke him up a little later when she realized the mattress was covered in blood and brought him to the hospital. He even has the scars and X-rays to prove it. Haha