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

  • @I_Has_A_Hat
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    98 hours ago

    The small, inert lump of metal? No, it’s fine. 9 times out of 10, you’re going to do more damage trying to dig the bullet out rather than just patching things up. Even surgeons will sometimes leave bullets in if it’s in a dangerous/tricky spot.

    • @herrvogel
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      36 hours ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 hours ago

        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?

        • @[email protected]
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          35 hours 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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      7 hours 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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        25 hours ago

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

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