It is obvious that, there are uncountable incidents evolving gun shots around the world. Either stray bullets, attacks, terrorism, arm robberies or accidentally discharges.
For these reasons, we have to face the reality, anything can happen at anytime. The world is becoming more and more devastating and becoming even more inhumane to both Men and animals everyday by day. Brutality and wickedness knows no limit.
For instance, you are shot (God forbid), congratulations it doesn't hit you in a delicate organ, but there is no help around, not even sure if any is coming soonest. How do you survive from the wound itself?
Chances of surviving a bullet wound depends on different factors.
1.The dept at of the wound created by the bullet.
2.If the bullet has came in contact with major blood vessels, Organs, and bones.
3.The distance from the hospital
The type of bullet
The survival hints below is bent on keeping you alive until help comes and encompasses all of this factors.
Take Cover:
The first thing to do is, avoid another shot by pulling yourself up unto a safe place.
While doing this, make necessary attempts by placing a call for an ambulance or call for help if possible.
make sure your airways (throats) are going through and keep on breathing.
Stop The Bleeding:
Wounds opens up flesh or skin for the confined blood inside your blood vessels to make their way out and a bullet wound is not an exception. Perhaps the blood are always happy to be free from running around our bodies, that's why you see it rushing out happily through wounds. Everything likes freedom, even blood!
Stopping a bleeding bullet wound could be very hectic depending on the Deepness of the bullet inside the body. And also if the bullet has sojourned through any main artery, organ or even the bones. An internal bleeding is more dangerous than a external bleeding. But in every bullet wound your goal will be to contrict the affected blood vessels around the wound, and this you can do through applying either pressure or a method called cautirizing(heating up a metal heavilly and placing it on the wound) oh my God this can be so painful you know? But in critical situations like this, pain is not a factor to be added up amoung the problems at hand.
To apply pressure, use a pad over the wound and apply pressure directly to the wound. If you have nothing available, even your hand or fingers can be used to control bleeding. You can still employ other methods of stopping bleeding which you feel can help in the situation.
Calm Yourself Down:
You have to be calm and also stable physically, mentally spiritually and any other 'ally' available, even financially lolz!
Moving the affected part will push the surrounding arteries to deploy more blood to the injured part, causing more bleeding. And also, panic will increase your heartbeat, more blood will be pumped and with the open wound serving as a channel for the pumped blood to be rushing out. Then your soul will be fight and fearfully thinking that it will leave the body. And it's true. However, you can stop this by praying to your creator.
Drink A Lot Of Water:
Water will help replenish your intravascular fluid lost during bleeding.
Prevent Infection:
When the bullet was plunging into your body, it doesn't goes in alone, it goes in with some particles of your hair, skin and also your clothe. In fact, bullet itself wasn't sanitized you know. However, this particles, especially the skin will start decomposition immediatly because it is dead. And thereby setting up a breeding ground for bacterias which will end up causing an infection if not attended to.
To prevent infection you have to keep the wound clean by cleaning it with water and a clean cloth,or pouring of alcohol into the wounds. Continue doing that until the ambulance arrives to take you to the hospital for proper treatment and a removal of the bullet.
Dear reader's, your opinions, suggestions and criticisms are always welcome.
and we also love to read what you think about gun shot wounds and its survival in the absense of medical help.