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[theodosia]

Fascinating Sun-Times article about what it's like to get shot, what gunshot wounds actually feel like, what kind of injuries they present:

How it feels to get shot

Plenty of ballistics experts and pathologists have studied the tangible effects of bullets on the body. But little research has ever been done on what it feels like to be shot, the mental and physical sensations of a slug piercing the skin and wreaking its internal havoc.

The answer isn't simple. It depends on a multitude of factors, including the type of bullet used and, more important, where that bullet happens to hit the body. Getting shot in the liver can feel very different from taking a bullet in the rib. Both hurt; they just hurt in different ways.

And the magnitude of that hurt depends not only on where the bullet lands, but who was hit. That's because pain is highly subjective. Everything from the circumstances of the shooting to cultural beliefs come into play.

"Some of the toughest guys on the street will come in crying, screaming, 'Am I gonna die?' " says Dr. Steven Salzman, a trauma surgeon at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. "Others come in with horrendous injuries, but they're not screaming at the top of their lungs, when we think they should be. Pain is a very individual thing."

Comments

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I've downloaded and saved this for my research file.

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

See, now this is the sort of thing that, when you put it into my brain, results in Ray getting shot. A lot. With offputting verisimilitude and everything.

*Wanders off, thoughtfully*

[riani1.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm not the only ghoul to say, "Oh, how interesting, tell me more."