Isn't anyone scared that Todd knows this much about wounds? <grin>
Erika (with a *K*) "Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast." ----------------------------------------------------- Erika L. Walker-Arnold, VP, RUWebby, LLC ----------------------------------------------------- Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Partner Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer ----------------------------------------------------- >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| >>| I have seen supposedly fatal wounds look like this. At >>| close range, small arms fire makes quite a mess. If the >>| range is increased, or the bullets are otherwise slowed in >>| a way that doesn't flatten/distort them too much, it is >>| possible for the bullets to enter the body causing a small >>| puncture wound going in, but cause massive internal trauma >>| as the bullets mushroom and fragment and not have enough >>| velocity to exit the body. In such a case, it is possible >>| for very little bleeding to occur outside the body before >>| the heart stops. Most of the bleeding would occur inside >>| the body. The damage could be severe enough that the >>| person goes in to shock/gets knocked unconcious without >>| having much time to react physicly .. basicly, they drop >>| where they are hit and then bleed to death while out. It >>| is possible for the damage to be severe enough and that the >>| internal blood loss occurs fast enough that the heart stops >>| before the extremeties have their remaining blood pumped >>| elsewhere, leaving the blood in such locations to drain >>| down due to the forces of gravity. This can take a few hours. >>| >>| The picture does look suspicious, but it is possible, >>| depending on on how long after the event the pic was taken. >>| >>| I can probably dig up some pics and maybe a video if anyone >>| wants to see such ugly stuff. >>| >>| Though I can't verify the authenticity of these pics >>| either, it seems a possible explanation. The wide area >>| lens used does look odd though .. I don't know. >>| >>| Todd >>| ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
