uh-oh looks like you've just been shot
we'll just assume you know all the
basics of first aid so here's some stuff
you don't need to know
welcome to watchmojo.com facts about a
fascinating topic in today's installment
we're counting down five things you
probably didn't know about getting shot
shot me in the back I even made you
angry
number five women are more likely to
survive a gunshot
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a 2010 study found that women are 14%
more likely than men to survive a
traumatic injury
the researchers say that this appears to
be the result of female sex hormones
however a 2005 study found that women
experience more pain than men
owing to the fact that they have on
average double the density of nerve
fibers
so while ladies may do better in the
long run it's gonna hurt a heck of a lot
more in the meantime not that you can do
anything with that info maybe you just
shouldn't have gotten shot that all
right we're out of it number four
tiny details make a big difference hold
the kneecap the gut is the most painful
area guy can get shot in [ __ ] but it
takes a long time to die from it I'm
talking days obviously getting shot in
the hand is not as dangerous as getting
shot in the chest but even the tiniest
change in the speed of the bullet its
bearing and its type can have a major
impact on the resulting injury for
instance getting hit on the left side of
the heart will cause much more internal
bleeding than getting hit on the right
side but the opposite is true of the
liver and of course a high-velocity
bullet light one fired from a rifle may
do more damage than a lower-velocity
bullet from a handgun
but that slower bullet could have some
wobble to its trajectory making it do
more damage as it passes through tissue
either way you should maybe avoid being
shot what the hell are you doing number
three
nanotechnology could have saved you oh
you were wearing a bulletproof vest then
they slap this bulletproof vest on me
and gave me a gun but what if he shot
you in the face just keep in mind
Kevlar doesn't block the force of the
bullet so much just spread it out so
you're still gonna get a pretty strong
blast you're gonna be fine baby doll the
next generation of anti-ballistic
technology uses carbon nanotubes which
research shows actually have the
potential to rebound bullets so go ahead
and get shot it might not be great for
whoever's standing next to you though
number two getting shot will probably
bankrupt you movies and TV make getting
shot looks simple if you're tough and
you can find a doctor or a veterinarian
you'll be fine in the next scene they're
always little sting here however while
filling out insurance papers and paying
hospital bills doesn't make great TV
recovering from a bullet wound is really
expensive especially if you live
somewhere like the United States
totaling 441 thousand dollars we pay for
32 of these gun homicides every single
day a series investigating the true cost
of gun violence found that one victims
costs were almost 170 thousand dollars
and though most was covered by his
health insurance he still paid about
twenty thousand dollars out of pocket
besides that you may need to pay forty
thousand dollars for wheelchair
modifications to your home for thousands
of dollars for therapy and
antidepressants and how would things
like taking time off for reconstructive
surgery hurt your ability to earn money
or to even get a job in the first place
you are working again no I just sorted
some stuff out if you weren't convinced
already you think you'll agree now keep
bullets out of your body number one
there are worse things to get shot with
than a gun
you imagine getting shot with something
like that okay those probably don't
exist and the closest thing we do have
would be something like this particle
accelerators like this make the smallest
amount of matter you can imagine travel
at about the speed of light in 1978
Soviet scientist Anatolia Dvorsky was
trying to fix a particle accelerator
when it zapped him in the face as you
can imagine the protons instantly burned
a hole right through his brain will
spare you all the gory details but
doctors expected him to die as that
should have delivered about two or three
hundred times the lethal dose of
radiation I read all about your accident
that much gamma exposure should have
killed you however not only did he
survive he actually finished his ph.d
continued working in the same lab and is
still alive and kicking next time you
can't just walk off a simple bullet
wound
remember Anatole boo Gorski but again
don't get shot actually you know what
you're all adults do you want
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