Someday someone should greenlight an article where the answer in the headline is "B," just to keep everyone on their toes.

Depends.

.22 solids? Plug up the holes and call it a day. Maybe a doctor visit is in order the next day to pick out slivers if I hit a bone.

A typical concealed carry weapon? Yep. Gonna need that emergency room.

Shotgun? Well, I'll be getting my shoes at half price, at least.

Story was pretty darn short on details.


Maybe he was a big fan of talk radio and thought he would be bootstrappy about the situation.

Seriously, though. Was he insured? Maybe he was afraid of being driven into bankruptcy by an ER bill he couldn't pay.

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I wonder how many people with chest pains or a sudden numbness on one arm are going to die tonight because they don't have insurance and are terrified of their families ending up homeless because of an ER bill.

If it's shock (due to loss of blood, or just the trauma) odds are you're not gonna be thinking all that well anyway, so unless someone comes along and notices, you might just sit there thinking it's just a flesh wound...

/First Responder

dbirchall: If it's shock (due to loss of blood, or just the trauma) odds are you're not gonna be thinking all that well anyway, so unless someone comes along and notices, you might just sit there thinking it's just a flesh wound...

/First Responder


Yeah, I hadn't thought about that possibility. It's not exactly fair to criticize someone's decisions when body and brain are in the process of shutting down.

Sounds like my dad. He could be going into a coma and he would still fight off the paramedics. And almost win. He fought in WWII as a marine, and was no chicken, but he was deathly scared of doctors and hospitals. He would self-medicate the most incredible levels of pain, including kidney stones, and once had to be taken against his will to the hospital as he slipped into a coma from anaphylactic shock. Some people just can't be reasoned with.

In THIS economy? I can't even afford bullets, I ain't callin' no am-BU-lance.

Come now, Who hasn't indulged in a little home treatment at some point?

A bottle of hydrogen peroxide, a few bandaids, maybe an ace bandage and some tweezers... You're good to go.

/Why yes, I do have some scars that were probably avoidable..

Riche: Story was pretty darn short on details.


Maybe he was a big fan of talk radio and thought he would be bootstrappy about the situation.

Seriously, though. Was he insured? Maybe he was afraid of being driven into bankruptcy by an ER bill he couldn't pay.

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I wonder how many people with chest pains or a sudden numbness on one arm are going to die tonight because they don't have insurance and are terrified of their families ending up homeless because of an ER bill.

British Columbia. I don't think health insurance was the problem here...

He died from lack of shock?

He would have lived if he were Bruce Willis.

Riche: Story was pretty darn short on details.


Maybe he was a big fan of talk radio and thought he would be bootstrappy about the situation.

Seriously, though. Was he insured? Maybe he was afraid of being driven into bankruptcy by an ER bill he couldn't pay.

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I wonder how many people with chest pains or a sudden numbness on one arm are going to die tonight because they don't have insurance and are terrified of their families ending up homeless because of an ER bill.

It's in Canada. Going to ER would have been free. So yes, he's a dumbass or a drug dealer.

Well, if at first you don't succeed you'll end up dead so then everything is still pretty much settled either way.

D'oh!

It's c), right? It's always c).

how to you manage to beed out from a wound to a limb? Did someone not learn how to make a tourniquet?

Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot.

Oldiron_79: how to you manage to beed out from a wound to a limb? Did someone not learn how to make a tourniquet?

I always have my bedazzler at the ready in my wounds start beeding/beading.

Friend of mine did this with a .177 air rifle when we were little. I went and got his dad after he started throwing up while attempting to cut it out. Then we were at the hospital for the rest of the day, but he suffered no long term effects besides shame - when the bullet hits a bone, you're gonna need some antibiotics.

Nothing like a little tunnel vision to let you know it's too late to do anything on your own.

snugglyhugs: platkat: In THIS economy? I can't even afford bullets, I ain't callin' no am-BU-lance.

When Obama finishes socializing and we are living in the U.S.A.S.R, you will be able to shoot your self in the foot and go to the hospital and I will be forced to pay for it via my income taxes.

You know how many people will shoot themselves when they hear they can go to the doctor for free?

LOTS

that's how many.

I WANT to be outraged by your comment, but your username makes me feel warm and happy. DAMN YOU, SNUGGLYHUGS!

Come on people! What was he supposed to do? Make his insurance company pay the bill? You people are sick. He was just doing his duty as a Real American and died to save big insurance some hard earned money. I bet this guy created 10 jobs by doing this selfless sacrifice and I suggest you all do the same.

Everybody knows when rich people have more money it turns directly into job creation.

I think something like this may have happened to a friend of mine. In high school, I knew this guy named Delon. Was one of the toughest dudes I ever met. Anyway, the last time I saw him was when I was back from college - I ran into him in front of a 7-Eleven and he had been shot in the leg. His plan was to get really liquored up and let another guy I knew from HS, a real dumbass, dig the bullet out. I told him I thought it was a really bad idea and he should go to an emergency room, but he wasn't hearing it. Only time I ever saw Delon scared and I never saw or heard from him again after that. Should have forced him to go the the ER.

d) become a rapper?


*cough-lil wayne-cough*

Bah, what a pansy. Real men don't die from bullets, they spit 'em. *Sniff* At least that's my experience being a lady I don't have knowledge of other bullet related activity you gents might be privy to.

d) ask TFD?

snugglyhugs: willicus: I WANT to be outraged by your comment, but your username makes me feel warm and happy. DAMN YOU, SNUGGLYHUGS!

:D

I'm at work for another 15 minutes, I could use a blanketed hug.

/Or a bourbon
//Or both

He shot himself. But suppose someone else shot him, and it wasn't in some remote area far from doctors. And the guy refuses treatment. And dies. Autopsy shows no freak deformity, heart attack, or side effect that could have caused the death, simply his own neglect of the wound. The shooter gets busted. It would be an interesting murder trial.

In America? I'll patch it up. Figure a funeral in the long term would cost as much to my family as massive doctor bills.

In Canada? I'll go to the hospital.

Probably didn't have any clean socks.

alaskan gold digger: Come now, Who hasn't indulged in a little home treatment at some point?

A bottle of hydrogen peroxide, a few bandaids, maybe an ace bandage and some tweezers... You're good to go.

/Why yes, I do have some scars that were probably avoidable..

I did when I cut off a portion of my thumb with a vegetable slicer. Jack Daniels, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide and a shiatload of gauze. After it stopped bleeding I just kept it bandaged and cleaned it out daily with peroxide and then put on a new bandage with neosporin. Took 2 months to heal and my thumb is shaped weird now but it worked.

http://www.hboasia.com/images/posters/378x195/cannonball_run_ii.jpg?1190588732

Obnox: Some people just can't be reasoned with.

Back in the 1980s, my stepfather used to have a laborer who was a World War One veteran. The man hadn't seen a doctor since his army physical. When the laborer's health started to fail (We gave him a place to stay) we had to call the paramedics.
This old man was so tough, the paramedics couldn't insert IV needles into his arm. And then he refused to go to the hospital.
We had to check on him every hour on the hour to see if he was out of it before we could call the paramedics again. Finally he passed out for good and died on the way to the hospital.

Riche: Maybe he was a big fan of talk radio and thought he would be bootstrappy about the situation.

If he'd pulled those bootstraps a bit tighter, he probably wouldn't have bled out.

Some folks will never lose a toe but then again some folks'll...

dbirchall: If it's shock (due to loss of blood, or just the trauma) odds are you're not gonna be thinking all that well anyway, so unless someone comes along and notices, you might just sit there thinking it's just a flesh wound...

Very good point.

carnifex2005: It's in Canada. Going to ER would have been free. So yes, he's a dumbass or a drug dealer.

My bet is drug dealer. A lot of questions get asked when you show up with any form of gunshot wound. My uncle once shot himself with a round of 22 rimfire. (No gun, just a round of 22 rimfire.) He got cut rather badly by it so headed to the ER. He had a hell of a time convincing the staff and police of his story.

Even if he'd gone to see Dr. Scholls, this guy would've died of brain fungi.

RockIsDead: Probably didn't have any clean socks.

He should have plugged the hole with some trash.

/Obscure?
//No, not very

I don't have health insurance, so if I went to ER right now, I'd be paying for everything out of pocket. Who are these people going for free w/o insurance?

cats4rent: D'oh!

Toe!

Fixeded

/I've been hit in the arm by someone elses richochet before. I self medicated.

//It was so shallow I pulled it out with tweezers.

///I didn't want to answer questions with the cops.

////I kinda assaulted the moran that shot me, so I'd have went to jail for assaulting the moran If the cops got involved

(blinded by snugglyhugs' glitter)

platkat: In THIS economy? I can't even afford bullets, I ain't callin' no am-BU-lance.

Of course you wouldn't call an ambulance in this case. You'd be better off calling a toe truck.

Guess he really shot himself in the foot with that poor decision.

/crickets

Oldiron_79: /I've been hit in the arm by someone elses richochet before. I self medicated.

//It was so shallow I pulled it out with tweezers.

///I didn't want to answer questions with the cops.

////I kinda assaulted the moran that shot me, so I'd have went to jail for assaulting the moran If the cops got involved

You spelled punched in the face wrong.

Assuming it was a rifle or pistol round then I would say; d) Grab another round, use your teeth to remove the bullet from the brass, pour the powder on your wound and ignite it, thus cauterizing the wound.

/Spray on some Bactine, apply a couple of band aids and you'll be up and walking around in no time.

I just use one of my neighbors information I pilfered a while back. I get treated and not bugged for payment. Win-win! Although they're catching on to me so I stole someone else's information from work a few months ago. If I need drugs I just contact my local dealer.

/not serious

Not at all obscure Dr. Nick... but it did make me vomit in my mouth a little bit.

Damn it! I was suppose to be quoting platkat.