How do they actually save people who have been shot? I know movies aren’t realistic but most people die pretty quickly from gun shots, so how do doctors/nurses save them?
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> I know movies aren’t realistic but most people die pretty quickly from gun shots, so how do doctors/nurses save them?
What makes you say that? Unless a bullet hits something really vital (say a major artery, organ or the brain) it can actually take some time before death comes. The Human body is actually quite durable and fairly redundant, if you get to the hospital and have a pulse your odds are pretty good.
As for what they do, it’s exactly the things you expect. Stop the bleeding, remove the bullets if they are still in, hook them up to a bag of blood if needed. Even if the bullet hit something fairly major like an organ that still isn’t outside their scope. Might need to do surgery but then it’s the same story: stabilize the patient, repair anything that needs fixing, get them comfortable and let the healing start.
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