The human brain is the most sophisticated and sensitive organ in the body. As a result, it is natural for many of us to feel that a person shot in the head has little chance of surviving.
However, this is not always the case. There have been multiple cases where individuals have recovered after suffering severe brain injuries from gunfire.
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- Can you survive after being shot in the head?
- The bullet type also makes a lot of difference
Can you survive after being shot in the head?
In an old video released by 16 WAPT News, neurologist Dr Domenic Esposito discussed the subject by analysing a set of X-ray photos that depict the impact of a gunshot on the human brain.
Sanaa Hill, an eight-year-old girl from Mississippi, was shot by a stray bullet aimed directly at her head in 2010. When the awful tragedy occurred, she was doing her homework at the Boys & Girls Club.
Andrea Scott, a researcher at Jackson State University, was shot twice in the back of the head during a heist on the college grounds the same year. In all cases, the sufferers were able to get back on their feet after receiving the necessary medical attention.
According to the portal, Esposito, the director of neurotrauma at UMC, was not involved in those cases but was able to explain how Hill and Scott survived.
In an interview with 16 WAPT News, he predicted that the victims would be rushed to the hospital before their wounds became worse and that physicians would not attempt to remove gunshot fragments from their brains.
Esposito further mentioned that the gunshots did not penetrate through the middle of their brains. If this occurs, they may have a very limited chance of survival.
Esposito emphasised the improvement of medical research over the last decade by stating that doctors can now heal gunshot wounds with simply antibiotics, whereas surgery was formerly the sole choice in such circumstances.
He also stated that transporting a gunshot victim to the operating room is more dangerous because it might have a significant impact on the patient’s overall health.
“That actually could take a patient who might have done fairly well without such a radical treatment and turn them into an individual who did not do as well as they could have done,” Esposito told LadBible.
The medical professional went on to say that the vast majority of such patients he has seen so far have survived.
The bullet type also makes a lot of difference
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The bullet type can also make a difference. If it is narrow and retains its shape when it enters the body, it may be able to pass through tissue without inflicting significant secondary damage.
However, if it is designed to explode on touch, it may cause more tissue damage. The angle at which the bullet strikes and enters the body is also crucial, as is the yaw, or side-to-side movement of the bullet as it enters the body.
A football thrown in a tight spiral experiences less resistance as it travels through the air than a football going side to side or wobbling.
The higher the wobbling, the greater the potential for energy transmission to the body and harm.
The amount of damage caused is determined by the combination of bullet velocity and dynamics, as well as the position in the body where the bullet enters.
Depending on the type of firearm used, gunshot wounds can be classed as low or high velocity. The speed limit is 2,000 feet per second. Most handguns have modest velocity, but hunting and military firearms are high velocity.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn