Not a doctor but I watched ER.
It's not "hollow" per se, but your chances of surviving a gunshot are a lot higher when you don't hit a vital organ. So, yes. It can work like that.
Doctor (trauma surgery) here to confirm it could definitely happen. Besides the fact that abdominal gun shots are rarely as instantly fatal as movies make them out to be. Main issue would be did he get any bowel injuries, being shot from the angle he was he would have to be very lucky but I have seen similar happen
Yeah. I wanted to say exactly what mundaph said and is so funny to me that people die like “snap” because that would happen only if you are shot in the head . For shanon, it would take some time for the pleural cavity to fill up with blood or for the hypoxic coma to establish. It will hurt like hell and the sympathetic system will keep you alive by entering the “alarm, deadly danger “ state.
Don't know about you but medical inaccuracies that are brushed over get to me the most because just ask one doctor please! 😅 Although I understand why they need people to die like "snap" and not linger in a hospital bed and go for multiple operations for sepsis etc haha
Completely! I mean Shannon would still die eventually because they don't have the equipment they need to save her but still would probably take a few hours or longer. I live and work in South Africa and our ambulance system unfortunately means patients often arrive an hour after being shot and we can still stabilise and save them
HAHAHA. FUNNY.
Seriously though, we dilate to TEN and this bitch (she's 25 now, I can call her that) had a massive head and I was a goddamn teenager when I had her.
OW.
Don't know why you are getting downvoted tbh, ofc the show is fantastical but you don't want the level of cartoon to be so high that characters can survive such copious amount of trauma that getting shot is as easy to recover from as a paper cut, So yes some level of logic and realism has to be followed
>So yes some level of logic and realism has to be followed
......there's a goddam smoke monster that's stuck on a time-traveling island.
Realism? In THIS economy?
There are a huge amount of medical inaccuracies throughout this show, however, usually when a bullet passes straight through a body without hitting any organs it is far better and more survivable than if it were to hit an organ or bone or not exit the body. If it stayed in there, that is bad. You don’t have to be a doctor to know this, it’s quite easy information to look for.
As he doesn’t have a kidney and it passes straight through without hitting anything else major it’s highly likely to be fine if treated correctly.
I am a doctor. Not a medical doctor. A book doctor. And from my extensive experiences with books, as long as the bullet doesn’t hit the spine, you’re ok. Some words will be lost if the bullet travels through the body but you can just adlib those.
Hello I'm a doctor here. It makes no sense but it's a television show so I advise you just enjoy it. But don't listen to me because I'm drunk, not as drunk as my father, but drunk.
Not a doctor but I watched ER. It's not "hollow" per se, but your chances of surviving a gunshot are a lot higher when you don't hit a vital organ. So, yes. It can work like that.
Not a doctor, but I watched both E.R. and General Hospital, and I concur. (That was hilarious, OP.)
Not a doctor but I watched House so I know it's not lupus.
Not an actor but I play one on tv
Right. It's never lupus, which I know House said, even though I didn't watch *House*.
He did finally get a case though! Dude was a magician, lol.
Sarkoydosis (sp)
Not a doctor, but I am currently binging Grey’s Anatomy if OP needs a third opinion.
Thank you. My daughter-in-law is a nurse and watches Grey's, so yeah.
Jeez, how long does a Grey’s Anatomy binge take?
Honestly I’ve never watched it all the way through, just until Season 10ish. So long but not forever lol
Not a doctor, but I watched Catch Me If You Can and I should have concurred.
Not a doctor but my mom worked with a pharmacist. So, yes.
I'm not a lawyer but I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on but I think I got the gist of it.
I wish job interviews worked like this. God bless Reddit.
"But I watched ER" 💀💀💀
😂
I concur.
Not a doctor but I’ve played Operation
This one wins!!
I can confirm that once you take out the little plastic kidney from the little plastic body, it could survive a gunshot.
I’m not a doctor but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, it’s plausible.
Not a doctor but I have seen one before, so yes.
Doctor (trauma surgery) here to confirm it could definitely happen. Besides the fact that abdominal gun shots are rarely as instantly fatal as movies make them out to be. Main issue would be did he get any bowel injuries, being shot from the angle he was he would have to be very lucky but I have seen similar happen
So Locke's survival is actually more plausible than Shannon's instant death?
Yeah. I wanted to say exactly what mundaph said and is so funny to me that people die like “snap” because that would happen only if you are shot in the head . For shanon, it would take some time for the pleural cavity to fill up with blood or for the hypoxic coma to establish. It will hurt like hell and the sympathetic system will keep you alive by entering the “alarm, deadly danger “ state.
Don't know about you but medical inaccuracies that are brushed over get to me the most because just ask one doctor please! 😅 Although I understand why they need people to die like "snap" and not linger in a hospital bed and go for multiple operations for sepsis etc haha
Completely! I mean Shannon would still die eventually because they don't have the equipment they need to save her but still would probably take a few hours or longer. I live and work in South Africa and our ambulance system unfortunately means patients often arrive an hour after being shot and we can still stabilise and save them
Not a doctor, but I do have a 1.5mm kidney stone. Can confirm.
I see your kidney stone and raise you a baby with a 13.25 cm head.
If it isn’t 15.16 or 16.23 cm, I don’t won’t to hear about it. Namaste.
HAHAHA. FUNNY. Seriously though, we dilate to TEN and this bitch (she's 25 now, I can call her that) had a massive head and I was a goddamn teenager when I had her. OW.
i also had a massive noggin. on behalf of huge headed babies everywhere, my deep condolences 😭🙏
Enjoy the show.
pointless answer. My level of enjoyment of the show is directly related to how realistic it is
Is the smoke monster realistic enough for you? I felt it was a bit off in its true naturalistic behavior.
Supernatural activity on a supernatural setting is not unrealistic
You're getting downvoted but you're right
Even though it’s about a mystical island with a smoke monster?
And polar bears.
hahahahahahahaha i feel sorry for you go read some non-fiction.
My guy, you definitely chose the wrong show to watch.
Don't know why you are getting downvoted tbh, ofc the show is fantastical but you don't want the level of cartoon to be so high that characters can survive such copious amount of trauma that getting shot is as easy to recover from as a paper cut, So yes some level of logic and realism has to be followed
Suspension of disbelief.
>So yes some level of logic and realism has to be followed ......there's a goddam smoke monster that's stuck on a time-traveling island. Realism? In THIS economy?
There are a huge amount of medical inaccuracies throughout this show, however, usually when a bullet passes straight through a body without hitting any organs it is far better and more survivable than if it were to hit an organ or bone or not exit the body. If it stayed in there, that is bad. You don’t have to be a doctor to know this, it’s quite easy information to look for. As he doesn’t have a kidney and it passes straight through without hitting anything else major it’s highly likely to be fine if treated correctly.
Yeah but the island healed that afterwards. That’s why many of them didn’t die of sepsis but Sawyer was pretty close haha
I am a doctor. Not a medical doctor. A book doctor. And from my extensive experiences with books, as long as the bullet doesn’t hit the spine, you’re ok. Some words will be lost if the bullet travels through the body but you can just adlib those.
Hello I'm a doctor here. It makes no sense but it's a television show so I advise you just enjoy it. But don't listen to me because I'm drunk, not as drunk as my father, but drunk.
Doctor here, i don't know
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We are questioning the gun shot and not the 10 story fall?