If a person sustained a stomach injury in 1963, such as Oswald did, would they have survived the same injury in, say, 2003, assuming medical treatment was prompt and consistently applied in either case?
2006-08-04 21:06:14 · 5 answers · asked by dunric 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Ok, but let's say that Oswald got transported to a 2000s era trauma center with the same injuries he received in 1963. Would he have survived with prompt and aggressive medical care?
Paul
2006-08-12 19:56:04 · update #1
Yes
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2006-08-12 18:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trauma care is better now, but it depends on the specific nature of the wound. There are some things that cannot be recovered from.
2006-08-12 17:35:30 · answer #2 · answered by Fiasco de Bacle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general, medicine, surgery, trauma care, rehabilitation (recuperation) is definitely better today than in the 1960s.
2006-08-13 02:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by He He!! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but it depends on the amount of blood lost.
2006-08-13 02:36:01 · answer #4 · answered by GoingNoWhereFast 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes- As a result of the Viet Nam war advances were made in the treatment of gun shot wounds that were
not available in the early 1960s. Also a whole group of experienced trauma surgeons came out of the war that modernized trauma care in the following decades. These included the use of paramedics to render treatment early on and the rapid transportation using helicopters for the nearest trauma facility for surgery. It was likely Oswald would have lived today but I do not think that was the plan at the time.
2014-05-15 13:09:17 · answer #5 · answered by Freeman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋