Rhoeri@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoWhy in hospitals, is 'gun shot wound' abbreviated as "GSW"-message-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy in hospitals, is 'gun shot wound' abbreviated as "GSW"-Rhoeri@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhoeri@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI’d think that in an emergency room, it wouldn’t be that out of place to cause panic.
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThen you’d think wrong.
minus-squareRhoeri@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSo, what you’re saying is that the word “gun shot wound” would cause a panic…… in an ER.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThere are humans in an ER and humans are fucking stupid, so yes it could. The US is a silly place so people just instantly react to the word “gun” with thoughts of mass shootings.
I’d think that in an emergency room, it wouldn’t be that out of place to cause panic.
Then you’d think wrong.
So, what you’re saying is that the word “gun shot wound” would cause a panic…… in an ER.
There are humans in an ER and humans are fucking stupid, so yes it could. The US is a silly place so people just instantly react to the word “gun” with thoughts of mass shootings.