Rhoeri@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoWhy in hospitals, is 'gun shot wound' abbreviated as "GSW"-message-squaremessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhy in hospitals, is 'gun shot wound' abbreviated as "GSW"-Rhoeri@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThen you’d think wrong.
minus-squareRhoeri@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 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-up1·3 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.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoYeah, I wonder why we do that… Guess we’ll never know
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.
Yeah, I wonder why we do that… Guess we’ll never know