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Hockey goalie Clint Malarchuks throat got slashed by skate during a live NHL game, the injury was so bad that 11 fans fainted, 2 got heart attack and at least 3 players vomited on the ice. The wound was so bad that it needed 300 stiches. Clint was back on ice just a week later.
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During the a battle in 1797, British Admiral Horatio Nelson was badly wounded in the right arm. When he came to the surgeon he said, "the sooner it is off the better," within a half hour of the amputation he returned to command of his forces.
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Rocky Bleier, an NFL football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers who was drafted into the US Army and served in Vietnam. Badly wounded in a leg and foot by a grenade, he needed four years to return to the team's roster, but became a star and helped the Steelers win four Super Bowls.
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During the filming of "Goodfellas" (1990), Michael Imperioli badly cut his hand on glass and was taken to the ER where doctors promptly started to treat him for his fake bullet wounds.
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When an Indian Captain was badly wounded in WW2 Burma and thought to be on his deathbed, he was quickly awarded a Military Cross because at the time it couldn't be given posthumously. He survived and became the first Indian to be promoted to Field Marshal.
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Until Lister's research, wound infections were thought to be the result of bad air and hospital wards were aired out to halt the spread of infection.
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Ernest Hemingway was badly wounded in Europe while serving on the Italian Front. He received the Italian Silver Medal of Bravery because he assisted Italian soldiers to safety even after being injured himself.
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During World War Two, a badly wounded B17 bomber was led to safety by a German 109 pilot who could not bring himself to shoot them down.
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Contrary to popular belief, urinating on a jellyfish sting wound is a very bad idea. Washing it with freshwater is another; it could make the injury worse.
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In 1872 A Luddite was badly wounded and locked up. They interrogated him to find the co-conspirators. As his health worsened he called over the interrogator and said “Can you keep a secret?” “Yes!” the interrogator cried. “So can I” said the Luddite and promptly died.
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US army soldiers carried women’s tampons to dress wounds in the field. I cut my knee badly the other day and an older man put a tampon “inside” the injury until medics arrived to absorb blood. It worked and he told me he did this many times in the army. Who would of thought?
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The technique a war trauma surgeon uses to fix a badly shattered femur following a high-velocity gunshot wound. Link contains GRAPHIC images
