![]() They did not have enough blood loss to cause them to lose consciousness. They were not killed until there was not enough blood reaching their brain for their body to continue to fight. All the drugs did to the Moros was keep them from feeling the effects of the bullets that were striking them. With drugs on board, when the brain is starved of oxygen and/or glucose, it will cease to function and shut down. And after multiple GSW, the human body can continue to function, even in combat, as long as the brain is getting enough blood to direct the body to do its bidding. The brain is what determines if they are alive. The heart is just a pump getting blood to the brain. When people have heart surgery, the surgeons stop the heart and put it on bypass machine so the brain can get the blood that it needs while the operation is in progress. Remember that the heart is just a pump that perfuses the brain and other organs with blood. In the absence of major trauma, the brain will function as long as those two things are supplied. The brain only needs two things to function, oxygen and glucose. In GSWs, patients die because there is inadequate blood reaching the brain, or there has been devastating neurological damage from which there can be no recovery. In any trauma patient, be it gunshot wound or other trauma, what kills the patient is at least one of two things. In my career of more than 45 years in active health care delivery and teaching, I have seen hundreds, if not more, of GSW victims. I am speaking as a former Army Medic and retired ER nurse. ![]() Second, you seem to have a misunderstanding of how bullets kill people. 38 Long Colt was a dismal failure as a military round. 38 Special was created due to the lack of efficacy in battle of the. 38 Special was not used by the Army in the Philippines, it was the. The first one is, as pointed out in the article, the. 357 Magnum - a more powerful cartridge - existed, why not use that? There were a host of benefits to using a smaller cartridge, but first people had to understand ROBERT HEARDĪ couple of things to correct here. The reason? Some believed that since the. 38 Special round became the standard load for federal, state, and local law enforcement entities for decades - until more popular semi-automatic pistols began to replace the older-style revolvers. Loaded with more powder, more penetration, and more stopping power, this variation of the. 38 Special cartridge, the FBI introduced the “FBI Load” in 1972 - known to most of us as the “+P” bullet. Taking advantage of the ingenious design of the. police forces that it would be used for almost a century in departments across the country. Eventually, the round would become so popular among U.S. Like the soldiers in the Philippines 30 years before them, police forces were looking for a more powerful round, and found a solution with the. ![]() Prohibition helped fuel an organized crime wave and many police officers found themselves routinely outgunned with their standard-issue, single-action revolvers. Law Enforcement’s Best Friendīy the 1920s, a nation full of police officers was looking to replace their outdated, single-action revolvers with something new and more effective. 38 Special exhibits excellent accuracy and power in a light-recoiling platform. 38 Special, however, would continue in America for the thousands upon thousands of servicemen who fired it, setting the base for a long-lasting love affair with the. 38 Special into existence to replace the round with the. military would employ the very same program that brought the. 38 Special cartridge’s time short-lived in widespread military service. By 1907 however, multiple innovations made by John Browning and Colt would make the. 38 Special cartridge revolutionized the military. 38 Special to become massively popular among service members and the decision to create the versatile. This ability to fit and fire in so many different firearms led the. 38 Special cartridge could be fired from the Navy’s old cap-and-ball revolvers and the soon-to-come. The resulting design was a miraculous round for the time - capable of fitting not only the old. 38 Special cartridge, which was designed to overcome the underwhelming limitations of the. A round that would fire faster, hit harder, and penetrate further. military would have to do something drastic. If they had any hope to compete on the world stage, the U.S. 38 Long Colt bullets to take down ONE Moro Jihadi (the enemy). 38 Long Colt: It lacked velocity.ĭuring the Philippine War, American soldiers would fire several. ![]() In fact, it was so popular that rival manufacturers such as Winchester offered its firearms chambered in the. 38 Long Colt and the related pistol line were insanely popular.
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