The Wounded

Las Vegas Oct. 1, 2017 there was a shooting at a festival hosted at Mandalay Bay. 59 people are dead and 500+ were hurt in the shooting. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The gunman was found dead at the scene and was identified by Lombardo as Stephen Paddock. Authorities recovered a total of 42 guns belonging to the shooter. At least 23 firearms were found in his Mandalay Bay hotel suite. Orlando Florida, June 12, 2016 there was a shooting at a gay nightclub. The…

the next two years of his life caring for wounded soldiers. He had very little training prior to being assigned as medic, so he had to learn on the job how to treat wounds. In his book he traces the path of the 45th Infantry Division, in which General Patton described as “one of the best, if not the best division…

his or her face. On the other hand, in the American culture, a white horse depicts death. In the movie, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, directed by, Yves Simoneau, the symbolism of the white horse that Sitting Bull looked at before the Native Americans were massacred, plays a huge role in depicting what has been happening and what is about to happen to the Native Americans at Wounded Knee. Throughout the movie, many people can come to the conclusion that James McLaughlin, has no understanding…

people from further study of the medical field. Surgeries back then were brutal and sometimes, unnecessary. Amputations, for example, existed among the army because bullets were stuck in the bones of the soldiers. Medics could not save two-thirds of wounded soldiers because they knew nothing about bacteria and the importance of sanitation. They dressed wounds with the same bandages on different people because the medics thought it would save supplies of bandages (Wegner). They had no choice…

Most people know that the world is full of war, suffering, pain, and death. However, some people don’t know that children are being forced to become child soldiers, and they are the ones that are victims of pain, war, death, and suffering. Due to the fact that these children are forced to be soldiers and victims of pain, war, death, and suffering, they deserve amnesty, or legal forgiveness. Some people may say that child soldiers are perpetrators, and that they do not deserve amnesty, but these…

According to the Red Cross Organization one day while she was tending a wounded soldier a bullet passed through her sleeve and killed the soldier she was tending (n.page). That was not her only near death experience. She always kept records of the men se tended, and that is how she found herself replying to letters of thousands…

Gettysburg to be the bloodiest of all battles in the Civil War and turning point for the Union in the War. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted three days ,with over ten thousand Union and Confederated soldiers dead and around three times that amount wounded its hard to believe that this many americans could be dead…

within the Red Power movement materialized in the Wounded Knee incident or Wounded Knee II. This incident occurred when a group of Native American Movement members led by Russell Means and “tribal elders went into the village of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and occupied it in the name of the Oglala Nation ” in protest of alleged corruption . Significantly, AIM proclaimed political independence when they took control of Wounded Knee, and the resulting standoff…

machinegun fire crashed and inflicted 75 casualties. As a company aid man, PFC Doss refused cover and carried all 75 casualties down to safe hands. On another occasion, PFC Doss exposed himself to heavy rifle and mortar fire in order to rescue a wounded man. A few days later, he advanced through a shower of grenades to treat 4 comrades. In the cave, he treated their wounds and proceeded to make 4 separate trips under fire to individually evacuate them to safety. In a night attack near Shuri,…

Barber-Surgeon I have always been intrigued with the study of medicine. I started school in 2014 with the goal to graduate with a BSN. At the beginning of the semester it was mentioned in class that people in the early 1200 to 1820 there was a Barber-Surgeon. A Barber-Surgeon is a barber that cuts hair, shaves people, pulls teeth, removes superficial tumours, stops haemorrhaging, drains pus filled sores, preforms enemas, used leeches to help with blood clotting, curetted fistulas, and sutured…