Dr. Gupta's CNN Article

[biku324]

Head trauma is nothing to take lightly. If the former President only got the cartilage on his ear redesigned, he's good to go. If the bullet touched bone at that speed, that's another matter.

There's a reason Marines prefer headshots with M4s.

Added: In the last two years I had to deal with two contractors with what looked like minor head injuries. One fell getting out of the shower cabinet in his CHU; the other fell and had a visible small cut on his forehead but couldn't remember how it happened. Neither showed up to teach class - when we checked on them in both separate incidents, both were confused, then lucid, then confused but 'just wanted to get some sleep.' Both were rushed to med clinics; both had hematomas, bleeding on the brain. One was 61, the other 67 - if the requirement is you need a BA, twenty years police experience with 10 years in management, you don't get any 30/40 year-olds.

Aging sux and increases your vulnerabilities - both of these guys were more than a decade younger than former President Trump.

 

[ladder13]

For all the people who keep asking for links and proof.

Where's the evidence the bullet touched his skull?

The hospital personnel apparently didn't think so.

Maybe make an appt for two?

Here again, pre conceived notions from folks who accuse others of the same.

 

[rockquarry]

Interesting comment. Sanjay Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon who's also widely respected as a journalist, and seems to have a lot of credibility. Born in Michigan, child of immigrants, successful author, went to Iraq in 2003 as a reporter for CNN and ended up operating on wounded American troops and Iraqi civilians and saving lives. He was considered for the position of Surgeon General in the Obama Administration.

I Googled him, and while he has made a mistake or two in his reporting, and some folks (notably Michael Moore) took issue with him, I could find no mention of "fraud" or evidence that "he's been wrong so many times about so many things."

You evidently know more about him than I could find...could you please cite some examples of fraud on his part, and some examples of him being wrong many times about many things? Thanks.

Sanjay Gupta - Wikipedia

Good for you. Always lots of crackerjack experts available for comment, sort of like YouTube hotshots. Credibility means little to the "ignorant and proud of it" faction. Seems like we could all do a little better and not circle like a shark just because the uninformed think its the thing to do.

 

[Catwrangler]

I don't. I rarely watch any TV. Their online website is one of several I zip through each morning when I first turn on my computer. That's before I settle in for the day, leaving this site up while I head out to work in the house, garden, and orchards. I'm not even sure what to call their website. CNN? Headline News?

It's always been Chicken Noodle News

 

[Rule3]

Anyone examine Thomas Crooks head, Anything left of it?

 

[Doug M.]

A lack of details about injuries of this nature can lead to unwise speculation. However, as far as I can tell from all reports, there was a hole in the ear and that's all. It is not farfetched that even a glancing blow to the skull would be a game changer, but I am not aware of any indication of such. It does not take much, as "Biku324" describes, for a "minor closed head injury" to have real serious effects.

 

[lihpster]

Another excerpt from the article:

A full public assessment of Trump's injuries is necessary, for both the former president's own health and the clarity it can provide for voters about the recovery of the man who could become president of the United States once again. The concern is that gunshot blasts near the head can cause injuries that aren't immediately noticeable, such as bleeding in or on the brain, damage to the inner ear or even psychological trauma.

I'm no neurosurgeon, but even I understand that the gunshot blast occurred around 135 yards from his head. Probably not a whole lot of overpressure, which is what would happen if the actual gun was next to his ear, not just the bullet passing through.

 

[biku324]

Anyone examine Thomas Crooks head, Anything left of it?

They said he was scatter-brained.

 

[ladder13]

Another excerpt from the article:

A full public assessment of Trump's injuries is necessary, for both the former president's own health and the clarity it can provide for voters about the recovery of the man who could become president of the United States once again. The concern is that gunshot blasts near the head can cause injuries that aren't immediately noticeable, such as bleeding in or on the brain, damage to the inner ear or even psychological trauma.

I'm no neurosurgeon, but even I understand that the gunshot blast occurred around 135 yards from his head. Probably not a whole lot of overpressure, which is what would happen if the actual gun was next to his ear, not just the bullet passing through.

Goober is out of his league.

 

[Bald1]

Here's an excerpt from the CNN article:

...But it is still surprising that we have not heard more about the exact diagnosis and care of what may have been a catastrophic injury. And, while all the attention has been on his ear and right side of his head, that doesn't mean other injuries may not be present. It's not even clear that he was struck by a primary projectile from the rifle, a secondary projectile or a combination of both. Sometimes, it can be difficult to know without an in-depth evaluation.

We do know that the shooter used an AR-15-style weapon, and in my experience in the operating room, I've witnessed the kind of trauma this weapon can cause. The kinetic energy of it is significant: A rifle like the AR-15 can produce up to 1,300 foot-pounds of force. With that much power close to the head, there can be injuries beyond what's visible...

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: There are still key questions about Trump's injuries after attempted assassination | CNN

I am not a medical doctor, but that sounds mighty far-fetched to me.

He has been and is a mouthpiece for the left and for his own self promotion. He was wrong on plenty of Covid advice. Like so many on the left, instead of saying we don't know. They were know it alls trying to dictate your every move.
I don't know of any other Neurologist with such strong opinions on Covid. Most medical professionals tend to stay in their own lane. This guy will comment on anything just to hear himself talk

 

[Rodan]

I find it amusing that the folks most recently calling out about paid trolls/bots are the ones always acting like paid trolls/bots.

 

[GaryS]

Gupta wasn't "wrong" about COVID, he lied about COVID.

As to head wounds, closed and open are totally different in most respects. Closed head injuries cause damage because the skull in closed tight. It's often referred to as the Cranial Vault. Bleeding inside the skull increases the intracranial pressure and that in turn causes compression of the brain. Which is pretty obviously bad.

In the case of President Trump, the round nicked his ear. He had no loss of consciousness which is the first question I always asked about closed head injuries. It's not necessary for a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) to have a period of unconsciousness, however it's always a major concern.

Gupta knows that he is at least overstating the case here. I'll leave it at that. Here we are almost a week later and there is no indication that President Trump suffered anything more than the obvious superficial injury.

 

[llowry61]

Most neurosurgeons are "full of themselves", and that's not necessarily a bad thing. You have to have a pretty healthy ego, and a lot of confidence, to do what they do. That doesn't make them bad people.

(Here in Baltimore, among people who worked with him at Johns Hopkins, the stories about Ben Carson are legendary...)

Can you provide the data source you are using to support the comment that most Neurosurgeons are full of themselves as well as the healthy ego / lots of confidence items?

 

[JohnRippert]

The 'can you provide a source' comments are getting just as old as all the conspiracy theory comments. I need to stop perusing these posts for entertainment value.

 

[Retired W4]

Conspiracy theories thrive in an environment where the facts are withheld. More information equals less conjecture (to infer from inconclusive evidence).

 

[s&wchad]

Nothing to see here...

We're done.