Don't let workmen wear sneakers. Unlike hard-soled boots, when a nail goes through a sneaker it takes a piece of the sneaker into the wound with it. A couple of days later, you've got a serious infection. Nail-guns are a real dangerous item. In most cases, the nail doesn't go all the way through.
Smoking is bad for serious injuries.
But the biggest thing that impacts upon survival is time. If that injured person can be at a trauma center within one hour, we feel he has a 99 percent chance of recovery. All Rights Reserved. Read our Privacy Statement.