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In my EMS experience, people rarely do what you described. I have yet to see one that wasn't successful.
by jrnichols 10y ago
In my EMS experience, people rarely do what you described. I have yet to see one that wasn't successful.
- cairo_x 10y agoI agree that using a firearm to commit suicide is still one of the most reliable methods, but it is not failsafe, and certainly not nice for the cleanup people, or discover(s) of the body... Like, It will stick with them for life. "estimated the lethality of suicide by guns as only 91.6% effective, and Farberow and Shneidman (NL Farberow and ES Shneidman, The Cry for Help, 1961.) had it as low as 84.7%. The Hawaii Department of Health (1990) had it even lower at 73%. The same studies showed the effectiveness of hanging to vary between 77% and 88%."