Hmm... let me see if I can contribute:
1.)In my 2nd year of med school I attended an autopsy where a guy's head was MOSTLY cut off with a machete. His head was hanging to the side by a few shreds of skin and tissue. We then proceeded with the autopsy and as you all know autopsies in general are pretty nasty (cutting right through the torso, disemboweling the body, etc.)
2.)On several occasions as a resident I received patients in the trauma bay with gun shot wounds to the chest that arrive without a pulse. We code these guys for a while and if we can't get them back requiring we perform a clam shell open thoracotomy. I have yet to observe a patient coming back after this procedure is performed but I have heard that on rare occasions they actually make it.
3.)I have treated many patients with infected stage IV ulcerations on their back sides and other parts of their body. In other words these wounds are so deep you can see muscle, bone and other organs which are foul smelling and typically filled with pus when they are infected.
Good times! :)
