Question for our SWAT guys...

[BigEd925]

Not a SWAT guy, but a medical guy.

When your sympathetic nervous system takes over (fight or flight) and your body is pumped with epinephrine (adrenaline) blood flow decreases to the digestive system. Digestion is halted and blood is guided to essential organs (heart, lungs, brain). Not saying that may stop your Battlecr*p but physiologically it shouldnt happen.

[badicedog]

I'm also a medical guy, you are referring to 'fight or flight' syndrome. I dont think this is the same. It's more like when 'your life flashes before your eyes' type of thing. Under extreme stress.

[AJAX22]

I dunno about combat, but I always pinch a loaf before heavy exercise...

Just one less thing to worry about.

[MIB]

I had a great conversation with a SWAT buddy of mine re: physiologic reactions the body has during 'high stress' situations(shoot-out, combat, high stress). i.e., loss of fine motor skills, temp loss of speech, vision acuity, decreased or loss of hearing etc. A story came up about how SWAT guys sometimes take a 'Battlecr*p' prior to serving high risk warrants or going into a high stress situation. I first thought he was pulling my leg so I'm posting here (for fun) to hear any other stories or find out if this is true.

Never heard of this before. We use the head before an op just like you do before a long car drive, but this is new to me. But like Han Solo said, "They'll follow standard procedure and dump their garbage before going to hyperspace."

[timdps]

+1

When I used to race bicycles (long ago...) my body would tell me to get that stuff out NOW before starting the race. There would always be a long line for the nearest john before a race...

tim

I dunno about combat, but I always pinch a loaf before heavy exercise...

Just one less thing to worry about.

[PatriotnMore]

I must have a battle crap every morning after drinking my first cup of coffee.

Not a SWAT guy, but a medical guy.

When your sympathetic nervous system takes over (fight or flight) and your body is pumped with epinephrine (adrenaline) blood flow decreases to the digestive system. Digestion is halted and blood is guided to essential organs (heart, lungs, brain). Not saying that may stop your Battlecr*p but physiologically it shouldnt happen.

[NorCal MedTac]

In 8 or so years of being a medic (and over a decade of EMS) I have only seen maybe 3 people that have **** themselves in traumatic incidents. That being said I was a distance swimmer in college and can often remember that after the adrenaline dump I would be ready to **** just following races all the time. Figure it had something to do with the rest of your systems coming back online after being "dormant".