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A gunshot wound (GSW) is a penetrating injury caused by a projectile (e.g. a bullet) shot from a gun (typically a firearm). [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Damage may include bleeding , bone fractures , organ damage, wound infection , and loss of the ability to move part of the body . [ 2 ]
Shooting to wound refers to attempts to use a firearm to harm someone without killing them. It is controversial since the unpredictable nature of firearm wounds could result in the wound failing to incapacitate the target; it may accidentally kill or miss the target, [ 1 ] the latter presents a risk of unintended casualties.
Common wound types include gunshots to the extremities. A person may achieve a similar effect by deliberately neglecting their health, e.g., by letting a minor wound become infected, or foregoing foot care in damp environments to trigger the development of diseases like trench foot and tropical ulcers, which are debilitating but not usually fatal or permanent if treated properly.
A self-inflicted wound (SIW) or self-inflicted injury (SII) is a physical injury done to oneself. This may occur in contexts including: Suicide or suicide attempt [1] Self-harm (non-suicidal self-injury) [1] As a result of an organic brain syndrome [2]: S82 Pursuit of an ulterior motive, including: To avoid military service [3]: 96
It’s possible for a surgeon to get distracted by the wrong wound. The most dangerous wounds don’t always look the worst. People can get shot in the head and they’re leaking bits of brain from a hole in the skull and that’s not the fatal wound; the fatal wound is from another bullet that ripped through the chest.
Thompson, 50, suffered gunshot wounds to the back and to the leg at around 6:45 a.m. ET, while outside of the Hilton Midtown hotel in a busy section of Manhattan.
The students were identified as 6-year-old Roman Mendez, who suffered two gunshot wounds that resulted in internal injuries, and 5-year-old Elias Wolford, who was shot in the stomach and suffered ...
It is what experts are coming to identify as a moral injury: the pain that results from damage to a person’s moral foundation. In contrast to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which springs from fear, moral injury is a violation of what each of us considers right or wrong.