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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 ]
A contact shot produces a distinctive wound, with extensive tissue damage from the burning propellant. Unlike a shot from point-blank range, the powder burns will cover a very small area right around the entry wound; often there will be a distinct pattern, called tattooing.
A penetrating injury in which an object enters the body or a structure and passes all the way through an exit wound is called a perforating trauma, while the term penetrating trauma implies that the object does not perforate wholly through. [2] In gunshot wounds, perforating trauma is associated with an entrance wound and an often larger exit ...
“Very small,” she said, pointing to the slug, “like a .22.” As so many other patients do, the patient asked the trauma surgeons if they were going to take the bullet out, and the surgeons explained that they fix what the bullet injures, they don’t fix the bullet. They left the wound open to prevent infection and put a dressing on it.
There was no sign of gunshot wounds to Daniel, Stubblefield said at the time, noting that if a bullet doesn’t strike bone and passes through the body, such a wound likely could not be determined ...
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 ...
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.
Erie police are investigating after a man showed up at UPMC Hamot with a gunshot wound to the arm on Tuesday night. Police were called to the hospital shortly after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after the 25 ...