Difference between revisions of "Gunshot wounds"

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*Absence of soot & stippling does '''not exclude''' near range; the lack of soot and stippling may be explained by clothing ''or'' an '''intermediate target''' that separated from the victim post-injury.
*Absence of soot & stippling does '''not exclude''' near range; the lack of soot and stippling may be explained by clothing ''or'' an '''intermediate target''' that separated from the victim post-injury.
*'''''Intermediate''''' should '''not''' be confused with '''''indeterminate'''''.
*'''''Intermediate''''' should '''not''' be confused with '''''indeterminate'''''.
===Summary tables===
Summary table - hand guns:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Distance
!Skin splitting
!Soot
!Stippling
!Other
|-
| Contact
| +/- (only if to head)
| + (in wound)
| + (in wound)
| muzzle imprint
|-
| Near contact
| -
| + (in & around wound)
| +
| no muzzle imprint
|-
| Intermediate
| -
| -
| +
| should not be confused with ''intermediate target''
|-
| Indeterminate
| -
| -
| -
| previous known as ''distant''
|}
Summary table - shot guns:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Distance
!Skin splitting
!Soot
!Stippling
!Bullet topography
!Wad mark
|-
|Contact
| +/- (only if to head)
| + (in wound)
| + (in wound)
| round
| -
|-
|Near contact
| -
| + (in & around wound
| + (in & around wound)
| round with scalloped border
| -
|-
|Intermediate
| -
| -
| +
| round with scalloped border + "satellite" bullets
| +/-
|-
|Distant
| -
| -
| -
| scattered, multiple round-same size
| -
|}


==Injury severity due to GSWs==
==Injury severity due to GSWs==
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