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== | ||