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.
 *'''''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==