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    Wounds by Shotguns: by Dilnaaz Baig Roll No-8 Batch 2015 Ii Mbbs

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    Shotgun wounds depend on the distance from which the weapon is discharged. Contact wounds are usually round and equal to the bore size, often with ragged margins. Near contact wounds have more scattering of shot but still appear mostly as a single wound. Intermediate range wounds begin to show the spread of individual pellet holes within an irregular wound entry. Distant wounds have fully separated pellets that penetrate separately with greatly reduced energy.

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    Shotgun wounds depend on the distance from which the weapon is discharged. Contact wounds are usually round and equal to the bore size, often with ragged margins. Near contact wounds have more scattering of shot but still appear mostly as a single wound. Intermediate range wounds begin to show the spread of individual pellet holes within an irregular wound entry. Distant wounds have fully separated pellets that penetrate separately with greatly reduced energy.

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    Shotgun wounds depend on the distance from which the weapon is discharged. Contact wounds are usually round and equal to the bore size, often with ragged margins. Near contact wounds have more scattering of shot but still appear mostly as a single wound. Intermediate range wounds begin to show the spread of individual pellet holes within an irregular wound entry. Distant wounds have fully separated pellets that penetrate separately with greatly reduced energy.

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    Shotgun wounds depend on the distance from which the weapon is discharged. Contact wounds are usually round and equal to the bore size, often with ragged margins. Near contact wounds have more scattering of shot but still appear mostly as a single wound. Intermediate range wounds begin to show the spread of individual pellet holes within an irregular wound entry. Distant wounds have fully separated pellets that penetrate separately with greatly reduced energy.

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    Wounds by

    shotguns
    BY DILNAAZ BAIG
    ROLL NO-8 BATCH 2015 II MBBS
    Character of the wound depends
    on
     (I) the distance from which the weapon is discharged
     The discharge produces a
     - long , shallow cone with its apex close to muzzle of the
    shotgun
     - the farther along the con the victim is situated The
    larger will be the wound pattern
     (I) Contact and near contact wounds
     - single
     - usually round
     - equal to the bore in size
     - often ragged because of individual shot
     - tearing due to gasses
     Tight contact wound , soiling and burning are minimal or absent
    and muzzle impression is seen
     Muzzle imprint may be an incomplete , indistinct bruise or rarely
    may be a perfect imprint of the end of the weapon.
     In a double-barrel shotgun , the unused barrel often leaves a
    characteristic patterned abrassion
     Back Spatter – in contact shot , the muzzle blast and the
    negative pressure in the barrel following discharge may suck
    blood , hair , fragments of the tissues and the cloth fibres several
    cm back inside
     The barrel
     Plastic wads retain their shape and diameter within the body , but
    felt and cardboard wads suck up blood amd body fluids and swell

     Contact shot over a bony area


     Crusiate , stellate or ragged laceratiins are seen especially if there
    is a thick bone immediately under the skin
     Due to the extreme force ofnthe blowback phenomenon.'c as the
    gases expand beneath the skin and lacerate the margins of the
    wound , as they exit through the original entry wound
     Contact wounds on the head produce greater disruption of the
     Margins , amd often show subsidiary linear teras in the skin
    extending from the margins of the main wound
     A large irregular hole is produced in the skull , with fissured
    fractures running from its margins .
     A large exit wound may be produced with the disruption of the
    cranium and projection of brain tissue for some distance .
     Burst Head – an eye may be blown out of its socket
     In loose contact or near contact shot , some of the gases escape
    woth the resulting scattering of the muzzle blast and an unusual
    arrangement of soot is seen on the skin known as corona.
     Clothes – if the part is clothed , smoke will escape sideways amd
    may be found in wach layer of clothing and on the skin . The
    cloth may be singed at the edge of the hole , and there may be a
    ring of burning around the skin wound

     (2) Close Range – upto one metre


    a) within 30cm
    surrounding tissues ate singed by flame ., and blackened by
    smoke , and tattooed by unburnt or partially burnt powder
    granules .
    As the range becomes greater , the intensity of blackening and
    tattooing decrease and the spread increases in a fairly regular
     Regular manner
     B) between 30 cm to one meter
     The wound is single, circular or oval , similar to contact wounds ,
    though the blackening and tattooing are more extensive
     The margins of the skin wound may be clean cut or slightly
    ragged
     C)At the distance of 60 to 90 cm
     The small shot produce a single circular aperture , 2.5 to 4 cm , in
    diameter , with irregular and lacerated edges .
     Ni burning or blackening with some amount of tattooing I

     The tissues within and around the wound are nit cherry red
     3) Short range (1-2 meters)
     A single circular aperture 4-5 cm in diameter with irregular and
    lacerated edges is produced .
     No burning , blackening or tattooing
     The shot mass enters the body in one mads producing a round
    hole four to five cm in diameter for all gauges and all chokes
     4) Intermediate range (2-4 metres)
     At a distance of two meters, the shot mass begins to spread and
    individual pellet holes may be detected , which are usually round
    and shows a rim of abrasion at their margins
     Wound entry is irregular
     5) Long or distant range ( above 4 meters)
     All shots penetrate separately
     In the skull , the energy of the shots is greatly reduced
    perforating the skin and bone so that they usually do not travel
    the entire brain substance .
    Thank you

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