The Surgical clinics of North America
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Burns in the urban environment present special problems. Although there generally is ready access to appropriate care and short transport times, burn injury remains a serious concern. Inhalation injuries, electrical and chemical burns, and burns as a result of abuse or assault are common problems.
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Surg. Clin. North Am. · Apr 1991
ReviewPrinciples of ballistics applicable to the treatment of gunshot wounds.
Ballistics is the science of the motion of a projectile through the barrel of a firearm (internal ballistics), during its subsequent flight (external ballistics), and during its final complicated motion after it strikes a target (terminal ballistics). Wound ballistics is a special case of terminal ballistics. ⋯ A special consideration in these cases is their medicolegal aspects. At a minimum, the medical team receiving the patient should exert care not to destroy the clothing and in particular to cut around and not through bullet holes, to turn over to law enforcement officials any metallic foreign body recovered from the patient, and to describe precisely, or even to photograph, any entrance or exit wounds.