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  Gunshot induced spinal cord injury Part 1
Gunshot wounds of the spinal cord are neither new nor unknown to the public.
Gunshot wounds of the neck have a similar incidence of spinal cord injury.
Gunshot wounds that penetrate gut and injure the spinal cord are associated with higher incidences of infections.
carecure.rutgers.edu /spinewire/Archives/Gunshot1.html   (3264 words)

  
  Gunshot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A gunshot is the discharge of a firearm, and the sound effect thereof; the term can also refer to a wound caused by such a discharge.
A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels.
Some doctrines of survival training allow for the use of three gunshots with an interval of one or two seconds as a distress signal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gunshot   (171 words)

  
 COURT TV ONLINE - The Amadou Diallo Shooting - Hot Document
Gunshot wound I Is a perforating gunshot wound to the lateral aspect of the proximal left thigh.
Gunshot wound K Is a penetrating gunshot wound to the posterolateral aspect of the proximal left thigh, 36 1/2" below the top of the head, The 7/8" oval perforation has a 1/16" to 1/8" margin of abrasion.
Gunshot wound M is a perforating gunshot wound to the anterolateral aspect of the distal left thigh, 45 1/2" below the top of the head.
www.courttv.com /national/diallo/autopsy.html   (3841 words)

  
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Acoustic gunshot detection systems are designed to pick up the sound of a muzzle blast from a gun and, within seconds of the shot being fired, pinpoint or triangulate within some margin of error the gunshot's location, before alerting the police about the shot being fired.
The gunshot location and time are transmitted to a personal computer in the dispatch center in less than 2 seconds, and the gunfire information is displayed on a computerized map, enabling dispatchers to relay the information to officers on the street.
Gunshot events are displayed on a computer map in the police dispatch center within approximately 15 seconds of the noise being made.
www.ncjrs.org /txtfiles1/nij/179274.txt   (4499 words)

  
 Gunshot Residue
Gunshot residue kits are analyzed in an effort to determine if an individual was involved in the discharge of a firearm.
The gunshot residue kit contains two SEM stubs with carbon tape adhesive that are used to tape lift the palm and back surfaces of the hands.
The GSR stubs are analyzed for constituents of gunshot residue, namely the elements lead (Pb), antimony (Sb) and barium (Ba).
www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov /MSHPWeb/PatrolDivisions/CLD/TraceEvidence/GunshotResidue.html   (90 words)

  
 Vincent Foster
His responsibility is to determine cause of death and, in the case of a gunshot wound, to determine with the police the manner of death -- suicide, homicide, accident, or undetermined.
Gunshot Residue in Soil As part of his examination, Dr. Lee went to Fort Marcy Park with OIC investigators and obtained soil and other materials from the berm on which Mr.
Foster "died of a contact gunshot wound of the mouth, perforating his skull and brain." Dr. Blackbourne based that conclusion "upon the autopsy report, diagrams and photographs and my examination of the microscopic slides of the entrance wound in the soft palate and posterior oropharynx which demonstrated extensive soot." Dr. Blackbourne concluded that Mr.
whatreallyhappened.com /RANCHO/POLITICS/FOSTER_COVERUP/Starr_text.html   (14773 words)

  
 Injury Update: The Epidemiology of Gunshot Injuries in Oklahoma, 1995
Fifty-six percent of the gunshot injuries were intentional, 33% were unintentional, and the intent was not reported for 11%.
Fifty percent of the gunshot wounds were inflicted by another person, 43% were self-inflicted, and for 7% it was not reported who shot the gun.
Fifty-eight percent of the gunshot wounds were self-inflicted, 37% were inflicted by another person, and it was unknown or not reported who shot the gun for 5% of cases.
www.health.state.ok.us /program/injury/updates/gunshot.html   (1591 words)

  
 Convictions tied to controversial gun-residue test   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Burns said gunshot evidence is used sparingly in the 10,000 felony cases prosecutors handle each year -- and that it is never presented to a jury without other corroborating evidence.
Of about 100 gunshot residue tests over the past five years that were deemed positive based on two-element particles, about 70 became part of criminal cases -- though often the suspected residue was collected from a person who ended up as a witness.
Gunshot residue is made up of tiny particles composed primarily of lead, barium, antimony and fusions of those three elements.
truthinjustice.org /MD-gsr.htm   (1218 words)

  
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By contrast, three-quarters of the victims of unintentional gunshot wounds were shot in the arms, legs, or feet, while two-thirds of the victims of suicide attempts were shot in the head or neck or upper trunk.
Increased mortality among victims of gunshot wounds was a function of an increase in the percentage of patients who suffered wounds to the head or thoracic regions that included the vital organs.
For most of the victims of nonfatal gunshot wounds from crime in the CDC study, little is known about the event or the type of weapon, because much of this information is unavailable in hospital emergency departments.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/pub/ascii/fifc.txt   (3738 words)

  
 Craniocerebral Gunshot Wounds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The principles of the surgical treatment and the factors influenced prognosis in the patients of craniocerebral gunshot injury were discussed in the light of the related literature.
Radiological imaging of patients with gunshot wound to the head is important in planning the clinical management and making a diagnosis; it is performed soon after a brief clinical assessment is made.
Mortality rates from gunshot injuries to the head remain high despite advances in neurosurgical technique, neuroaenesthesia, imaging from neuroradiology, antibiotics, and triage, resuscitation, early transportation.
med.ege.edu.tr /~norolbil/1999/NBD05799.html   (2307 words)

  
 Waiting for the Gun
Field tests with real weapons have shown 95 percent accuracy with respect to gunshot recognition, and 100 percent accuracy with respect to centering an attached camera on the shooter for those recognized gunshots.
SENTRI is an acronym for "Smart Sensor Enabled Neural Threat Recognition and Identification." The "neural" in the title refers directly to Berger's work, which was based on analysis of the "language" nerve cells, or neurons, use to convey information, and specifically on his modeling of the way the brain forms memories of sounds.
The current line of research that led to the gunshot recognition is being expanded in collaboration with computer scientist John Granacki at the USC Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute.
www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/10810.html   (801 words)

  
 Forensic Science Communications - April 2004
In this manuscript, gunshot residue is defined as visible soot deposit particles, not the usual meaning of chemically or instrumentally detected primer and propellant residues.
The gunshot residue stippling or tattooing on the mannequin skin is clearly visible in the lower areas near the cheek but fades into the upper areas near the top of the head as the density of the hair increases.
Without understanding the dynamics and the gunshot residue-shielding effects of hair, the absence of residue surrounding the face wound in an area possibly shielded by hair could be misinterpreted as a distant shot.
www.fbi.gov /hq/lab/fsc/backissu/april2004/research/2004_02_research02.htm   (1821 words)

  
 Cranial Gunshot Wounds - New York Presbyterian Hospital
Gunshot wounds to the head have become the leading or second leading cause of head injury in many United States cities.
It is estimated that gunshot wounds to the head have a greater than 90% fatality rate for United States civilians, and at least two-thirds of the victims die before ever reaching a hospital.
Virtually all cranial gunshot victims are aggressively resuscitated upon initial arrival at the hospital.
www.nyp.org /health/cranial-gunshot-wounds.html   (360 words)

  
 Gunshot Residue Test Results - FirearmsID.com
When a pattern of gunshot residues is found on a submitted article of clothing and the questioned firearm and ammunition are known, firearm examiners will try to bracket the muzzle-to-garment test results within a minimum and a maximum distance.
Exhibit 2 (firearm) was found to produce similar deposits of gunshot residues when fired at a target from a minimum distance of 6 inches out to a maximum distance of 18 inches.
A deposit of gunshot residues were found around this hole that are consistent with those that would be deposited by an intermediate range gunshot.
www.firearmsid.com /A_distanceResults.htm   (943 words)

  
 Changes in Blood Lead Levels Caused by Retained Bullets from Gunshot Wounds - DERT
The blood lead levels declined over time but the data suggest that of the 1 to 2 million gunshot survivors in the U.S., tens of thousands could unknowingly have lead levels high enough to threaten their health.
Since most of the subjects in the study were under 30 years of age, they could be carrying an additional body burden of lead for 40 years or more.
The researchers recommend that gunshot victims with retained bullets have their blood lead levels monitored over time and be monitored for diseases and illnesses related to lead poisoning.
www.niehs.nih.gov /dert/profiles/hilites/2004/gunshots.htm   (446 words)

  
 JS Online: Gunshot costs echo through economy
PART 1, The Lifeline: For hundreds of gunshot victims each year, the precision work of paramedics, doctors and nurses means the difference between life and death.
Gunshot wounds reverberate to areas far from the neighborhoods where the shots were fired and to people well beyond the families whose loved ones were on either side of the gun.
The average charge for a gunshot victim admitted to Froedtert Hospital was more than $38,000 last year, when the hospital treated 236 such patients.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=530342   (2785 words)

  
 Gunshot or Captive Bolt
roperly applied, euthanasia by either gunshot or penetrating captive bolt, causes less fear and anxiety and induces a more rapid, painless, and humane death than can be achieved by most other methods.
Gunshot is inexpensive and does not require close contact with the animal.
Whereas most animals for which euthanasia by gunshot is indicated are either debilitated or down, opportunity for proper placement of the bullet is less difficult.
lacs.vetmed.ufl.edu /HumaneEuthanasia/gun.htm   (623 words)

  
 Gunshot - Biography - AOL Music
One of London's first hardcore rap groups, Gunshot came out of the East End in 1989, formed around the talents of MC Alkaline, MC Mercury, Barry Blue, and DJ White Child Rix.
Gunshot moved to the Bristol-based Words of Warning label, and earned the highest critical praise of their career in 1997 for Twilights Last Gleaming.
Get Gunshot biography information, download, listen and watch Gunshot music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and use the music search function to find information on other new and established recording artists.
music.aol.com /artist/gunshot/215800/biography   (154 words)

  
 Gunshot wounds in Lagos
In the 30 years after 1960, civilian gunshot wounds of the abdomen were very uncommon in our region, with less than five cases per year seen at many teaching hospitals.
Most were due to inadvertent gunshots that occurred during the gun salute of burial ceremonies and when hunters mistook others for game.
This is a prospective study of all patients with abdominal gunshot wounds admitted into the accident and emergency centre of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, between January 1992 and June 1996.
www.rcsed.ac.uk /journal/vol43_4/4340004.htm   (3547 words)

  
 DLC: Gun Enforcement Through Gunshot Detection Technology
It included: (1) a unified law enforcement taskforce, composed of local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities; (2) the collection and analysis of local crime data, so resources can be targeted; and (3) a community outreach and education component, to inform and involve the public.
Gunshot detection technology, like the ShotSpotter System used in Charleston, relies on acoustic sensors deployed in public places (such as telephone poles) and a "triangulation" system to detect and locate gunfire.
If there is any question about verifying the gunshot, a six-second recording of it is available for the police to review and make an individual determination.
www.ndol.org /ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=139&subid=271&contentid=252627   (609 words)

  
 Gunshot Injury in Cats
Gunshot injury is particularly common in poor urban areas and rural areas.
The damage associated with gunshot injury depends on the area of the body in which the projectile enters.
Gunshot injury to the chest has the potential to be fatal.
www.petplace.com /cats/gunshot-injury-in-cats/page1.aspx   (806 words)

  
 Ol' Dan Tucker - Gunshot Victims
20 - Jimmy Riddle - gunshot wound, mid-forehead
67-8 - infant - gunshot wound to the head
The propellant used to spray the CS particles into the buildings of Mt. Carmel was methylene chloride.
www.geocities.com /ResearchTriangle/System/1543/wanr/gw_victims.htm   (390 words)

  
 ASA 147th Meeting Lay Language Papers -The "Gunshot" Sound Made By Male Right Whales
The time delay between the initial sound and the echo corresponds to the expected time for the sound to travel twice the depth of the water suggesting that the recorded echoes were reflections off the bottom.
Acoustically, Gunshot sounds are similar to sounds made from a whale slapping its flipper or tail on the water, but are noticeably louder when recorded at the same distance from the whale.
The prey of right whales in the Bay of Fundy consists primarily of large concentrations of copepods, a tiny shrimp-like organism, and it is unlikely that the right whales would need to use sound to stun or disorient their relatively slow-moving prey.
www.acoustics.org /press/147th/Parks.htm   (912 words)

  
 DLC: Gun Enforcement Through Gunshot Detection Technology
It included: (1) a unified law enforcement taskforce, comprised of local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities; (2) the collection and analysis of local crime data, so resources can be targeted; and (3) a community outreach and education component, to inform and involve the public.
Gunshot detection technology, like the ShotSpotter System used in Charleston, relies on acoustic sensors deployed in public places (such as telephone poles) and a "triangulation" system to detect and locate gunfire.
The gunshot's location appears on a computer map and within seconds a police dispatcher can send a unit to respond.
www.dlc.org /ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=139&subid=271&contentid=252627   (603 words)

  
 Fatal Occupational Injuries from Accidental Gunshot Wounds, 1993-2002
For the most part, workers who died on the job as a result of an accidental gunshot wound were similar, demographically, to the victims of fatal work injuries in general.
In terms of age, decedents incurring a fatal accidental gunshot wound at work tended to be younger than fatally injured workers in general.
While accidental fatal gunshot wounds represent a relatively small part of the overall occupational fatalities that occurred during the 1993-2002 period, they were responsible for approximately 18 workplace fatalities per year, on average, over that period.
www.bls.gov /opub/cwc/sh20040903ar01p1.htm   (1283 words)

  
 Gunshot Residue Evidence - More Junk Science?
A Baltimore jury decided gunshot residue on Tyrone Jones' hand was reason enough to convict him in a killing, but the science isn't beyond all doubt.
Gunshot residue, they say, can mean someone fired a gun, or was next to a gun, or touched a person who fired a gun, or touched a car seat where someone who fired a gun once sat.
There was also a particle of barium and antimony, which some experts call likely gunshot residue, and at least 15 lead particles, which are not by themselves considered gunshot residue particles.
www.truthinjustice.org /gunshot-residue.htm   (3575 words)

  
 Examining Gunshot Wounds - Veterinary Forensic Pathology
The size of these cavities is primarily influenced by the density and character of the tissue affected, the size and construction of the bullet, and speed of impact.
Gunshot wounds may not be evident immediately on external examination, especially those caused by small caliber weapons.
Some gunshot wounds bleed surprisingly little and virtually are undetectable during gross examination.
www.vet.uga.edu /vpp/ia/SRP/vfp/examining.html   (1462 words)

  
 Why mandatory reporting of gunshot wounds is a bad idea
Proponents of mandatory reporting of gunshot wounds argue that police must be contacted to investigate the incident, determine the risk to the public and intervene to prevent future violence.
Victims of accidental and self-inflicted gunshot wounds (the majority of cases) pose little risk to the public at large.
In the case of a gunshot wound, the person being reported may or may not pose a risk to the public.
www.medicalnewstoday.com /index.php?newsid=7363   (721 words)

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