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- Title
What's new in emergencies, trauma and shock? Pellets, rubber bullets, and shotguns: Less lethal or not?
- Authors
Hardcastle, Timothy Craig
- Abstract
The article discusses the risks caused by various deadly weapons such as shotguns, pellets, and rubber bullets. It states that pellet guns are seldom used by police as it may cause organ damages specially on eyes. It mentions that shotguns are other type of pellet that uses gunpowder detonation during bullet discharge and may cause injuries like organ perforation. It adds that rubber bullet causes blunt injuries when fired nearer than 20 meters.
- Subjects
NONLETHAL weapons; FIREARMS accidents; CARDIOVASCULAR system injuries; SHOTGUNS; SHOT (Pellets); GUNPOWDER; BLUNT trauma
- Publication
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma & Shock, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 3, p153
- ISSN
0974-2700
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0974-2700.115315