Firearm Injuries

Question 1

Types of firearm

Answer 1

Rifel (non smooth)
Non Rifel (smooth)

Question 2

Types of powder

Answer 2

Black powder
Smokeless powder

Question 3

Between the powder and shot

Answer 3

Internal Wad

Question 4

Descripe the injury caused by firearm

Answer 4

1. Laceration.
2. Burning.
3. Blackening.
4. Tattooing.

Question 5

The medicolegal important of the gun powder

Answer 5

1. Diagnosis of firearm injuries
2. Differentiation between inlet and exit
3. Identification the type of powder used
4. Estimation of the distance of firing
5. Determination of the direction of firing

Question 6

Medicolegal important of the wad

Answer 6

1. Diagnosis the firearm injury.
2. Identify the bore.
3. Identify the type of weapon.
4. Estimate the distance.

Question 7

What is the different between inlet and exit injuries?

Answer 7

See this table

Question 8

T/F : the inlet is always smaller, round and inverted

Answer 8

False
There are some exeptions
It will be larger, oval, and everted if the distance is short and oblique.

Question 9

Four cases will make the edges of the inlet everted

Answer 9

1. Near distance.
2. Putrefaied body.
3. Wrinkled area (axilla).
4. Fatty area like abdomen.

Question 10

One inlet and multi exit in case of:

Answer 10

1. Dum dum bullet.
2. Tandum bullet.
3. Fracture of the bullet inside the body.
4. Fracture of bone.

Question 11

Descripe the inlet wond of contact gunshot [6]

Answer 11

1. Muzzle imprent.
2. Abrasion ring.
3. X shaped bruise.
4. Star shaped laceration (against bone).
5. Gray black discoloration due to soot.
6. Cherry red blood due to CO