Case Report: Violent Death caused by a Projectile from a Pneumatic Weapon in Soacha, Colombia, 2015

Purpose: pneumatic weapon wounds do not represent a significant place in the Colombian Health System statistics. This type of weapons is not globally subjected to legal regulation. Intervention processes are required in the social aspect and strict laws governing the use of these weapons considered...

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Autores:
Rodríguez Navarrete, Juan Manuel
Mora Beltrán, Edisson Arturo
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UCC
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/44328
Acceso en línea:
https://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/ml/article/view/1590
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/44328
Palabra clave:
pneumatic guns
pellet
fatal injuries
nonfatal injuries
projectile.
armas neumáticas
balín
diábolos
lesiones fatales
lesiones no fatales
proyectil.
armas pneumáticas
chumbo
diábolos
lesões fatais
lesões não fatais
projétil.
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openAccess
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Derechos de autor 2016 Colombia Forense
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Summary:Purpose: pneumatic weapon wounds do not represent a significant place in the Colombian Health System statistics. This type of weapons is not globally subjected to legal regulation. Intervention processes are required in the social aspect and strict laws governing the use of these weapons considered toys. Topics: in the medical literature, event mortality is reported with little or no frequency. Most non-fatal cases reported in children with this type of injuries require surgical treatment, usually for the affectation of large vessels or the hemopericardium. Development: the case of a male cadaver is reported, which has a wound from a pneumatic gun in the left breast region.  The circumstances in which the events took place are unknown at the time of removal of the cadaver; he was admitted to the hospital without vital signs. Conclusions: pneumatic weapons are potentially lethal weapons. Pneumatic weapons and their variations are especially found in the hands of children and adolescents, who also make up the majority of victims. Fatal and non-fatal injuries caused by projectiles from pneumatic or similar weapons represent a global public health problem, given the high costs of care, diagnosis, treatment and hospitalization time. Awareness must be raised among decision makers, academia, research centers and health institution about the risks derived from this type of toy.