Accidental injuries from captive-bolt guns (slaughterer's gun).
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 7960064.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Captive bolt guns or 'slaughterer's guns' are weapons used in slaughtering animals. Lesions caused by these weapons are likely to have a more serious character than is to be expected from the size of the entrance wound. The wounds are primarily contaminated and it is imperative to explore the wound thoroughly as foreign bodies are often deeply embedded. Three cases are reported of accidental injuries to personnel working with such weapons.
Medical subject headings
- Abattoirs
- Accidents, Occupational
- Femoral Fractures
- Foreign Bodies
- Hand Injuries
- Soft Tissue Injuries
- Wounds, Gunshot