Gunshot wound reporting mandatory in Ontario

Mandatory reporting of gunshot wounds: rebuttal.

© 2004 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors We applaud the Executive of the Section on Emergency Medicine of the Ontario Medical Association for their call to action. We support many of the points made in their position statement but ultimately believe that a law for the mandatory reporting of gunshot wounds will do more harm than good. Ovens describes the support the position statemen...

The constitutionality of mandatory reporting of gunshot wounds legislation.

Gunshot wound in pregnancy.

G wounds to the gravid uterus and fetus are becoming more common. In most cases, a pregnant uterus is a target in the second and third trimester. The gravid uterus often shield other maternal organs, and the mother may survive such injuries while the fetus is effected.1 Survival of the infant depends on the type of injury, degree of intrauterine asphyxia, maturity, and postnatal course. A 16-ye...

Case of Gunshot Wound

Gunshot Wound of Bladder

However, three weeks after this visit to Hospital on the 28th of January, he came again complaining that he was rapidly becoming weak through large losses of blood in his urine. A specimen showed that very large quantities were being passed. The first thought that crossed my mind was that there were more pieces of necrosed bone in the bladder, but on passing a small sound, which entered the nec...