INTRODUCTION Civilian penetrating gunshot injuries to the neurocranium are no longer uncommon in Nigeria. Such injuries are however poorly reported. They are associated with poor outcome and, at close range, are frequently fatal, especially when inflicted by high-velocity weapons. Prompt transfer to neurosurgical service and urgent intervention may improve outcome in those that are not mortally...

Bullet rosette particles are common in ice clouds, and the bullets may often be hollow. Here the singlescattering properties of randomly oriented hollow bullet rosette ice particles are investigated. A bullet, which is an individual branch of a rosette, is defined as a hexagonal column attached to a hexagonal pyramidal tip. For this study, a hollow structure is included at the end of the column...

Abullet located in the interventricular septum is shown in frontal (A) and right lateral (B) chest radiography and in an echocardiogram (C; RA indicates right atrium; RV, right ventricle; LA, left atrium; and LV, left ventricle. Superior white arrow, labeled BULLET, shows the bullet located at the interventricular septum). It is from a 37-year-old policeman who was shot while on duty. The bulle...

The operating principle of electromagnetic rail gun by store capacitor was analyzed. A simulation model about the bullet velocity in the electromagnetic rail gun was built. The results of computer simulation experiment showed the relationships between the bullet velocity and the capacitor charging voltage and the pellet mass. By ten coil targets, a new kind of measuring method for the bullet ve...

Godrej Security Solution Division has developed bullet resistant solutions like Bullet resistant doors, Mantraps, Bullet resistant screening for banks, and bullet resistant cabins etc which are designed as per the requirements mentioned in various standards like National institute of Justice (NIJ), Underwriters Laboratory (UL), etc. These agencies have established the performance criteria and c...

A 27-year-old man who was intoxicated came to the emergency department after he accidentally shot himself in the abdomen with a .25 caliber pistol. The physical examination revealed an entry wound in the right midabdomen and surrounding powder burns on the skin. No exit wound was found. The patient was in stable condition . After a laparotomy for repair of small bowel and mesentery, the patient...

Blast injury (BI) is a combat multifactorial resulting from the impulse action of complex traumatic factors by mine munition explosion, characterized an interconnected and increasingly severe impact, massive deep tissue damage development general contusion-shock syndrome. For BI with large skin soft defects, it advisable to use negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Objective. To analyze effec...

A 21-year-old male suffering from severe throat pain after being hit by a bullet in Syria claimed that he was shot through his eye and that the bullet subsequently descended behind his throat. Even though the first medical report stated that this course is implausible, meticulous workup provided evidence that the bullet might have entered the parapharyngeal space in a more cranial position than...

Comments in Bullet 1 The reviewer indicated that it would be more interesting if authors could present results on the outcome of deliveries conducted by TBAs and those conducted in hospitals. The reviewer assumed that MICS has this information as well. Response to comments Bullet 1 Data on outcome of deliveries was not collected in the Iraq MICS. Comments in Bullet 2 The reviewer suggested that...

Bernardo Ratilal Rua Tristão Vaz, n.31 3. esquerdo 1400-350 Lisbon/Portugal. E-mail: [email protected] Figure 1: CT scan showing a bullet in the deep left occipital lobe. Figure 2: CT scan at the third day showing a backwards migration of the bullet, located adjacent the inner table of the left occipital vault. An eighteen-year-old girl presented a left occipital gunshot wound. At admission, s...