Citation

Sehgal A, Challoner KR. J. Emerg. Med. 1997; 15(6): 789-791.

Affiliation

The Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9404795

Abstract

The purpose of this case report is to describe a new type of police weapon and the injuries sustained by an individual after being shot with it. The Flexible Baton is a type of ammunition that consists of a fabric bag, filled with lead shot pellets, that is shot from a shotgun. It is predicted that this bag may cause bruising, abrasions, and blunt trauma. In our patient, the fabric bag burst and the pellets penetrated the skin of the elbow, resulting in cortical violation of the distal humerus. As more guns with this ammunition have been introduced throughout the United States, we conclude that injuries from this weapon will be seen with greater frequency.

Language: en