What type of trauma is it if you are shot by a pistol in the left temple?

zbeckabee

An injury in which an object enters the body or a structure and passes all the way through is called a perforating injury, while penetrating trauma implies that the object does not pass through. Perforating trauma is associated with an entrance wound and an often larger exit wound. Penetrating trauma can be caused by a foreign object or by fragments of a broken bone. Usually occurring in violent crime, penetrating injuries are commonly caused by gunshots and stabbings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_trauma Jun 27 08, 10:25 AM

BRY2K

This type of injury would likely be characterized as "penetrating trauma". Penetrating trauma is an injury that occurs when an object pierces the skin and enters a tissue of the body, creating an open wound. In blunt, or non-penetrating trauma, there may be an impact, but the skin is not necessarily broken. The penetrating object may remain in the tissues, come back out the way it entered, or pass through the tissues and exit from another area. An injury in which an object enters the body or a structure and passes all the way through is called a perforating injury, while penetrating trauma implies that the object does not pass through. I assume that this trauma would be relevant for those shot in the right temple as well, but I'm not a doctor! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_trauma Jun 27 08, 10:28 AM