Celebratory firing leads to serious injuries – a case report

Puri, Puneet; Shukla, Sudhir Kumar; Sarin, Rakesh K.; Nayak, Biswa Prakash; Khajuria, Himanshu

doi:10.1177/0025817218823375

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“…Firearms are regarded as dangerous weapons in forensic practice. Firearm-related injuries are considered a major problem globally 1 . Annual firearm injury rate was 8.8/100000 population in Canada of which 5.5/100000 were unintentional among children and youths aged less than 24 years 2 .…”

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Case Report: Accidental firearm injury during trophy hunting and the role of paramedics in managing such cases at rural health posts in Nepal

Atreya¹,

Nepal²,

Timalsina³

et al. 2022

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Possession of a firearm without a certified valid license is against Nepalese law. Following a decade-long civil war, Nepal government issued stringent laws not allowing public to possess firearms without a valid reason, despite bearing a license. However, there are people who possess and use firearms for hunting purposes. The present case reports an accidental death of a teenage boy who used a musket for hunting. The present case highlights the fact that despite these stringent laws, illegal possession of arms for trophy hunting is still prevalent in rural Nepal. Furthermore, this study aims to highlight the importance of paramedics in early intervention, stabilization and transport of the sick and injured to the hospital in emergency situations. Also, recruitment of paramedics in the ambulance service might have prevented untimely death in this particular case.

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Case Report: Accidental firearm injury during trophy hunting and the role of paramedics in managing such cases at rural health posts in Nepal

Atreya¹,

Nepal²,

Timalsina³

et al. 2022

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“…Firearms are regarded as dangerous weapons in forensic practice. Firearm-related injuries are considered a major problem globally 1 . Possession of a firearm without a certified valid license is against Nepalese law.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Case Report: Accidental firearm fatality during trophy hunting in Nepal

Atreya¹,

Nepal²,

Timalsina³

et al. 2021

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Possession of a firearm without a certified valid license is against Nepalese law. After the civil war, the government issued a stringent rule of not allowing the public to keep firearms without a valid reason, despite having a license. However, there are still people who keep firearms in their homes. The present case reports the accidental death of a teenage boy who used a musket for hunting a wild animal. The present case highlights the fact that despite the stringent law, illegal possession of arms for trophy hunting is still prevalent in rural Nepal. Furthermore, this study aims to highlight the importance of paramedics in early intervention, stabilization and transport of the sick and injured to the hospital in emergency situations. Recruitment of paramedics in the ambulance service might prevent untimely death in many patients while being transported to the hospital which was lacking in the present case.

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Celebratory firing leads to serious injuries – a case report

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Case Report: Accidental firearm injury during trophy hunting and the role of paramedics in managing such cases at rural health posts in Nepal

Case Report: Accidental firearm injury during trophy hunting and the role of paramedics in managing such cases at rural health posts in Nepal

Case Report: Accidental firearm fatality during trophy hunting in Nepal

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