gunshot wound
Firearm-inflicted trauma
A gunshot wound is an injury caused by a bullet or other projectile fired from a gun.
The term appears in medical, forensic, and legal contexts: The victim died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Emergency responders and coroners distinguish entry wounds from exit wounds and classify them by location and severity.
- bulletFired metal projectile
- point blankAt very close range
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- blood lossDepletion of vital fluid
- traumaLasting psychological wound
emergency · emergency room · first responder · hospital · victim · surgery · blood · scar · powder burns · pain · exit · through and through · entry · caliber · fatal · paramedic · bandage · crime
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
- fatal injuriesdecapitation, exsanguination, internal bleeding, broken neck, brain hemorrhage
- Crime Scenecrime scene, evidence marker, evidence bag, evidence bags, crime tape
- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
- veteran healthPTSD, shell shock, combat fatigue, battle fatigue, combat trauma
- war casualtiescasualties, war casualties, war dead, killed in action, fallen soldiers
mechanism of injury
gunshot woundstab wound
Injury from piercing
knife wound · blunt trauma · natural causes · laceration · puncture wound
shot, wound, guns, shots, wounds, gunned, gunning, wounded, wounding