Gunshot Wounds: What you dont see in the movies.

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Gunshot Wounds What you dont see in the movies.

• Facts and Prevention
• Presented to 6th Graders at School 17
• Fall, 2003
• Medical Student

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Why should you care?

• Roughly 200 million firearms in the US.
• Almost half of American households have firearms.
• Every day, 14 Americans under the age of 20 are
  killed by guns (many more are wounded).
• In 1992, firearms surpassed motor vehicles as the
  number one cause of brain injury fatalities in
  the US.
• Gunshot wounds are the 3rd most common cause of
  traumatic spinal cord injuries in the U.S.

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How do we compare?
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Why do you think people have guns?
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Here is the real story!
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Who is at risk?
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What about women?
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Warning!!Disturbing, REAL-LIFEpictures of
what it really means to use guns.
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Skull Fracture
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CT Scan of a Bullet in the Head
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The Final Outcome
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Multiple Chest Wounds
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When you get shot sometimes you have to have
surgery
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Massive Head Wounds
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Prevention

• Stay away from people who carry guns.
• Try to solve arguments without violence, which
  you will probably regret later.
• If you feel like hurting someone, talk it out
  with someone you trust.
• If you feel sad or have thoughts of hurting
  yourself, tell an adult that you trust, like a
  parent, a school counselor, a teacher, or your
  doctor.

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Prevention What to do if you find a gun

• Stop!
• Don't touch it!
• Leave the area!
• Tell an adult!
• Never pick up a gun or point it at anyone!

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Gun Safety

• Treat Every Gun As If It Is Loaded.
• One common mistake with semi-automatic handguns
  is to assume the gun is unloaded because the
  magazine has been removed. Often, a bullet is
  sitting in the chamber because the chamber was
  not emptied.
• Unlike medicine, food, cars and other consumer
  products, guns do not have tomeet any minimum
  product safety standard.

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Gun Safety

• Encourage those people you know (parents, older
  siblings, friends, etc) who own guns to use
  trigger locks (available at Dicks for 5.99).
• Unlike aspirin bottles, most guns can be operated
  by the tiny fingers of a 3-year-old. Make sure
  that people always store guns safely.
• Even though it might seem like a good idea, dont
  buy a gun for protection. The odds are 100 to 1
  that youll regret it!!!

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