No abstract available.
Hand ; Weapons

No abstract available.
Gout* ; Hyperuricemia* ; Weapons*

The TASER(R) gun has been used as an alternative one instead of lethal weapons, but death following Taser gun use has been reported. In Korea, the case of eye injury by Taser gun was reported, but the case of Taser gun-related death has not been known. Recently we experienced a case of lethal stab injury after the use of Taser gun. On the basis of this case and current available articles, we need to be aware of the potential injury patterns in cases of death or injury associated with Taser gun.
Eye Injuries ; Korea ; Weapons

No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Humans ; Nuclear Weapons* ; Survivors*

If we analogize any external physical force applied to victims of crimes involving violence, it would be possible to not only presume the mutual action between victims and suspects but also deduce more facts related to the cases. Therefore, in this study, defining the phenomenon of amino acid compounds in sweat spreading into clothes as impact marks, experiments using ninhydrin, 1,8-dizafluoren-9-one (DFO), 1,2-indanedione-zinc (1,2-IND-Zn) were conducted to determine developmental variations through change over time, which was not performed in previous studies. A 5-week period was set up including first damage as a variation factor, and materials in each action were developed using certain reagents. The level of specimen development depending on the change over time was identified. Thus, no changes were observed at each initial level of development.
Amino Acids* ; Clothing* ; Crime ; Indicators and Reagents* ; Ninhydrin ; Sweat ; Violence ; Weapons*

Taser guns are considered less lethal weapon than pistols. However, several cases and animal experiments reported injuries associated with Taser guns. This report describes the case of a patient who suffered a penetrating eye injury after being shot by a Taser gun. It is important for the emergency physician to understand potential injuries that can be caused by Taser guns.
Animal Experimentation ; Emergencies ; Eye Injuries, Penetrating ; Firearms ; Humans ; Weapons

OBJECTIVE: Life cycles and social environments are different among sexual assault victims according to ages, a study of sexual assault should be individualized by specific age groups. The aim of this study was to make basic data for proper management or prevention of infant sexual assaults by evaluating experiences at sexual assault clinic. METHODS: Two hundreds and ten sexual assault victims referred to specialized sexual assault clinic in teaching hospital. There were 25 infant victims aged 2 to 6 years, then retrospective chart reviews were done. Collecting evidences and managements processes were carried out by the female obstetric doctors who were specially trained to manage sexual assault patients. Analysis was done to determine the frequency, location and severity of genital and non genital physical trauma and the site and time of the assault, the nature of the physical contacts, use of weapons were recorded. RESULTS: Infant sexual assaults occupies 11.9% of all sexual assault cases. Those occurred frequently between 14:00 to 18:00 (44%). Play-grounds or rooftop of apartments were the most frequent place (52%) for assault. Genital fondling with finger was the most frequent type of assaults. Vaginal intercourses tried in 6 cases (24%). No severe genital or body wounds observed. Specific psychologic treatments were needed in 6 infants (24%). CONCLUSION: Infant sexual assaults were different from other age groups of victims in place, type, time, assailant characteristics.
Female ; Fingers ; Hospitals, Teaching ; Humans ; Infant* ; Life Cycle Stages ; Retrospective Studies ; Social Environment ; Weapons ; Wounds and Injuries

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to describe the current status of violence in emergency departments (ED) in Korea, especially in the aspect of frequency and management. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey of 60 academic emergency departments was performed. The questionnaires were posted to the chief resident physicians of emergency medicine. RESULTS: Thirty-three EDs (55%) responded to the survey questionnaire. The responders were experienced 18.4 verbal insults, 5.5 physical threats, 0.4 threats by weapon, 1.8 physical violences and 3.3 facility damages per 100,000 patients in a month. All kinds of violence occurred more frequently in the ED which annual census was less than 30,000. The current coping strategies for violence were video surveillance (93.9%), security personnel (75.8%), access control (36.4%), and educational programs (18.2%). The rate of threat by weapon and facility damage was significantly lower in the ED having security personnel. CONCLUSION: This study suggested that ED violence occurred frequently. The rate of violence of the ED having high annual census was more higher, because violence events may be suppressed by security personnel.
Censuses ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Emergencies* ; Emergency Medicine ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Humans ; Korea ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Violence* ; Weapons

The role of forensic anthropology is to reconstruct the process of individual death by predicting the cause and manner of death as well as to find out biological profiles of unknown skeletal remains based on the data of physical anthropology. The purpose of this study is to suggest the data of decision-making process for cranial fractures and its related weapons of skeletal remains from the forensic fields. A hammer (31.7%) and baseball bat (16.7%) represented almost half of the blunt type of weapon used in the cranial fracture. The linear fracture was caused by most of weapons, the spider's web and depressed fracture by the hammer, and the comminuted fracture by the heavy tools such as maul, wrench, etc as well as the hammer. By the chi-square test, there were significant differences between fracture patterns and types of weapon that it was helpful to estimate the weapon of cranial fracture for forensic anthropological decisions. Conclusively, we could prepare the priority order of estimating cause and manner of death in the case of cranial fracture for the forensic context and suggest research design of physical anthropology about osteological biomechanics and taphonomy relating cranial fractures.
Anthropology, Physical ; Baseball ; Biomechanics ; Forensic Anthropology ; Fractures, Comminuted ; Research Design ; Skull ; Weapons

While the use of radioactive materials around the world offers a wide range of benefits in medicine, industry and research, radiation accidents also occur in world-wide. The objective of this article is to provide useful information about radiation accidents to the medical personnel. For this, I attempted to document the circumstances leading to the accident and the subsequent medical treatment and health consequences of the victims. Radiation accidents described in this article are Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, nuclear weapon accident in bikini atoll, major industrial accidents (Ir-192 Peruvian accident, Ir-192 internal contamination accident in Korea, Tokaimura accident in Japan) and Cs-137 contamination accident in Brazil. After reviewing major radiation accidents, I summarized the lessons to be learned from these accidents and presented the helpful institutes that can offer useful helps when radiation accident occurs.
Academies and Institutes ; Accidents, Occupational ; Brazil ; Korea ; Nuclear Power Plants ; Radioactive Hazard Release* ; Weapons