title: Cranio-cerebral injuries from Slaughterer's gun.
abstract: 3 patients attempted suicide by a powder-activated cattle skull impacting tool (Slauthterer's gun). While captive bolt pre-slaughter stunning in pigs and ruminants is safe, two of the patients remainded conscious after the shot and survived. Despite much lower impact velocity (less than 50 m/sec) these self-inflicted brain lesions are as serious as "low velocity" (less than 300 m/sec) penetrating gunshot wounds, mainly because of impaction of bone fragments and the dynamic energy possessed by the bolt.
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000328:Adult; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery