title: Entrance and exit gunshot wounds: incorrect terms for the emergency department?
abstract: Gunshot wounds (GSWs) pose significant medicolegal and forensic issues. Mistakes have been made regarding identification of gunshot wounds. We present a case of an atypical gunshot wound and review contact, near contact, intermediate, and distant wounds. There is an objective terminology to describe GSWs in the Emergency Department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Colorado 80204, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Apfelbaum
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Shockley
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wahe
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot