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Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report
Pepper spray launchers are more precise and wind stable compared to conventional pepper sprays and are commonly used as a self-defensive tool. With the advanced potential, they may also harbour a greater risk for injuries, especially if they are not used within the suggested safety distance. If the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9902301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36577926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-022-02936-5 |
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author | Weber, Anja Wöss, Claudia Kneubuehl, Beat P. Rabl, Walter |
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description | Pepper spray launchers are more precise and wind stable compared to conventional pepper sprays and are commonly used as a self-defensive tool. With the advanced potential, they may also harbour a greater risk for injuries, especially if they are not used within the suggested safety distance. If the shooting distance is below 1.5 m, energy densities may exceed the threshold energy density for the penetration of skin leading to skin laceration. We present a case where a man is hit by the liquid jet of a JPX Jet Protector® with an estimated shooting distance of 0.3 m. The man suffered from a bleeding skin laceration, which had to be sewed in the hospital. This case report furthermore outlines the potentially dangerous effect of pepper spray launchers and thereby their role in forensic investigations. |
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spelling | pubmed-99023012023-02-08 Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report Weber, Anja Wöss, Claudia Kneubuehl, Beat P. Rabl, Walter Int J Legal Med Case Report Pepper spray launchers are more precise and wind stable compared to conventional pepper sprays and are commonly used as a self-defensive tool. With the advanced potential, they may also harbour a greater risk for injuries, especially if they are not used within the suggested safety distance. If the shooting distance is below 1.5 m, energy densities may exceed the threshold energy density for the penetration of skin leading to skin laceration. We present a case where a man is hit by the liquid jet of a JPX Jet Protector® with an estimated shooting distance of 0.3 m. The man suffered from a bleeding skin laceration, which had to be sewed in the hospital. This case report furthermore outlines the potentially dangerous effect of pepper spray launchers and thereby their role in forensic investigations. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-12-29 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9902301/ /pubmed/36577926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-022-02936-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Case Report Weber, Anja Wöss, Claudia Kneubuehl, Beat P. Rabl, Walter Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report |
title | Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report |
title_full | Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report |
title_fullStr | Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report |
title_short | Skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report |
title_sort | skin laceration caused by a short distance shot from a pepper spray launcher: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9902301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36577926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-022-02936-5 |
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