Myre L E, Black R E
University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 1987 Sep;3(3):168-70. doi: 10.1097/00006565-198709000-00010.
There were over 70,000 injuries to children caused by air guns reported from 1981 to 1984. The majority of these injuries were minor; however, serious injury resulted in eight deaths. Reported injuries include corneal perforation, liver laceration, stomach and intestinal perforation, intracranial bleeding, cardiac perforation, and hemopneumothorax. Primary care physicians must be aware of the potentially serious or lethal nature of air gun injury and educate their patients accordingly. Legislation is also needed to restrict the sale of these guns, or increase the safety of air gun use. We report five cases of potentially life-threatening injury caused by air guns, three of which required emergency laparotomy.
1981年至1984年期间，据报告气枪造成的儿童伤害超过7万起。这些伤害大多为轻伤；然而，重伤导致8人死亡。报告的伤害包括角膜穿孔、肝裂伤、胃和肠穿孔、颅内出血、心脏穿孔和气胸。初级保健医生必须意识到气枪伤害潜在的严重性或致命性，并相应地对患者进行教育。还需要立法来限制这些枪支的销售，或提高气枪使用的安全性。我们报告了5起由气枪造成的潜在危及生命的伤害病例，其中3例需要紧急剖腹手术。
