["Happy shooting" injury of a German KFOR soldier in Kosovo]

S Sammito; V Hartmann; J Kerschowski; B Klein

doi:10.1007/s00113-010-1925-2

["Happy shooting" injury of a German KFOR soldier in Kosovo]

Unfallchirurg. 2012 Jan;115(1):67-70. doi: 10.1007/s00113-010-1925-2.

[Article in German]

Authors

S Sammito¹, V Hartmann, J Kerschowski, B Klein

Affiliation

¹ Einsatzlazarett Prizren, Sanitätseinsatzverband KFOR, Prizren, Kosovo. drsammito@web.de

PMID: 21347698
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-010-1925-2

Abstract

In this case report we describe a 24-year-old German KFOR soldier who was injured in the night of New Year's Eve 2009/2010 during the Kosovo Mission by a falling bullet in the right shoulder. The falling bullet was a full metal jacket probably shot during a "happy shooting" by a civilian.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Back Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
Back Injuries / surgery*
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
Foreign-Body Migration / surgery*
Humans
Male
Military Personnel*
Radiography
Treatment Outcome
Wounds, Gunshot / diagnostic imaging*
Wounds, Gunshot / surgery*
Yugoslavia