As of December 24, 2022, in Colombia there have been 398 people injured with gunpowder, according to data from National Institute of Health (INS).
Of that number, 243 were adults and 155 are children and adolescents. Of the latter, 16 were in the company of an adult under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.
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Most of the wounded suffered burns (90%) and lacerations (60%). And the types of devices that have caused the most injuries have been totes, flyers, volcanoes, rockets and flares.
As for areas of the country, antioch It is where the most injured cases have been presented, with 51 cases. they follow him Bogota (Four. Five), Cauca (26) and Narino (25).
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In the celebrations of December 24 and 25, 2021, 182 people were injured, of which 82 were minors.
gunpowder injuries
Gunpowder wounds are classified according to their size and severity: they range from superficial burns until limb amputation and third degree burns.
“Third-degree burns can compromise the lives of patients, generating long stays in health institutions nationwide, high care costs, high demand for resources, and high rates of physical disability or even mortality in the short and medium term.“, explained Raphael Castellanos, emergency physician at the San Ignacio University Hospital in Bogotá.
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As for the Recovery time that the wounded should follow, this is variable, according to Castellanos, and “is seriously linked to their severity, and in the worst scenarios it may take years to recover partial or total functionality from injuries caused by this type of device“.
Finally, the expert explained that gunpowder wounds, beyond physical damage, also have mental repercussions, such as stress, trauma, depression and high risk of self-harm.
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